Appendix 3.02 Survey of The Neurosciences a
nd Music I
I
Conference 2005
From Perception to Performance
Title, Category
Aim
Mus. Material, Cultural Ref.
Technology & Procedure
Main focus of interest
Conclusion
51P. Passynkova et al.
(454
-456)
Left auditory cortex specialization
Cat. 2: Consonance / Dissonance
52P.
Steinbeis et al.
(457
-461)
Processing of harmonic expectancy violations
Cat. 2: Harmony Cat. 19: Emotion
53P.
Vines et al.
(462
-466)
Dimensions of emotions in performance
Cat. 19: Emotion
Cat. 20: Musical expression
To investigate the
repre
sentation of consonant
and dissonant chords in the auditory cortex
To study if harmonic expectancy violations can trig
ger emotional processes
To explore the dimensions of emotions conveyed by music
Synthesized chords and individual notes. Piano timbre using Cubasis software
CR: Western
Recorded music:
Six Bach
chorales con
taining
unexpected harmonies
, plus
alt ered versions containing expected and very unexpected hamonies
CR: Western
Recorded music:
Audio-
video
recordings of two clarinetists playing a Stravinsky piece in three manners: immobile, standard and exaggerated
CR: Western
fMRI during listening to consonant and dissonant chords, and the individual harmonic tones of chords
EEG in
30 locations, plus
measurement of Electro
dermal activity
(EDA)
Judgement task: com
paring
durations, to show attention
12 musicians, 12 non
musicians.
3 groups: auditory only, visual only, and auditory + visual. For each stimulus, the experience of 19 emotions
was
rated on Likert scales.
Factor analysis.
Activation of auditory cortex
Differences in Event
-related
potentials (ERP) and EDA between responses
Differences in emotional experiences between groups: auditory only, visual only, and auditory + visual.
Stronger BOLD response to consonant than to dissonant chords in left posterior auditory cortex
, mainly
planum temporale Harmonically unexpected events
elicit emotional effects
Visual experiences was the primary channel through which the clarinetists’ performance intentions influenced the emotions of observers