Accounting for Musical Perception Through Equivalence Relations and Abstraction: An Experimental Approach

Autor(es)

Toniollo Reis, Luis Fernando ^{[1, 2]} ; Perez, William Ferreira ^{[2, 3]} ; de Rose, Julio Cesar ^{[1, 2]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Inst Nacl Ciencia & Tecnol Comportamento Cognicao, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[3] Paradigma Ctr Ciencias Comportamento, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY; v. 17, n. 3, p. 279-289, OCT 2017.
• Citações Web of Science: 2

Resumo

The present study aimed to establish equivalence classes between musical chords, the corresponding chord grids, and the labels for each chord type (major, minor and 7th). Seven adults participated in a computerized matching-to-sample procedure. During training sessions, participants learned relations between chords of the same root note and either their corresponding chord grids or the words labeling their type. Equivalence relations between grids and words were then verified, and a generalization test assessed abstraction of the chord type with previously untrained chords. Phase 1 used chords having C as the root note. Phases 2 and 3 were programmed similarly, using chords having E and G as their root notes. Most participants had positive results on equivalence tests. Across the experimental phases, the percentage of correct choices in the generalization tests increased gradually for four out of seven participants. A behavioral account of musical perception through the concept of abstraction is discussed. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/57705-8 - Instituto de Estudos sobre Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino
• Beneficiário: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 14/50909-8 - INCT 2014: Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino (INCT-ECCE): aprendizagem relacional e funcionamento simbólico
• Beneficiário: Deisy das Graças de Souza
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 07/58819-4 - Equivalencia de estimulos e discriminacao de acordes tocados no violao.
• Beneficiário: Luis Fernando Toniollo Reis
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica