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Hemispheric Asymmetry In The Perception Of Musical Pitch Structure, Matthew Adam Rosenthal
Hemispheric Asymmetry In The Perception Of Musical Pitch Structure, Matthew Adam Rosenthal
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Both the left and right hemispheres contribute to the perception of pitch structure
in music. Music researchers have attempted to explain the observed asymmetries in the perception of musical pitch structure by characterizing the dominant processing style of each hemisphere. However, no existing characterizations have been able to account for all of the empirical findings. To better explain existing empirical findings, this dissertation characterizes the left hemisphere as dominant in temporal pitch processing (i.e. with respect to the sequential ordering of pitches) and the right hemisphere as dominant in non-temporal pitch processing (i.e. without respect to the sequential ordering of …