New paper! (Raccah et al., iScience, 2025)

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New paper from Omri published in iScience!

Raccah O, Seltenreich M, Pelofi C, Lerdahl F, Poeppel D (2025). Geometric properties of musical scales constitute a representational primitive in melodic processing. iScience.

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  • Data from hundreds of participants elucidates how musical scales shape perception
  • The geometry underlying scales influences perceptual sensitivity to note deviations
  • Geometric regularity predicts perceptual sensitivity across diverse structures
  • Effects persist in the absence of a familiar tuning system