The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music

Figure 18.9

Comparison of the effects of temporal violations in (A) language and (B) m

usic. Recordings are from the parietal electrode (Pz). (A

)

Overlapped are the ERPs to congruous words and to the temporal disruptions ending familiar and unfamiliar sentences. In both lan

guage and music, large

emitted potentials are elicited when the

final event should ha

ve been presented (

vertical bar

) but was delayed by 600 ms. Note that the amplitude of

the

emitted potential is greater in music than in language, but that,

in both cases, its amplitude is greater for familiar than for unfamiliar materials. (Adapted

from Ref. 84 (A) and Ref. 69. (B).)

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