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Editorial for the special issue on "Prediction, Creativity, and Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition"
Tudor Popescu1,2, Andrea Schiavio3, Felix Haiduk4
1Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, Padova, Italy.
Journal of Cognition
|September 16, 2024
Summary
Musical creativity and prediction are key to cultural evolution, blending innovation with tradition. Understanding how our brains predict music shapes shared norms and transmits cultural knowledge across generations.
Area of Science:
- Music Cognition
- Cultural Evolution
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Music creation balances innovation with established norms, allowing recognition of novelty within traditions.
- Musical creativity involves recombining elements and rules, potentially forming new cultural conventions.
- Future norms in music and culture depend on past knowledge and present actions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the interplay between musical creativity and prediction.
- To understand how prediction shapes music appraisal and perception-action loops.
- To examine the role of creativity and prediction in transmitting musical norms across cultures.
Main Methods:
- Interdisciplinary symposium in 2022 focusing on creativity and prediction in music.
- Analysis of contemporary theories and methodologies in music cognition.
- Compilation of research inspired by the symposium discussions.
Main Results:
- Prediction is a key process in music listening, with the brain generating expectations based on enculturation.
- Predictive models in the mind evolve with music through cultural evolution.
- Creativity and prediction are fundamental to transmitting cultural systems like music.
Conclusions:
- Creativity and prediction are complementary processes vital for the transmission of musical cultures.
- The dynamic interplay between prediction and expectation facilitates shared musical realities.
- This research informs future directions in the field of music cognition.
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