A dynamically minimalist cognitive explanation of musical preference: is familiarity everything?

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A dynamically minimalist cognitive explanation of musical preference: is familiarity everything?

This paper examines the idea that attraction to music is generated at a cognitive level through the formation and activation of networks of interlinked “nodes.” Although the networks involved are vast, the basic mechanism for activating the links is relatively simple. Two comprehensive cognitive-beh...

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Main Authors:	Schubert, E., Hargreaves, David, North, Adrian
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Frontiers Research Foundation 2014
Subjects:	familiarity preference reciprocal-feedback model cognitive model neural networks spreading activation mind-body musical experience
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19952

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