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The essay aims to understand the cognitive processes involved in music listening and the factors that influence musical preference.

Music, Mind, and Meaning

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The essay aims to understand the cognitive processes involved in music listening and the factors that influence musical preference.
Speculative analysis of cognitive aspects related to music listening.
Discussion on metric regularity, thematic repetition, and their cognitive implications.
Examination of phrasing and expression in evoking responses.
Identifies connections between music structure and cognitive representation frames.
Highlights the role of memory in processing music and forming preferences.
Explores the innate emotional responses elicited by music.

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Essay discusses cognitive elements of music, exploring representation, memory, and the nature of liking.

Marvin Minsky (1981) studied this question.

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