How do our brains handle two different musical schemas?: a computational modeling and neuroimaging approaches

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590182
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Matsunaga Rie 静岡理工科大学, 総合情報学部, 講師 (70399781)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ABE Jun-ichi 北海道大学, 名誉教授 (40091409) ; YOKOSAWA Koichi 北海道大学, 大学院保健科学研究院, 教授 (20416978) ; HARTONO Pitoyo 中京大学, 工学部, 教授 (90339747)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 音楽認知 / 計算論的モデリング / 脳機能計測 / 調性知覚 / ニューラルネットワーク / 文化差 / 学習過程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study with using three different methodologies, has provided the following three findings: (1) a study of computational molding shows that our connectionist model is successful in preciously simulating a learning process of musical tonal schema shown by a child; (2) a neuroimaging study observes influences of an early experiences of music exposure on brain activities involving tonal schema processing; (3) a cross-cultural study reveals that despite advances in musical globalization, listeners’ tonal schemas still vary considerably across cultures.

Free Research Field

実験心理学