Neural entrainment to the beat and working memory predict sensorimotor synchronization skills.

ABSTRACT: Neural entrainment to rhythmic patterns has been proposed as a mechanism that underlies beat perception and could explain individual differences in sensorimotor synchronization abilities. Nevertheless, the neural and cognitive mechanisms behind beat perception remain an active research area. Our study examined whether neural entrainment to rhythmic patterns, cognitive resources, specifically working memory and musical background predict sensorimotor synchronization skills in adults. Using electroencephalogram (EEG), we recorded steady-state evoked potentials (SS-EPs) while participants passively listened to short tone sequences featuring syncopated (tones missing from certain beats) and unsyncopated (tones present on every beat) rhythms. Participants also completed a finger-tapping task, m

SUBMITTER: Noboa ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11947151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature