News Finding: And our conscious ability to apply symbolic meaning to sounds, lyrics and song aEUR" and to recognize when listening to music that what weaEUR(tm)re listening to is supposed to be music aEUR" also certainly influences human musical perception.
Paper Finding: An ANOVA using the harmonic frequencies (3, 2, and 1.5 Hz) showed a main effect of musical experience [F (1,66) = 12.46, P < 0.001], whereas frequency showed no significant modulation.
News Context: How humans perceive music is, of course, far more complicated than simply tuning in to tempo. And our conscious ability to apply symbolic meaning to sounds, lyrics and song aEUR" and to recognize when listening to music that what weaEUR(tm)re listening to is supposed to be music aEUR" also certainly influences human musical perception. But the work of Poeppel and others suggests that a tonal time perception hinted at in apes and more fully formed in man could be a prerequisite for discerning a song.
Paper Context: Although we did not predict it, musicians also showed greater tracking at harmonic rates (i.e., 3 Hz for 1.5 nps and 2 Hz for 1 nps) for all conditions but 0.7 nps. An ANOVA using the harmonic frequencies (3, 2, and 1.5 Hz) showed a main effect of musical experience [F (1,66) = 12.46, P < 0.001], whereas frequency showed no significant modulation. Multiple comparisons show significant effects in 1.5 nps (P < 0.05) and 1.0 nps (P < 0.05) but not 0.7 nps (P = 0.16).