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Examining The Differences In Beat Perception And Production Between Musicians And Dancers, Tram Nguyen
Examining The Differences In Beat Perception And Production Between Musicians And Dancers, Tram Nguyen
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The ability to perceive and produce a beat is believed to be universal in humans, but there are factors that may give rise to individual differences. The research presented in this dissertation examined four factors that may influence beat processing and sensorimotor synchronization performance: 1) expertise: in music and dance, 2) training style: percussive and nonpercussive, 3) stimulus modality: auditory and visual, and 4) movement type: effector-specific or whole-body. Chapter 2 examined how percussive and nonpercussive music and dance training influence beat perception and production performance using an auditory beat perception task and a finger tapping …
Exploring Neural Entrainment And Beat Perception Through Movement, Sarah M. Schwanz
Exploring Neural Entrainment And Beat Perception Through Movement, Sarah M. Schwanz
Brescia Psychology Undergraduate Honours Theses
The way humans move to music has a large impact on how music is synchronized to, interpreted, and enjoyed. It is understood that movements to music aid in beat perception, and neural oscillations have the ability to entrain to musical rhythms. This study attempted to link these two well-established phenomena by exploring the use of movement to simple and complex musical rhythms to enhance neural entrainment. Ten undergraduate students engaged in 60 simple and complex musical rhythms, either tapping along to the beat or listening without movement, while undergoing EEG recording. Although the differences in brain response amplitude were not …