Perceptual space of musical structures

Motor space structures perceptual space: evidence from human saccadic adaptation.

Saccadic adaptation is the progressive correction of systematic saccade targeting errors. When a saccade to a particular target is adapted, saccades within a spatial window around the target, the adaptation field, are affected as a function of their distance from the adapted target. Furthermore, previous studies suggest that saccadic adaptation might modify the perceptual localization of object...

Perceptual Ratings of Musical Parameters

Multidimensional perceptual scaling of musical timbres.

Two experiments were performed to evaluate the perceptual relationships between 16 music instrument tones. The stimuli were computer synthesized based upon an analysis of actual instrument tones, and they were perceptually equalized for loudness, pitch, and duration. Experiment 1 evaluated the tones with respect to perceptual similarities, and the results were treated with multidimensional scal...

Perceptual basis of evolving Western musical styles.

The brain processes temporal statistics to predict future events and to categorize perceptual objects. These statistics, called expectancies, are found in music perception, and they span a variety of different features and time scales. Specifically, there is evidence that music perception involves strong expectancies regarding the distribution of a melodic interval, namely, the distance between...

Perceptual and Physical Aspects of Musical Sounds

This paper presents the research involved in the elaboration of the timbre model, a signal model which has been built to better understand the relationship between the perception of timbre and the musical sounds most commonly associated with timbre. The elaboration of the timbre model involves an overview of the related topics in many fields. In particular the signal processing, perceptual and ...