Dopamine and Temporal Difference Learning 6 years ago
This paper also got me thinking if this mechanism might explain why we enjoy listening to music. Music follows and breaks rules, which our brain continuously tries to predict and most of the time it succeeds.
I think that this explains my style to some extent [1]. One of the main themes behind what I write is that it should sound 1) original (less familiar) and 2) there needs to be an interplay between musical closure and tension, especially with half tones.