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“Hearing as”: Knowledge of Syntactic Structure Affects Event-Related Potential Components for Musical Expectation

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Larger P600 amplitudes observed in contexts with surprising harmony, indicating stronger predictive coding mechanisms.
E(R)AN reflects higher prediction errors when listeners anticipate unexpected chords, enhancing musical experience.
Novel paradigm cues syntactic structure to explore top-down influences on harmonic predictions.
Findings suggest an interplay between context and expectation in musical listening, requiring further research.

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Analysis highlights larger P3a and P600 amplitudes in musical contexts, suggesting predictive coding affects expectation outcomes.

Goldman et al. (2025) studied this question.

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