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If a melody always goes to the note you expect, you get bored; if it always surprises you, you get tired. Your favorite songs sit exactly in between: familiar enough, yet slightly unexpected. Why does the brain adore a predictable surprise?
— expectation and dopamine in music (predictive processing)
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