musical training
Latest
Tapping the beat of four subdivisions: Neural entrainment, musical training and the binary advantage
The subdivision benefit refers to the positive effect of subdividing a beat on sensorimotor synchronization. We recorded electroencephalograms of musicians and non-musicians to study how they listened or finger-tapped to a beat, subdivided into four distinct subdivisions. Musicians showed more consistent tapping responses than non-musicians, and enhanced neural entrainment during the tapping task than in the listening task. In both groups, there was a neural enhancement of the beat frequency and its first harmonic (related to duplets) after listening to the four subdivisions. Furthermore, non-musicians tapped more consistently to the beat of duplets than other subdivisions. Altogether, this suggests a neural and behavioral advantage for binary subdivisions, that can be modulated with formal training in music.
CHANGES IN ANTERIOR CORPUS CALLOSUM INTEGRITY DUE TO LONGITUDINAL MUSICAL TRAINING IN OLDER ADULTS: A DTI MRI STUDY
FENS Forum 2026
musical training coverage
2 items
Share your knowledge
Know something about musical training? Help the community by contributing seminars, talks, or research.
Contribute content