Subjectively preferred octave size is resolved at the late stages of cerebral auditory processing.
EEG
multivariate pattern analysis
octave enlargement
pitch perception
psychoacoustics
tuning
Journal
The European journal of neuroscience
ISSN: 1460-9568
Titre abrégé: Eur J Neurosci
Pays: France
ID NLM: 8918110
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
revised:
06
09
2023
received:
02
01
2023
accepted:
11
09
2023
medline:
6
10
2023
pubmed:
27
9
2023
entrez:
26
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Human listeners prefer octave intervals slightly above the exact 2:1 frequency ratio. To study the neural underpinnings of this subjective preference, called the octave enlargement phenomenon, we compared neural responses between exact, slightly enlarged, oversized, and compressed octaves (or their multiples). The first experiment (n = 20) focused on the N1 and P2 event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited in EEG 50-250 ms after the second tone onset during passive listening of one-octave intervals. In the second experiment (n = 20) applying four-octave intervals, musician participants actively rated the different octave types as 'low', 'good' and 'high'. The preferred slightly enlarged octave was individually determined prior to the second experiment. In both experiments, N1-P2 peak-to-peak amplitudes attenuated for the exact and slightly enlarged octave intervals compared with compressed and oversized intervals, suggesting overlapping neural representations of tones an octave (or its multiples) apart. While there were no differences between the N1-P2 amplitudes to the exact and preferred enlarged octaves, ERP amplitudes differed after 500 ms from onset of the second tone of the pair. In the multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) of the second experiment, the different octave types were distinguishable (spatial classification across electroencephalography [EEG] channels) 200 ms after second tone onset. Temporal classification within channels suggested two separate discrimination processes peaking around 300 and 700 ms. These findings appear to be related to active listening, as no multivariate results were found in the first, passive listening experiment. The present results suggest that the subjectively preferred octave size is resolved at the late stages of auditory processing.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3686-3704Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. European Journal of Neuroscience published by Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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