Individual musical tempo preference correlates with EEG beta rhythm
| Autor: | Anna-Katharina R. Bauer, Gunter Kreutz, Christoph Herrmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Neural correlates of consciousness
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Cognitive Neuroscience General Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Alpha (ethology) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Audiology Electroencephalography Developmental psychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure Rhythm Developmental Neuroscience Neurology Perception medicine Beta Rhythm Psychology Beta (finance) Biological Psychiatry Motor cortex media_common |
| Zdroj: | Psychophysiology. 52:600-604 |
| ISSN: | 0048-5772 |
| Popis: | Every individual has a preferred musical tempo, which peaks slightly above 120 beats per minute and is subject to interindividual variation. The preferred tempo is believed to be associated with rhythmic body movements as well as motor cortex activity. However, a long-standing question is whether preferred tempo is determined biologically. To uncover the neural correlates of preferred tempo, we first determined an individual's preferred tempo using a multistep procedure. Subsequently, we correlated the preferred tempo with a general EEG timing parameter as well as perceptual and motor EEG correlates—namely, individual alpha frequency, auditory evoked gamma band response, and motor beta activity. Results showed a significant relation between preferred tempo and the frequency of motor beta activity. These findings suggest that individual tempo preferences result from neural activity in the motor cortex, explaining the interindividual variation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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