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Asano, Rie ORCID: 0000-0002-6901-7885, Boeckx, Cedric and Seifert, Uwe (2021). Hierarchical control as a shared neurocognitive mechanism for language and music. Cognition, 216. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-7838

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Abstract

Although comparative research has made substantial progress in clarifying the relationship between language and music as neurocognitive systems from both a theoretical and empirical perspective, there is still no consensus about which mechanisms, if any, are shared and how they bring about different neurocognitive systems. In this paper, we tackle these two questions by focusing on hierarchical control as a neurocognitive mechanism underlying syntax in language and music. We put forward the Coordinated Hierarchical Control (CHC) hypothesis: linguistic and musical syntax rely on hierarchical control, but engage this shared mechanism differently depending on the current control demand. While linguistic syntax preferably engages the abstract rule-based control circuit, musical syntax rather employs the coordination of the abstract rule-based and the more concrete motor-based control circuits. We provide evidence for our hypothesis by reviewing neuroimaging as well as neuropsychological studies on linguistic and musical syntax. The CHC hypothesis makes a set of novel testable predictions to guide future work on the relationship between language and music.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Asano, Rie UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-7885 UNSPECIFIED Boeckx, Cedric UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Seifert, Uwe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-580901
DOI:	10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104847
Journal or Publication Title:	Cognition
Volume:	216
Date:	2021
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-7838
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; BASAL GANGLIA; PARKINSONS-DISEASE; COGNITIVE CONTROL; BROCAS AREA; SENTENCE COMPREHENSION; WORKING-MEMORY; FRONTAL-CORTEX; CORTICOSTRIATAL CIRCUITS; RHYTHM DISCRIMINATION Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58090