Perceiving and producing the beat in music: Who has it, who doesn't and why
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BRAMS, Université de Montréal, Finland
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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research,University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
The abilities to synchronize body movement with music, and to perceive whether another person is in sync with music, are basic musical abilities that do not require formal musical training to acquire. Infants are sensitive to rhythmic structures in music, and can be trained to « feel the beat » of a rhythm from body movement, just as adults do. Our movement in response to music is often covert, but it is an integral part of our multisensory experience with music. In the current study, we document the abilities for synchronized full-body movement to music, and for perception of asynchrony of another dancer, in the general population. From a neuropsychological perspective, we ask whether these rhythm perception and production abilites can be preserved in the context of congenital amusia (tone deafness), and furthermore, whether there exists a form of amusia specific to rhythm processing.
Conference:
Tuning the Brain for Music, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Feb - 6 Feb, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Session Talks
Citation:
Phillips-Silver
J,
Peretz
I,
Toiviaine
P,
Piché
O,
Gossel
N and
Nozarada
S
(2009). Perceiving and producing the beat in music: Who has it, who doesn't and why.
Conference Abstract:
Tuning the Brain for Music.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.02.017
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Received:
23 Jan 2009;
Published Online:
23 Jan 2009.
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Correspondence:
Jessica Phillips-Silver, BRAMS, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Finland, jsp102@georgetown.edu