Repetition priming: Is music special?

Catégorie

Journal Article

Auteurs

Bigand, E., Tillmann, B., Poulin-Charronnat, B., Manderlier, D.

Année

2005

Titre

Repetition priming: Is music special?

Journal / Livre / Conférence

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Résumé

Using short and long contexts, the present study investigated musical priming effects that are based on chord repetition and harmonic relatedness. A musical target (a chord) was preceded by either an identical prime or a different but harmonically related prime. In contrast to words, pictures, and environmental sounds, chord processing was not facilitated by repetition. Experiments 1 and 2 using single-chord primes showed either no significant difference between chord repetition and harmonic relatedness or facilitated processing for harmonically related targets. Experiment 3 using longer prime contexts showed that musical priming depended more on the musical function of the target in the preceding context than on target repetition. The effect of musical function was decreased, but not qualitatively changed, by chord repetition. The outcome of this study challenges predictions of sensory approaches and supports a cognitive approach of musical priming.

Issue

8

Volume

58A

Pages

1347-1375

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