Neuroscience and Music Perception

Predictable Timing Enhances the Use of Predictable Content

The paper investigates how predictable timing and content in sequences interact, finding that predictable timing enhances the use of predictable content in prediction tasks.

Neural Bases for Working Memory of Natural Sound Textures

The paper investigates how sound texture and loudness discrimination are affected by stimulus duration using behavioral and fMRI data, finding distinct neural correlates in auditory cortex and medial temporal lobe.

The interplay between cortical tracking and functional connectivity in musicians and non-musicians listening to speech and music

This study finds that musicians show enhanced cortical tracking and functional connectivity during speech and music listening, along with better rhythmic abilities, suggesting domain-general auditory processing advantages.

Computational markers of rhythmic timing in Parkinson's disease

This study identifies computational markers of rhythmic timing deficits in Parkinson's disease using the Adaptation and Anticipation Model applied to finger-tapping data.

Temporal Progression of Prior Precision, Surprisal, Model Updating and Tone Adaptation in Human Auditory Cortices

The paper investigates the temporal dynamics of auditory processing in human brains using MEG, revealing a hierarchical sequence of predictive and adaptive mechanisms.

Neural categorisation of rhythm in human newborns

The paper tests newborns' ability to categorize rhythms, finding neural responses that suggest innate predispositions and early plasticity in rhythm processing.

Relating layer fMRI signals to acoustics and intracranial neuronal activity in the human auditory cortex in a naturalistic design

The paper examines depth-dependent coupling between neuronal activity and fMRI in the human auditory cortex during naturalistic music listening, revealing spectrolaminar organization of neurovascular coupling.

Prolonged development of tonotopic tuning in human auditory cortex

This study uses functional MRI to show that low-frequency representation in auditory cortex increases over time, influencing tone detection thresholds in children and adults.

Identifying neural correlates of auditory perceptual awareness and deviance using a no-report inattentional deafness paradigm

The paper investigates neural correlates of auditory perception, deviance processing, and task demands using a no-report inattentional deafness paradigm across three experimental phases.

Acoustic Context Shapes Cortical Encoding of Spectral Discrimination in Normal and Impaired Hearing

The paper investigates how acoustic context and temporal-envelope variability affect cortical encoding of spectral contrast in normal and hearing-impaired listeners using EEG recordings.

Newborns modulate and synchronise their Non-Nutritive Sucking behaviour to the temporal structure of sound

The paper shows newborns can synchronize non-nutritive sucking to auditory temporal structures within days of birth, even with weak predictability.

Neural prediction decorrelation reveals that adversarial robustness substantially improves DNN prediction accuracy across the entire human auditory cortex

Sounds synthesized to decorrelate model predictions across human auditory cortex show an adversarially robust CochResNet50 predicts fMRI responses far better than its standard counterpart, a gap hidden with natural sounds.

Ordinal position in auditory sequences is encoded in population dynamics in macaque frontal cortex

The paper shows that macaque frontal cortex encodes ordinal position in auditory sequences through population dynamics, while auditory cortex encodes stimulus identity.

A touch that lingers: synchronized patting strengthens neural tracking of auditory rhythm in newborns

This study shows that synchronized rhythmic touch enhances and prolongs newborns' neural tracking of auditory rhythm beyond the period of tactile stimulation.

Musical Aesthetic Experience Reveals Differential Effects of Professional Vocal Training on Female College Students' Brain Function

This study shows that professional vocal training improves musical cognition and pleasure in female college students, with distinct neural activation patterns across groups with different musical backgrounds.

Perceptual sensitivity is explained by optimization for ecological tasks

This study shows that perceptual sensitivity thresholds in humans can be explained by a computational model optimized for ecological sound tasks, matching human behavioral thresholds.

Registered Report: Replication and Extension of Nozaradan, Peretz, Missal and Mouraux (2011)

This study replicates Nozaradan et al.'s 2011 findings on neural activity during imagined beat perception, finding smaller effect sizes and no reliable replication of main effects.

Auditory timing precision is determined by spectro-temporal continuity across sounds, not individual sound acoustics

The paper shows that perceptual timing precision is determined by spectro-temporal continuity across sounds rather than individual sound acoustics, with musical aptitude enhancing this ability.

The representation of vocalizations in structured noise in the mouse auditory cortex

This study examines how structured noise and vocalizations are represented in the mouse auditory cortex using calcium imaging, finding context-dependent and spatially distributed neural responses.

Vestibular signals enhance the temporal precision of predictive movements to musical rhythms

This study shows that vestibular stimulation improves the timing precision of movements synchronized to musical rhythms by enhancing predictive motor execution.

Analysis of the influence of gradual changes in matrix sentence similarity on neural envelope tracking

The paper quantifies how acoustic sentence similarity affects neural tracking of speech in noise using MEG and EEG data from young adults.

Neural Representations of Embodied Musical Emotions

The paper investigates how neural activity patterns correspond to self-reported bodily sensations during emotional music listening and finds significant alignment in specific brain regions.

Distinct yet complementary roles of temporal and spectral predictions in auditory detection

This study investigates how temporal and spectral predictions contribute to auditory detection, finding they have distinct effects but interact synergistically to enhance perceptual sensitivity.

Simulated field potentials capture multiple simultaneous processes underlying human temporal attention

The paper simulates field potentials to disentangle neural mechanisms of human temporal attention, identifying signatures of attentional bias and anticipatory activity that predict perceptual accuracy.

Voice and linguistic features support early attentional filtering of irrelevant stimuli

This study shows that both voice and linguistic differences enhance early attentional filtering of distractors in complex auditory environments.

Impaired representation of temporal statistics in cerebellar degeneration

This study examines Bayesian inference in cerebellar degeneration by testing patients on timing tasks and developing a model of cerebellar microcircuits.

Menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive intake alter the electrophysiological signature of selective auditory spatial attention

This study shows that menstrual cycle phases and hormonal contraceptive use affect the N2 component of event-related potentials during auditory spatial attention tasks in women compared to men.

Dopaminergic tone predicts rhythmic temporal attention in Parkinson's disease

This study investigates the relationship between dopaminergic tone and beat perception in Parkinson's disease patients, finding a specific association between dopamine levels and rhythmic temporal attention.

Delta rhythm and voice familiarity organize neural entrainment in the infant brain

In 30 six-month-olds, 2 Hz syllable sequences selectively raised delta EEG power in right frontal and left temporal clusters; right frontal tuning grew over blocks; voice familiarity altered theta responses.

Uncovering the representational geometry of durations

The paper investigates the geometry of duration perception using behavioral and EEG data, revealing multidimensional representations and dynamic neural encoding.