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What is one way the brain identifies soundmakers in a noisy environment?
What is one way the brain identifies soundmakers in a noisy environment?
- By paying attention to the loudness of each sound
- By paying attention to the harmonic relations between components (correct)
- By relying on the metrical structure of strong and weak beats
- By using the hierarchy of phrases within phrases
What is a key similarity between music and language?
What is a key similarity between music and language?
- They both use the same mental machinery (correct)
- They both have a hierarchical structure of phrases within phrases
- They both rely on the auditory scene analysis
- They both use visual cues to convey meaning
Why does the brain group components that stand in harmonic relations together?
Why does the brain group components that stand in harmonic relations together?
- Because it enhances the melody of the music
- Because it is easier to process multiple frequencies at once
- Because many resonators emit sounds of many harmonic overtones (correct)
- Because it is a more efficient way to identify soundmakers
What is an example of a situation where the brain would use auditory scene analysis?
What is an example of a situation where the brain would use auditory scene analysis?
What is a key aspect of the way music conveys meaning?
What is a key aspect of the way music conveys meaning?
What is the proposed reason why melodies might evoke strong emotions?
What is the proposed reason why melodies might evoke strong emotions?
What is the term used to describe the practice of intentionally evoking environmental sounds in melody?
What is the term used to describe the practice of intentionally evoking environmental sounds in melody?
What is the primary or only component of music in some idioms?
What is the primary or only component of music in some idioms?
What is the term used to describe the goal of art and recreation that involves evoking emotions?
What is the term used to describe the goal of art and recreation that involves evoking emotions?
What is the proposed reason why auditory features of the environment have emotional effects?
What is the proposed reason why auditory features of the environment have emotional effects?
What is the primary reason why humans are more interested in periodic sounds?
What is the primary reason why humans are more interested in periodic sounds?
What is the main difference between Western Classical Music and Traditional Chinese or American Folk Music?
What is the main difference between Western Classical Music and Traditional Chinese or American Folk Music?
Why do humans have a limited range of audible sounds?
Why do humans have a limited range of audible sounds?
What is the term used to describe the system created by Arnold Schoenberg, where all 12 notes are equal?
What is the term used to describe the system created by Arnold Schoenberg, where all 12 notes are equal?
What is the term used to describe the range of sounds that humans are most interested in?
What is the term used to describe the range of sounds that humans are most interested in?
What is the primary reason why humans are drawn to music according to the author?
What is the primary reason why humans are drawn to music according to the author?
What can be inferred about the emotional content of speech vowels from the study by Gill and Purves (2009)?
What can be inferred about the emotional content of speech vowels from the study by Gill and Purves (2009)?
What is the primary function of music in relation to human evolution, according to the author?
What is the primary function of music in relation to human evolution, according to the author?
What does the author suggest is the relationship between music and speech?
What does the author suggest is the relationship between music and speech?
What is the primary characteristic of music that distinguishes it from other forms of auditory perception, according to the author?
What is the primary characteristic of music that distinguishes it from other forms of auditory perception, according to the author?
What might be a possible explanation for why music has a unique effect on humans compared to other activities?
What might be a possible explanation for why music has a unique effect on humans compared to other activities?
What is implied by the idea that music might be a result of an accident of how brain circuits are packed together?
What is implied by the idea that music might be a result of an accident of how brain circuits are packed together?
What might be a characteristic of muscle control that is related to music?
What might be a characteristic of muscle control that is related to music?
What is implied by the idea that music is more than the sum of its parts?
What is implied by the idea that music is more than the sum of its parts?
What might be a possible explanation for the relationship between music and emotion?
What might be a possible explanation for the relationship between music and emotion?
What is the biological significance of music according to the text?
What is the biological significance of music according to the text?
What is the proposed function of music in social groups?
What is the proposed function of music in social groups?
What is the analogy used to describe music in the text?
What is the analogy used to describe music in the text?
Why is music considered a 'pure pleasure technology'?
Why is music considered a 'pure pleasure technology'?
What is the underlying question posed by the text regarding music?
What is the underlying question posed by the text regarding music?
What is the implication of music being biologically useless?
What is the implication of music being biologically useless?
What is the relationship between music and social bonding according to the text?
What is the relationship between music and social bonding according to the text?
What is the significance of music in terms of its evolutionary history?
What is the significance of music in terms of its evolutionary history?
What is the underlying assumption of the text regarding music's significance?
What is the underlying assumption of the text regarding music's significance?
What is the tone of the text regarding music's significance?
What is the tone of the text regarding music's significance?
What was the goal of Bowling et al.'s (2010) study?
What was the goal of Bowling et al.'s (2010) study?
What did Bowling et al. (2010) find to be the relation between the loudest and most prominent notes in speech and musical scales?
What did Bowling et al. (2010) find to be the relation between the loudest and most prominent notes in speech and musical scales?
What were the researchers trying to eliminate from their analysis of speech?
What were the researchers trying to eliminate from their analysis of speech?
What is the term used to describe the vocal melodies embedded in talking?
What is the term used to describe the vocal melodies embedded in talking?
What is the implication of the finding that notes in speech fall along the 12 notes of the chromatic scale?
What is the implication of the finding that notes in speech fall along the 12 notes of the chromatic scale?
