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How can we play together? Temporal inconsistencies in neural coding of music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2019

Björn Vickhoff Open the ORCID record for Björn Vickhoff [Opens in a new window]
Björn Vickhoff*
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Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 90Gothenborg, Sweden. bjorn.vickhoff@aniv.gu.se
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Abstract

If sensory organs encode environment, this code must be decoded to perception. The currently dominant theory of perception – predictive coding – assumes a “Bayesian decoder,” a probability function, which will present (to whom?) an optimal guess, given previous encodings of the environment – old codes testing new codes. Such a process would delay perception noticeably. This is inconsistent with the perception of music, which for several reasons must be direct.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e242
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