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Decoding reveals the neural representation of perceived and imagined musical sounds.
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- Musical neurodynamics and the 'inner voice'.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Leaving space for imagination: mental imagery-informed teaching framework for enhancing imagery vividness in creative writing.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- BROAD-NESS Uncovers Dual-Stream Mechanisms Underlying Predictive Coding in Auditory Memory Networks.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Brain dynamics of mental manipulation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Correction: Decoding reveals the neural representation of perceived and imagined musical sounds.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- The role of musical aspects of language in human cognition.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Vividly imagining a song or a melody is a skill that many people accomplish with relatively little effort. However, we are only beginning to understand how the brain represents, holds, and manipulates these musical "thoughts." Here, we decoded perceived and imagined melodies from magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain data (N = 71) to characterize their neural representation. We found that, during perception, auditory regions represent the sensory properties of individual sounds. In contrast, a widespread network including fronto-parietal cortex, hippocampus, basal nuclei, and sensorimotor regions hold the melody as an abstract unit during both perception and imagination. Furthermore, the mental manipulation of a melody systematically changes its neural representation, reflecting volitional control of auditory images. Our work sheds light on the nature and dynamics of auditory representations, informing future research on neural decoding of auditory imagination.
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