Normal cognitive sciences (neurosciences and psychology) try to explain what goes on when a person
- hearing a sequence of beats perceives a rhythm
- hearing a sequence of tones perceives a melody
- hearing a simultaneous set of tones perceives a chord.
From the Wikipedia article on Music Psychology (redirected from Gestalt (music)):
»At the turn of the century, music psychology moved beyond the study of isolated tones and elements to the perception of their inter-relationships.«
My question goes into the other direction:
Has it been observed or theorized about that a person might not perceive
- a sequence of beats as a rhythm
- a sequence of tones as a melody
- a simultaneous set of tones as a chord?
Have some people consciously reported to have heard
- a sequence of beats but not a rhythm
- a sequence of tones but not a melody
- a simultaneous set of tones but not a chord
when "normal" people (test persons) did?
Can "normal" people get an idea how it is or feels like to do so, i.e. to hear (under normal conditions)
- a sequence of beats but not a rhythm
- a sequence of tones but not a melody
- a simultaneous set of tones but not a chord?
What do normal cognitive sciences say about such phenomena? What goes "wrong"?