HEИндивидуална стипендия2023–2025

PHYLOMUSIC · Neural encoding of novel and familiar proto-musical patterns in humans and monkeys

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2023-02-01 → 2025-07-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 188 590 €
Участници: 1
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Невронните механизми за разпознаване на ритъм и мелодия се проучват при новородени бебета и маймуни. Това помага да се разберат биологичните корени на музикалността и как мозъкът учи да предвижда звуци, което може да подобри образователните практики в ранното развитие.

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Резултати накратко

Neural encoding of novel and familiar proto-musical patterns in humans and monkeys

Music perception is a universal human capacity that relies on the brain’s ability to form expectations about upcoming sounds. These predictive mechanisms depend on tracking sequential patterns in time (rhythm) and frequency (pitch). Yet, the evolutionary and developmental origins of these processes remain poorly understood. To what extent are rhythm and melody tracking present at birth, and are they shared with our primate relatives? Addressing these questions provides insights into the biological foundations of human musicality and informs our understanding of communication, learning, and social interaction. The overall objective of this project was to investigate the neural encoding of musical expectations in non-human primates and human newborns. By combining electroencephalography (EEG), pupillometry, and computational models of statistical learning, we examined whether these groups—both musically inexperienced—form predictions when exposed to structured musical sequences. This comparative approach aimed to identify evolutionarily conserved capacities, ontogenetic trajectories, and species-specific specialisations in music processing. Ultimately, the project contributes to a deeper understanding of predictive coding in the brain and its role in sensory perception and learning. The pathway to impact lies in informing education practices (e.g., music-based interventions in early development) and in shaping cultural and policy debates about the biological roots of music.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The capacity to perceive and produce music musicality has ancient but mysterious roots. While musicality is nearly ubiquitous across human ages and cultures, it seems to be scarcely developed in non-human primates such as rhesus monkeys. This is surprising given that rhesus monkeys are not only one of our closest relatives, but also a fundamental model for human auditory function and communication. PHYLOMUSIC proposes an innovative approach to the study of musicality in non-human primates (macaca mulatta). Rather than focusing on isolated musical features such as tone-order or rhythm, it combines them to form proto-musical patterns. PHYLOMUSIC takes (i) the detection of proto-musical patterns, and (ii) their memorization as two pillars of musicality. With this, PHYLOMUSIC proposes a series of non-invasive electroencephalography (EEG) studies aimed to test whether and how proto-musical patterns are detected and memorized (in both short- and long-term) in rhesus monkeys and (as a comparison) in humans. Combining notions from comparative research, music, auditory computational neuroscience, and state-of-the-art brain signal analysis, PHYLOMUSIC is a multi-disciplinary project that has the potential to impact upon three distinct research areas. First, it will shed light upon the mysterious evolutionary origins of musicality, unveiling whether music processing is phylogenetically conserved, and how mnemonic systems may have evolved to support musicality in humans. Second, it will introduce novel analytical approaches to the fast-rising field of non-human primate neuroimaging. Last but not least, it might provide an empirical ground for realistically testing at the neuronal and circuitry level the widespread use of music in clinical settings, having noteworthy implications for human health.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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