Auditory and reward structures reflect the pleasure of musical expectancies during naturalistic listening

Enjoying music consistently engages key structures of the neural auditory and reward systems such as the right superior temporal gyrus (R STG) and ventral striatum (VS). Expectations seem to play a central role in this effect, as preferences reliably vary according to listeners’ uncertainty about th...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Benjamin P. Gold, Marcus T. Pearce, Anthony R. McIntosh, Catie Chang, Alain Dagher, Robert J. Zatorre
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Subjects:	music fMRI pleasure expectancies ventral striatum (VS) superior temporal gyrus (STG)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1209398/full