Keeping the Beat: A Large Sample Study of Bouncing and Clapping to Music

Tranchant, Pauline; Vuvan, Dominique T.; Peretz, Isabelle

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“…In recent years, many studies have focused on the ability to perceive or synchronize to a musical beat (e.g., Fujii and Schlaug, 2013; Tranchant et al, 2016). Studies have established the early onset of this skill in human development (Fujii et al, 2014; Hannon and Trehub, 2005; Kirschner and Tomasello, 2009; Phillips-Silver and Trainor, 2005; Winkler et al, 2009; Zentner and Eerola, 2010) while noting evolutionary advantages (e.g.…”

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The cerebellum's contribution to beat interval discrimination

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From expert percussionists to individuals who cannot dance, there are widespread differences in people's abilities to perceive and synchronize with a musical beat. The aim of our study was to identify candidate brain regions that might be associated with these abilities. For this purpose, we used Voxel-Based-Morphometry to correlate inter-individual differences in performance on the Harvard Beat Assessment Tests (H-BAT) with local inter-individual variations in gray matter volumes across the entire brain space in 60 individuals. Analysis revealed significant co-variations between performances on two perceptual tests of the Harvard Beat Assessment Tests associated with beat interval change discrimination (faster, slower) and gray matter volume variations in the cerebellum. Participant discrimination thresholds for the Beat Finding Interval Test (quarter note beat) were positively associated with gray matter volume variation in cerebellum lobule IX in the left hemisphere and crus I bilaterally. Discrimination thresholds for the Beat Interval Test (simple series of tones) revealed the tendency for a positive association with gray matter volume variations in crus I/II of the left cerebellum. Our results demonstrate the importance of the cerebellum in beat interval discrimination skills, as measured by two perceptual tasks of the Harvard Beat Assessment Tests. Current findings, in combination with evidence from patients with cerebellar degeneration and expert dancers, suggest that cerebellar gray matter and overall cerebellar integrity are important for temporal discrimination abilities.

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“…In contrast, most amusics can, despite their deficit, correctly identify the emotions conveyed in music (Gosselin et al, 2015). Recently, the predicted dissociation between melodic and rhythmic abilities has led to the identification of beat deafness as a distinct disorder that is characterized by impairments in the temporal domain, rather than the pitch domain upon which we are presently focused (Phillips-Silver et al, 2011;Tranchant, Vuvan, & Peretz, 2016). Another line of research has begun to explore amusia in a developmental context (Lebrun, Moreau, McNally-Gagnon, Mignault Goulet, & Peretz, 2012;Mignault Goulet et al, 2012), and a new tool has been developed to identify amusia in children: The Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Musical Abilities (MBEMA; Peretz et al, 2013).…”

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The Montreal Battery for the Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA; Peretz, Champod, & Hyde Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 999, 58-75, 2003) is an empirically grounded quantitative tool that is widely used to identify individuals with congenital amusia. The use of such a standardized measure ensures that the individuals tested will conform to a specific neuropsychological profile, allowing for comparisons across studies and research groups. Recently, a number of researchers have published credible critiques of the usefulness of the MBEA as a diagnostic tool for amusia. Here we argue that the MBEA and its online counterpart, the AMUSIA tests (Peretz et al. Music Perception, 25, 331-343, 2008), should be considered steps in a screening process for amusia, rather than standalone diagnostic tools. The goal of this article is to present, in detailed and easily replicable format, the full protocol through which congenital amusics should be identified. In providing information that has often gone unreported in published articles, we aim to clarify the strengths and limitations of the MBEA and to make recommendations for its continued use by the research community as part of the Montreal Protocol for Identification of Amusia.

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“…In contrast, most amusics can, despite their deficit, correctly identify emotions conveyed in music (Gosselin et al, 2015). Recently, the predicted dissociation between melodic and rhythmic abilities has led to the identification of beat deafness as a distinct disorder that is characterized by impairments in the temporal, rather than the pitch domain upon which we are presently focused (Phillips-Silver et al, 2011;Tranchant, Vuvan, & Peretz, 2016). Another line of research has begun to explore amusia in a developmental context (Lebrun, Moreau, McNally-Gagnon, Mignault Goulet, & Peretz, 2012;Mignault Goulet et al, 2012), and a new tool has been developed to identify amusia in children: The Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Musical Abilities (MBEMA; Peretz et al, 2013).…”

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The Montreal Battery for the Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA; Peretz, Champod, & Hyde, 2003) is an empirically-grounded quantitative tool that is widely used to identify individuals with congenital amusia. The use of such a standardized measure ensures that individuals tested conform to a specific neuropsychological profile, allowing for comparisons across studies and research groups. Recently, a number of researchers have published credible critiques of the usefulness of the MBEA as a diagnostic tool for amusia. Here we argue that the MBEA and its online counterpart, the AMUSIA tests (Peretz et al., 2008), should be considered steps in a screening process for amusia, rather than standalone diagnostic tools. The goal of this article is to present, in detailed and easily replicable format, the full protocol with which congenital amusics should be identified. In providing information that often goes unreported in published articles, we aim to clarify the strengths and limitations of the MBEA, and make recommendations for its continued use by the research community as part of the Montreal Protocol for Identification of Amusia (MPIA).

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Keeping the Beat: A Large Sample Study of Bouncing and Clapping to Music

Cited by 59 publications

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The cerebellum's contribution to beat interval discrimination

The cerebellum's contribution to beat interval discrimination

The Montreal Protocol for Identification of Amusia

The montreal protocol for identification of amusia

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