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The overall goals of this project are to investigate (1) how the brain processes temporal structure in music at the cognitive level and (2) how emotion emerges from temporal structure in music and how this relates to the brain's affective information processing systems, and (3) similarities and differences in cognitive and affective processing of music and speech.


.Related Publications

Levitin, D. J. et al. Neural correlates of auditory perception in Williams syndrome: an FMRI study. Neuroimage 18, 74-82 (2003).
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Levitin, D. J. & Menon, V. Musical structure is processed in "language" areas of the brain: a possible role for Brodmann Area 47 in temporal coherence. Neuroimage 20, 2142-52 (2003).
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Levitin, D. J. & Menon, V. The neural locus of temporal structure and expectancies in music: Evidence from functional neuroimaging at 3 Tesla. Music Perception 22, 563-576 (2005).
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Menon, V. et al. Neural correlates of timbre change in harmonic sounds. Neuroimage 17, 1742-54 (2002).
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Menon, V. & Levitin, D. J. The rewards of music listening: response and physiological connectivity of the mesolimbic system. Neuroimage 28, 175-84 (2005).
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