Changes in music tempo entrain movement related brain activity

Daly, Ian; Hallowell, James; Hwang, Faustina; Kirke, Alexis; Malik, Asad; Roesch, Etienne B.; Weaver, James; Williams, Duncan; Miranda, Eduardo Reck; Nasuto, Slawomir J.

doi:10.1109/embc.2014.6944647

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“…Our findings reveal a relationship between motor and auditory cortices in all frequency ranges studied, but most prominent in the α (8–12 Hz) and β (12.5–18 Hz) ranges. These findings are consistent with prior reports in the literature (e.g., Janata and Grafton, 2003 ; Bauer et al, 2014 ; Daly et al, 2014a ).…”

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“…Activity in the α range (8–13 Hz) was also found to be associated with tempo modulations. Daly et al ( 2014a ) report strong α range event-related desynchronization over the left motor cortex, correlated with the variation in musical tempo. In a related study, Yuan et al ( 2009 ) looked at changes in EEG spectral power when listening to tempo-transformed music.…”

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Directed Motor-Auditory EEG Connectivity Is Modulated by Music Tempo

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Malik

Daly

et al. 2017

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Beat perception is fundamental to how we experience music, and yet the mechanism behind this spontaneous building of the internal beat representation is largely unknown. Existing findings support links between the tempo (speed) of the beat and enhancement of electroencephalogram (EEG) activity at tempo-related frequencies, but there are no studies looking at how tempo may affect the underlying long-range interactions between EEG activity at different electrodes. The present study investigates these long-range interactions using EEG activity recorded from 21 volunteers listening to music stimuli played at 4 different tempi (50, 100, 150 and 200 beats per minute). The music stimuli consisted of piano excerpts designed to convey the emotion of “peacefulness”. Noise stimuli with an identical acoustic content to the music excerpts were also presented for comparison purposes. The brain activity interactions were characterized with the imaginary part of coherence (iCOH) in the frequency range 1.5–18 Hz (δ, θ, α and lower β) between all pairs of EEG electrodes for the four tempi and the music/noise conditions, as well as a baseline resting state (RS) condition obtained at the start of the experimental task. Our findings can be summarized as follows: (a) there was an ongoing long-range interaction in the RS engaging fronto-posterior areas; (b) this interaction was maintained in both music and noise, but its strength and directionality were modulated as a result of acoustic stimulation; (c) the topological patterns of iCOH were similar for music, noise and RS, however statistically significant differences in strength and direction of iCOH were identified; and (d) tempo had an effect on the direction and strength of motor-auditory interactions. Our findings are in line with existing literature and illustrate a part of the mechanism by which musical stimuli with different tempi can entrain changes in cortical activity.

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Directed Motor-Auditory EEG Connectivity Is Modulated by Music Tempo

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“…Up-regulation of high-frequency waves in the frontal and frontal-central areas could 327 be associated with the psychological benefits that are commonly induced by music during 328 activities of daily life such as walking (Daly, Hallowell, et al, 2014;Daly, Malik, et al, 329 2014). Previous experiments have indicated that environmental sensory cues have the 330 potential not only to up-regulate high-frequency components of the power spectrum, but also 331 to downregulate theta waves in the frontal regions (Bigliassi et al, 2016b).…”

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The Way You Make Me Feel: Psychological and cerebral responses to music during real-life physical activity

Bigliassi

Karageorghis

Hoy

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Background: The brain mechanisms that underlie the psychological effects of auditory stimuli during physical activity are hitherto under-researched; particularly so in ecologically valid settings. The objective of the present experiment was to investigate the effects of two contrasting auditory stimuli conditions on psychological responses and brain activity during an outdoor walking task. Methods: Twenty-four participants were required to walk 400 m at a pace of their choosing and report perceptual (state attention and perceived exertion) and affective (valence, arousal, and perceived enjoyment) outcomes immediately after each exercise bout. Three conditions were administered in a randomised and fully counterbalanced order (control, podcast, and music). State-of-the-art, portable EEG technology was used to facilitate measurement during the walking task. Fast Fourier Transform was used to decompose the brain's electrical 40 activity into different band waves (lower-alpha, upper-alpha, sensorimotor rhythm, and beta). Results: The results indicated that music up-regulated beta waves, led to more dissociative 42 thoughts, induced more positive affective responses, up-regulated arousal, and enhanced 43 perceived enjoyment to a greater degree when compared to control and podcast. 44 Conclusions: Rearrangement of beta frequencies in the brain appears to elicit a more positive 45 emotional state wherein participants are more likely to dissociate from internal sensory 46 signals and focus on task-irrelevant factors. The portable EEG system used in the present 47 study appears to accurately measure electrical activity in the brain during light-intensity 48 physical activities and is effective in reducing electrical artefacts caused by body and cable 49 movements. 50

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“…Tapping along with music rhythms induces beat-related entrainment (Nozaradan et al, 2015) as well as changes in functional somatosensory networks (Daly et al, 2014) and behavior (Nozaradan et al, 2016;Crasta et al, 2018). Importantly, rhythm entrainment is not limited to the auditory modality (Okawa et al, 2017) and can occur in the absence of an external stimulus.…”

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Music Training, Working Memory, and Neural Oscillations: A Review

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This review focuses on reports that link music training to working memory and neural oscillations. Music training is increasingly associated with improvement in working memory, which is strongly related to both localized and distributed patterns of neural oscillations. Importantly, there is a small but growing number of reports of relationships between music training, working memory, and neural oscillations in adults. Taken together, these studies make important contributions to our understanding of the neural mechanisms that support effects of music training on behavioral measures of executive functions. In addition, they reveal gaps in our knowledge that hold promise for further investigation. The current review is divided into the main sections that follow: (1) discussion of behavioral measures of working memory, and effects of music training on working memory in adults; (2) relationships between music training and neural oscillations during temporal stages of working memory; (3) relationships between music training and working memory in children; (4) relationships between music training and working memory in older adults; and (5) effects of entrainment of neural oscillations on cognitive processing. We conclude that the study of neural oscillations is proving useful in elucidating the neural mechanisms of relationships between music training and the temporal stages of working memory. Moreover, a lifespan approach to these studies will likely reveal strategies to improve and maintain executive function during development and aging.

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Changes in music tempo entrain movement related brain activity

Cited by 21 publications

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Directed Motor-Auditory EEG Connectivity Is Modulated by Music Tempo

Directed Motor-Auditory EEG Connectivity Is Modulated by Music Tempo

The Way You Make Me Feel: Psychological and cerebral responses to music during real-life physical activity

Music Training, Working Memory, and Neural Oscillations: A Review

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