Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.

The perception of a regular beat is fundamental to music processing. Here we examine whether the detection of a regular beat is pre-attentive for metrically simple, acoustically varying stimuli using the mismatch negativity (MMN), an ERP response elicited by violations of acoustic regularity irrespe...

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Autores principales:	Fleur L Bouwer, Titia L Van Zuijen, Henkjan Honing
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3f20a507fd4a47c0bc5388705972950e2021-11-18T08:18:00ZBeat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0097467https://doaj.org/article/3f20a507fd4a47c0bc5388705972950e2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24870123/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The perception of a regular beat is fundamental to music processing. Here we examine whether the detection of a regular beat is pre-attentive for metrically simple, acoustically varying stimuli using the mismatch negativity (MMN), an ERP response elicited by violations of acoustic regularity irrespective of whether subjects are attending to the stimuli. Both musicians and non-musicians were presented with a varying rhythm with a clear accent structure in which occasionally a sound was omitted. We compared the MMN response to the omission of identical sounds in different metrical positions. Most importantly, we found that omissions in strong metrical positions, on the beat, elicited higher amplitude MMN responses than omissions in weak metrical positions, not on the beat. This suggests that the detection of a beat is pre-attentive when highly beat inducing stimuli are used. No effects of musical expertise were found. Our results suggest that for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents beat processing does not require attention or musical expertise. In addition, we discuss how the use of acoustically varying stimuli may influence ERP results when studying beat processing.Fleur L BouwerTitia L Van ZuijenHenkjan HoningPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e97467 (2014)
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description	The perception of a regular beat is fundamental to music processing. Here we examine whether the detection of a regular beat is pre-attentive for metrically simple, acoustically varying stimuli using the mismatch negativity (MMN), an ERP response elicited by violations of acoustic regularity irrespective of whether subjects are attending to the stimuli. Both musicians and non-musicians were presented with a varying rhythm with a clear accent structure in which occasionally a sound was omitted. We compared the MMN response to the omission of identical sounds in different metrical positions. Most importantly, we found that omissions in strong metrical positions, on the beat, elicited higher amplitude MMN responses than omissions in weak metrical positions, not on the beat. This suggests that the detection of a beat is pre-attentive when highly beat inducing stimuli are used. No effects of musical expertise were found. Our results suggest that for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents beat processing does not require attention or musical expertise. In addition, we discuss how the use of acoustically varying stimuli may influence ERP results when studying beat processing.
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title	Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.
title_short	Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.
title_full	Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.
title_fullStr	Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.
title_full_unstemmed	Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.
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Beat processing is pre-attentive for metrically simple rhythms with clear accents: an ERP study.

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