Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review
In a previous article, we reviewed empirical evidence demonstrating action-based effects on music perception to substantiate the musical embodiment thesis Maes et al. (2014). Evidence was largely based on studies demonstrating that music perception automatically engages motor processes, or that body...
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| description | In a previous article, we reviewed empirical evidence demonstrating action-based effects on music perception to substantiate the musical embodiment thesis Maes et al. (2014). Evidence was largely based on studies demonstrating that music perception automatically engages motor processes, or that body states/movements influence music perception. Here, we argue that more rigorous evidence is needed before any decisive conclusion in favour of a `radical' musical embodiment thesis can be posited. In the current article, we provide a focused review of recent research to collect further evidence for the `radical' embodiment thesis that music perception is a dynamic process firmly rooted in the natural disposition of sounds and the human auditory and motor system. Though, we emphasise that, on top of these natural dispositions, long-term processes operate, rooted in repeated sensorimotor experiences and leading to learning, prediction, and error minimisation. This approach sheds new light on the development of musical repertoires, and may refine our understanding of action-based effects on music perception as discussed in our previous article Maes et al. (2014). Additionally, we discuss two of our recent empirical studies demonstrating that music performance relies on similar principles of sensorimotor dynamics and predictive processing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f419ef9853844c49a5de50423dbd3a6e2022-12-22T01:38:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-03-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00308158608Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a reviewPieter-Jan eMaes0Ghent UniversityIn a previous article, we reviewed empirical evidence demonstrating action-based effects on music perception to substantiate the musical embodiment thesis Maes et al. (2014). Evidence was largely based on studies demonstrating that music perception automatically engages motor processes, or that body states/movements influence music perception. Here, we argue that more rigorous evidence is needed before any decisive conclusion in favour of a `radical' musical embodiment thesis can be posited. In the current article, we provide a focused review of recent research to collect further evidence for the `radical' embodiment thesis that music perception is a dynamic process firmly rooted in the natural disposition of sounds and the human auditory and motor system. Though, we emphasise that, on top of these natural dispositions, long-term processes operate, rooted in repeated sensorimotor experiences and leading to learning, prediction, and error minimisation. This approach sheds new light on the development of musical repertoires, and may refine our understanding of action-based effects on music perception as discussed in our previous article Maes et al. (2014). Additionally, we discuss two of our recent empirical studies demonstrating that music performance relies on similar principles of sensorimotor dynamics and predictive processing.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00308/fulldynamical systemspredictive codingmusic perceptionmusic performanceembodied music cognition |
| spellingShingle | Pieter-Jan eMaes Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review Frontiers in Psychology dynamical systems predictive coding music perception music performance embodied music cognition |
| title | Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review |
| title_full | Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review |
| title_fullStr | Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review |
| title_short | Sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction: a review |
| title_sort | sensorimotor grounding of musical embodiment and the role of prediction a review |
| topic | dynamical systems predictive coding music perception music performance embodied music cognition |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00308/full |
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