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Musicality as a predictive process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Nils Kraus Open the ORCID record for Nils Kraus [Opens in a new window]  and
Guido Hesselmann Open the ORCID record for Guido Hesselmann [Opens in a new window]
Nils Kraus
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Department of General and Biological Psychology, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, 10179 Berlin, Germany n.kraus@phb.de Department of Experimental Psychology and Neuropsychology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany. g.hesselmann@phb.de
Guido Hesselmann
Affiliation:
Department of General and Biological Psychology, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, 10179 Berlin, Germany n.kraus@phb.de
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Abstract

Savage et al. argue for musicality as having evolved for the overarching purpose of social bonding. By way of contrast, we highlight contemporary predictive processing models of human cognitive functioning in which the production and enjoyment of music follows directly from the principle of prediction error minimization.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e81
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