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ArticlePsychophysiology2026

Song Familiarity Relies on Evidence Accumulation.

Jared R Girard, Aaron Bishop, Cameron D Hassall

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Article in Psychophysiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Jared R GirardDepartment of Psychology, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9465-7880
Aaron BishopDepartment of Psychology, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7420-7206
Cameron D HassallDepartment of Psychology, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-2813

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN 2024-04848
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familiarity judgments are thought to involve evidence accumulation, a decision-making process in which information is gathered over time until a threshold is reached. Previous work has identified a scalp-recorded signature of evidence accumulation called the central-parietal positivity (CPP). We built on this previous work and recorded electroencephalography while participants listened to several melodies, instructing participants to respond as soon as the song felt familiar. A prominent CPP was noted, time-locked to decisions. We then used linear regression to unmix overlapping neural responses and observed a stimulus-locked indicator of evidence accumulation that increased in amplitude just prior to a familiarity decision. This result suggests that song familiarity relies on evidence accumulation, with individual notes in a familiar song acting as "evidence".

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Auditory PerceptionDecision MakingEvoked PotentialsMusicRecognition, PsychologyAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultcentral‐parietal positivityEEGERPevidence accumulationfamiliaritymemory

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PMID42538772
PMCPMC13428188

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