Listening to rhythms activates motor and premotor cortices

Bengtsson, Sara; Ullén, Fredrik; Ehrsson, H. Henrik; Hashimoto, Toshihiro; Kito, Tomonori; Naito, Eiichi; Forssberg, Hans; Sadato, Norihiro

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2008.07.002

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“…Previous neurophysiological functional imaging and lesion studies have implicated the cerebellum and premotor cortex in the perception (22,24,25) and production (e.g., tapping in synchrony with musical rhythms) (26,27) of musical and in particular, rhythmic sequences. Activation in the dorsal premotor cortex was modulated by the metric structure of the auditory stimulus (27), subjects' cognitive set (e.g., motor imagery) (28), and their musical expertise (28,29).…”

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Long-term music training tunes how the brain temporally binds signals from multiple senses

Lee

Noppeney

2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Practicing a musical instrument is a rich multisensory experience involving the integration of visual, auditory, and tactile inputs with motor responses. This combined psychophysics-fMRI study used the musician's brain to investigate how sensory-motor experience molds temporal binding of auditory and visual signals. Behaviorally, musicians exhibited a narrower temporal integration window than nonmusicians for music but not for speech. At the neural level, musicians showed increased audiovisual asynchrony responses and effective connectivity selectively for music in a superior temporal sulcus-premotor-cerebellar circuitry. Critically, the premotor asynchrony effects predicted musicians' perceptual sensitivity to audiovisual asynchrony. Our results suggest that piano practicing fine tunes an internal forward model mapping from action plans of piano playing onto visible finger movements and sounds. This internal forward model furnishes more precise estimates of the relative audiovisual timings and hence, stronger prediction error signals specifically for asynchronous music in a premotor-cerebellar circuitry. Our findings show intimate links between action production and audiovisual temporal binding in perception.audiovisual synchrony | multisensory integration | sensorimotor learning | crossmodal integration | experience-dependent plasticity P racticing a musical instrument is a rich multisensory experience involving the integration of visual, auditory, and tactile inputs with motor responses. The musician's brain, thus, provides an ideal model to study experience-dependent plasticity in humans (1, 2).Previous research in musicians has focused on neural plasticity affecting unisensory and motor processing. Little is known about how musical expertise alters the integration of inputs from multiple senses. Because musical performance requires precise timing, musical expertise may specifically modulate the temporal binding of sensory signals. Given the variability in physical and neural transmission times, sensory signals do not have to be precisely synchronous but must co-occur within a temporal window that flexibly adapts to the temporal statistics of the sensory inputs as a consequence of music (3) or audiovisual training (4). At the neural level, audiovisual (a)synchrony processing relies on a widespread neural system encompassing subcortical, primary sensory, higher-order association, cerebellar, and premotor areas (5-8).This study used the musician's brain as a model to investigate how long-term sensory-motor experience (i.e., piano practicing) shapes the neural processes underlying temporal binding of auditory and visual signals. We presented subjects with synchronous and asynchronous speech and piano music as two stimulus classes that are both characterized by a rich hierarchical temporal structure but linked to different motor effectors (mouth vs. hand). Comparing the effect of musical expertise on synchrony perception of speech and music allowed us to dissociate generic and context-specific neural mechanisms ...

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Long-term music training tunes how the brain temporally binds signals from multiple senses

Lee

Noppeney

2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…This relation between sound and movement is supported by tight links between auditory and motor areas of the brain. For instance, listening to rhythms activates motor and premotor cortical areas (Bengtsson et al, 2009;Peretz & Zatorre, 2005), hence the use of rhythmic acoustic feedback to entrain movement (Kenyon & Thaut, 2005). In addition, natural (e.g., Bradley & Lang, 1999) or artificial sounds such as tones and music have been shown to trigger emotional responses in listeners.…”

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Go-with-the-Flow: Tracking, Analysis and Sonification of Movement and Breathing to Build Confidence in Activity Despite Chronic Pain

Singh

Piana

Pollarolo

et al. 2015

Human–Computer Interaction

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Chronic (persistent) pain (CP) affects 1 in 10 adults; clinical resources are insufficient, and anxiety about activity restricts lives. Technological aids monitor activity but lack necessary psychological support. This article proposes a new sonification framework, Go-with-the-Flow, informed by physiotherapists and people with CP. The framework proposes articulation of user-defined sonified exercise spaces (SESs) tailored to psychological needs and physical capabilities that enhance body and movement awareness to rebuild confidence in physical activity. A smartphone-based wearable device and a Kinect-based device were designed based on the framework to track movement and breathing and sonify them during physical activity. In control studies conducted to evaluate the sonification strategies, people with CP reported increased performance, motivation, awareness of movement, and relaxation with sound feedback. Home studies, a focus group, and a survey of CP patients conducted at the end of a hospital pain management session provided an in-depth understanding of how different aspects of the SESs and their calibration can facilitate self-directed rehabilitation and how the wearable version of the device can facilitate transfer of gains from exercise to feared or demanding activities in real life. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings on the design of technology for physical rehabilitation

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“…Music therapy as an alternative medicine in conjunction with the effect of joint attention, social interaction and verbal/nonverbal communication, can address motor dysfunction, sensory deficits and behavioral problems in children with autism [15]. The rhythm of music, which is the most structural part of it, can influence some different areas of the brain such as the motor area by making auditory motor integration and coordination [16][17][18]. Therefore, music can be used as an effective modality in motor rehabilitation.…”

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The Effect of Movement Activities in Synchronization With Music on Motor Proficiency of Children With Autism

Atigh¹,

Akbarfahimi

Zarei

2017

Journal of Advanced Medical Sciences and Applied Technologies

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Objectives: Although social deficits are the main features of autism, children in autism spectrum disorder often too display difficulties with posture, coordination and motor planning. As such, poor motor skills are believed to be associated with greater difficulties in social communication. Some recent studies show that music can improve the sensory processing and motor functions by affecting brain connectivity. The present study aims to examine the effect of movement activities in synchronization with music on motor proficiency of 7 to 14 years old children with low functioning autism. Materials & Methods:A double-blind randomized controlled trial design was used in this study. Twenty two subjects participated in the study and assigned into experimental and control groups randomly. The interventions consisted of movement activities with music for experimental group and without music for control group. Motor proficiency of subjects such as balance performance, bilateral coordination and upper limb coordination were assessed by trained independent evaluator before the treatment and also after 12 th and 24 th therapeutic sessions using 3 subtests of Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP). The effect of interventions in two groups were compared by repeated measures ANOVA. Results:The results indicated that both interventions improved motor performance in the participants but the effects of interventions on balance performance (P<0.001), bilateral coordination (P<0.05) and upper limb coordination (P<0.001) were significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion:Movement therapy is beneficial for children with autism, but movement activities in synchronization with music can accelerate improvements in motor proficiency of these children. A B S T R A C T Article info:Received: 08 Jan. 2017

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Listening to rhythms activates motor and premotor cortices

Cited by 333 publications

References 61 publications

Long-term music training tunes how the brain temporally binds signals from multiple senses

Long-term music training tunes how the brain temporally binds signals from multiple senses

Go-with-the-Flow: Tracking, Analysis and Sonification of Movement and Breathing to Build Confidence in Activity Despite Chronic Pain

The Effect of Movement Activities in Synchronization With Music on Motor Proficiency of Children With Autism

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