Auditory–motor synchronization facilitates attention allocation

Schmidt-Kassow, Maren; Heinemann, Linda V.; Abel, Cornelius; Kaiser, Jochen

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.111

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“…Furthermore, our findings confirmed the recently reported amplification of predictive timing during AMS (Schmidt-Kassow et al, 2013) by identifying an interaction between temporal regularity and motor activity, i.e. higher P300 amplitudes in reaction to fixed stimulus presentation in the pedaling condition compared to the sedentary…”

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“…We also replicated the positive association between synchronization performance and P300 amplitude that has been reported in our previous study (Schmidt-Kassow et al, 2013). This indicates that the better the motor activity is synchronized with the stimuli, the more precisely the temporal structure of the stimulus sequences is extracted, which in turn leads to a more efficient allocation of attentional resources.…”

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“…By carefully evaluating the topographical distribution for each experimental condition, as highlighted in Figure 1, we selected 15 frontocentral electrode sites that matched the P300-related ROIs described in previous work (Schwartze et al, 2011;Schmidt-Kassow et al, 2013).…”

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“…we aim to compare retention performance to temporally aligned versus random vocabulary presentation. Furthermore, recent data from our lab have provided evidence that synchronized motor activity enhances attention allocation [21] which is a prerequisite for learning. Hence, future studies are needed to shed more light on this issue.…”

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Treadmill walking during vocabulary encoding improves verbal long-term memory

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Moderate physical activity improves various cognitive functions, particularly when it is applied simultaneously to the cognitive task. In two psychoneuroendocrinological within-subject experiments, we investigated whether very low-intensity motor activity, i.e. walking, during foreign-language vocabulary encoding improves subsequent recall compared to encoding during physical rest. Furthermore, we examined the kinetics of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in serum and salivary cortisol. Previous research has associated both substances with memory performance.In both experiments, subjects performed better when they were motorically active during encoding compared to being sedentary. BDNF in serum was unrelated to memory performance. In contrast we found a positive correlation between salivary cortisol concentration and the number of correctly recalled items. In summary, even very light physical activity during encoding is beneficial for subsequent recall.

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“…If attention flows from an endogenous rhythmic oscillator in this manner, then predictable periodic events should be processed more efficiently because attention can be more easily applied to them. A recent event-related potential (ERP) study supports this assertion and demonstrates that dynamic attending theory has implications for auditory-motor coupling: ERP results showed that encoding of auditory sequences was stronger when stimuli were synchronized with the subject’s motor movements (Schmidt-Kassow et al, 2013). McAuley et al (2006) also discuss the concept of rhythmic attending and its reliance on an internal oscillator.…”

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Passive listening to preferred motor tempo modulates corticospinal excitability

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2014

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Rhythms are an essential characteristic of our lives, and auditory-motor coupling affects a variety of behaviors. Previous research has shown that the neural regions associated with motor system processing are coupled to perceptual rhythmic and melodic processing such that the perception of rhythmic stimuli can entrain motor system responses. However, the degree to which individual preference modulates the motor system is unknown. Recent work has shown that passively listening to metrically strong rhythms increases corticospinal excitability, as indicated by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Furthermore, this effect is modulated by high-groove music, or music that inspires movement, while neuroimaging evidence suggests that premotor activity increases with tempos occurring within a preferred tempo (PT) category. PT refers to the rate of a hypothetical endogenous oscillator that may be indicated by spontaneous motor tempo (SMT) and preferred perceptual tempo (PPT) measurements. The present study investigated whether listening to a rhythm at an individual’s PT preferentially modulates motor system excitability. SMT was obtained in human participants through a tapping task in which subjects were asked to tap a response key at their most comfortable rate. Subjects listened a 10-beat tone sequence at 11 log-spaced tempos and rated their preference for each (PPT). We found that SMT and PPT measurements were correlated, indicating that preferred and produced tempos occurred at a similar rate. Crucially, single-pulse TMS delivered to left M1 during PPT judgments revealed that corticospinal excitability, measured by motor-evoked potentials (MEPs), was modulated by tempos traveling closer to individual PT. However, the specific nature of this modulation differed across individuals, with some exhibiting an increase in excitability around PT and others exhibiting a decrease. These findings suggest that auditory-motor coupling induced by rhythms is preferentially modulated by rhythms occurring at a preferred rate, and that individual differences can alter the nature of this coupling.

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Auditory–motor synchronization facilitates attention allocation

Cited by 38 publications

References 44 publications

Actively but not passively synchronized motor activity amplifies predictive timing

Actively but not passively synchronized motor activity amplifies predictive timing

Treadmill walking during vocabulary encoding improves verbal long-term memory

Passive listening to preferred motor tempo modulates corticospinal excitability

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