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Expertise in folk music alters the brain processing of Western harmony
Tiina TupalaTiina TupalaMari TervaniemiMari TervaniemiElvira BratticoElvira Bratticosubject
CommunicationMusic psychologybusiness.industryGeneral NeuroscienceMusical syntax05 social sciencesPop music automation050105 experimental psychologyGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyMusicalityClassical music03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineHistory and Philosophy of ScienceMusic and emotionChord (music)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesbusinessPsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryFolk musicCognitive psychologydescription
In various paradigms of modern neurosciences of music, experts of Western classical music have displayed superior brain architecture when compared with individuals without explicit training in music. In this paper, we show that chord violations embedded in musical cadences were neurally processed in a facilitated manner also by musicians trained in Finnish folk music. This result, obtained by using early right anterior negativity (ERAN) as an index of harmony processing, suggests that tonal processing is advanced in folk musicians by their long-term exposure to both Western and non-Western music.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-01 | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |