Look at the beat, feel the meter: top–down effects of meter induction on auditory and visual modalities
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- dc.contributor.author Celma Miralles, Alexandre, 1991-ca
- dc.contributor.author De Menezes, Robert F.ca
- dc.contributor.author Toro Soto, Juan Manuel, 1976-ca
- dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-17T13:51:42Z
- dc.date.available 2018-07-17T13:51:42Z
- dc.date.issued 2016
- dc.description.abstract Recent research has demonstrated top–down effects on meter induction in the auditory modality. However, little is known about these effects in the visual domain, especially without the involvement of motor acts such as tapping. In the present study, we aim to assess whether the projection of meter on auditory beats is also present in the visual domain. We asked 16 musicians to internally project binary (i.e., a strongweak pattern) and ternary (i.e., a strong-weak-weak pattern) meter onto separate, but analog, visual and auditory isochronous stimuli. Participants were presented with sequences of tones or blinking circular shapes (i.e., flashes) at 2.4 Hz while their electrophysiological responses were recorded. A frequency analysis of the elicited steady-state evoked potentials allowed us to compare the frequencies of the beat (2.4 Hz), its first harmonic (4.8 Hz), the binary subharmonic (1.2 Hz), and the ternary subharmonic (0.8 Hz) within and across modalities. Taking the amplitude spectra into account, we observed an enhancement of the amplitude at 0.8 Hz in the ternary condition for both modalities, suggesting meter induction across modalities. There was an interaction between modality and voltage at 2.4 and 4.8 Hz. Looking at the power spectra, we also observed significant differences from zero in the auditory, but not in the visual, binary condition at 1.2 Hz. These findings suggest that meter processing is modulated by top–down mechanisms that interact with our perception of rhythmic events and that such modulation can also be found in the visual domain. The reported cross-modal effects of meter may shed light on the origins of our timing mechanisms, partially developed in primates and allowing humans to synchronize across modalities accurately.en
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant agreement n.312519 and by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MEC) FPI grant BES-2014-070547.
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- dc.identifier.citation Celma-Miralles A, de Menezes RF, Toro JM. Look at the beat, feel the meter: top–down effects of meter induction on auditory and visual modalities. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Mar 23;10:108. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00108
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00108
- dc.identifier.issn 1662-5161
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35182
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Frontiersca
- dc.relation.ispartof Frontiers of Human Neurosciences. 2016 Mar 23;10:108
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/BES2014-070547
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/312519
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- dc.subject.keyword Beat perceptionen
- dc.subject.keyword Cross-modal timing mechanismsen
- dc.subject.keyword Meter inductionen
- dc.subject.keyword Music evolutionen
- dc.title Look at the beat, feel the meter: top–down effects of meter induction on auditory and visual modalitiesca
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