You Siqi, Sun Lijun, Yang Yufang
CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China.
Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Cogn Neurodyn. 2023 Feb;17(1):191-201. doi: 10.1007/s11571-022-09810-5. Epub 2022 Apr 23.
It is known that tension is a core principle of the generation of music emotion and meaning, and supposed to be induced by prediction in process of music listening. Using EEG and behavioral rating, the current research investigated how contextual certainty affects musical tension induction and resolution. The major results were that in the tension induction process, incongruent conditions elicited larger EN and P600 in ERP responses compared with congruent conditions, and the amplitude of P600, tension ratings were mediated by contextual certainty. In the tension resolution process, contextual certainty further affected the duration of P600 and tension ratings. For the certain conditions, tension ratings were higher, tension curves fluctuated faster, and a larger P600 was evoked in the incongruent condition compared with the congruent condition. For the uncertain conditions, there was no congruency effect on behavioral ratings and tension curves, but a larger P600 was elicited in the congruent condition. These results show that contextual certainty affects tension induction and resolution. Our findings provide a more comprehensive view on how musical prediction affects musical tension.
众所周知，张力是音乐情感和意义产生的核心原则，并且被认为是在音乐聆听过程中由预测所引发的。本研究运用脑电图（EEG）和行为评分，探究了情境确定性如何影响音乐张力的引发与消解。主要研究结果表明，在张力引发过程中，与一致条件相比，不一致条件在事件相关电位（ERP）反应中诱发了更大的N2（EN）和P600，且P600的波幅、张力评分受情境确定性的调节。在张力消解过程中，情境确定性进一步影响了P600的持续时间和张力评分。对于确定条件，与一致条件相比，不一致条件下的张力评分更高，张力曲线波动更快，且诱发了更大的P600。对于不确定条件，行为评分和张力曲线不存在一致性效应，但在一致条件下诱发了更大的P600。这些结果表明，情境确定性会影响张力的引发和消解。我们的研究结果为音乐预测如何影响音乐张力提供了更全面的视角。
