About the Authors

Valorie N. Salimpoor

valorie.salimpoor@mail.mcgill.ca

Affiliations Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mitchel Benovoy

Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Gregory Longo

Affiliation Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jeremy R. Cooperstock

Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Robert J. Zatorre

Affiliations Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VNS MB GL RZ. Performed the experiments: VNS MB GL. Analyzed the data: VNS MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VNS MB GL JRC RZ. Wrote the paper: VNS MB.