Prototype effects in music listening:: An empirical approach to the notion of imprint
Prototype effects in music listening:: An empirical approach to the notion of imprint
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DOI:
10.1525/mp.2001.18.3.371
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发表时间:
2001-03-01
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影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Deliège, I
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Deliège, I
Starting from the idea of cue abstraction, the notion of imprint formation has been hypothesized as being operational in listening to music. This notion is close to the concept of prototype put forth in the late 1960s in categorization research, that is, a set of prominent properties showing in itself an average of the main dimensions of a broader set of items. The present study aims to further develop results of a preliminary experiment in order to investigate the effect of new experimental factors: training, familiarization, and item configurations. The procedures were inspired by the methods developed in prototype research. In an acquisition phase, 600 adult subjects (musicians and nonmusicians) listened to the first part of a piece. They were then presented with a set of items of one or two bars, divided into three parts: Heard items (selected from the first part of the piece: already heard), Unheard items (selected from the second part), and Modified items (including slight pitch changes or changes in pitch and rhythm). The underlying imprint hypothesis was that unheard items would be erroneously felt to have already been perceived before. The material was presented in three different familiarization conditions: listening to the first part of the piece either 10, 6, or 2 times during the acquisition phase. In the recognition phase, subjects had to indicate whether the item had previously been heard and to give a degree of confidence in their response. Musicians performed better than nonmusicians performed, and this effect of training was reinforced by the number of previous listenings to the piece. In addition, more correct responses were recorded for items of two bars than for items of one bar. Finally pitch and rhythm modifications were perceived much better than were pitch changes alone. A clear imprint effect was observed in the different stages of the approach.