NRT: From Musical Notes to Nervous System Vibrations
Psychology Today | 16.06.2026 07:34This post concludes the three-part survey of musical embodiment—the idea that music isn’t just a mental experience but one that involves our entire body, and how this physical connection shapes our musical preferences. Last month’s post featured the predictive coding model, which asserts that musical preferences are learned and therefore mainly cultural. Because this learning happens in the cortex, the advanced upper regions of the brain, it is called a “top-down” model.
