Magnetic responses to dissonant and mistuned triads but not minor triads differ between musicians and nonmusicians

Olga Varyagina; Elvira Brattico; Mari Tervaniemi; Irina Anurova; Karen Johanne Pallesen

Magnetic responses to dissonant and mistuned triads but not minor triads differ between musicians and nonmusicians

Olga Varyagina, Elvira Brattico, Mari Tervaniemi, Irina Anurova, Karen Johanne Pallesen

Cognitive Brain Research Unit (CBRU)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific

Abstract

The magnetic counterpart of mismatch negativity (MMNm), a neurophysiological index of automatic sound-change discrimination in the auditory cortex, was measured in musicians and nonmusicians with 306-channel magnetoencephalography (MEG) in response to major, dissonant, minor, and mistuned triads. Musicians showed stronger MMNm than nonmusicians to all the chords, but this difference was more pronounced to the dissonant and mistuned chords. No significant group difference in the MMNm strength was found for the minor chords. Musical expertise thus seems to specifically affect the cortical automatic discrimination of dissonant and mistuned chords but not the more
common minor chord.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICMPC8 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition
Editors	S. D. Lipscomb, R. Ashley, R. O. Gjerdingen, P. Webster
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
Publisher	Causal Productions
Publication date	2004
Pages	808-811
ISBN (Electronic)	1-876346-50-7
Publication status	Published - 2004
MoE publication type	B3 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Music perception and cognition - International conference - Evanston, IL., United States Duration: 3 Aug 2004 → 7 Aug 2004 Conference number: 8

Fields of Science

515 Psychology

Cite this

Varyagina, O., Brattico, E., Tervaniemi, M., Anurova, I., & Pallesen, K. J. (2004). Magnetic responses to dissonant and mistuned triads but not minor triads differ between musicians and nonmusicians. In S. D. Lipscomb, R. Ashley, R. O. Gjerdingen, & P. Webster (Eds.), ICMPC8 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition (pp. 808-811). Causal Productions.

Varyagina, Olga ; Brattico, Elvira ; Tervaniemi, Mari et al. / Magnetic responses to dissonant and mistuned triads but not minor triads differ between musicians and nonmusicians. ICMPC8 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition. editor / S. D. Lipscomb ; R. Ashley ; R. O. Gjerdingen ; P. Webster. Sydney, Australia : Causal Productions, 2004. pp. 808-811

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Magnetic responses to dissonant and mistuned triads but not minor triads differ between musicians and nonmusicians. / Varyagina, Olga; Brattico, Elvira ; Tervaniemi, Mari et al.

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Varyagina O, Brattico E , Tervaniemi M , Anurova I, Pallesen KJ. Magnetic responses to dissonant and mistuned triads but not minor triads differ between musicians and nonmusicians. In Lipscomb SD, Ashley R, Gjerdingen RO, Webster P, editors, ICMPC8 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition. Sydney, Australia: Causal Productions. 2004. p. 808-811