Interindividual differences in auditory processing moderate the effect of auditory-motor coupling on paired-associate learning.

ABSTRACT: The present study explored the effects of auditory-motor coupling and individual differences in pitch perception on verbal learning. Participants (N = 47) learned a list of foreign-language vocabulary word pairs under isochronous or self-initiated auditory stimulation while cycling on a stationary bike. As expected, better movement consistency-i.e., lower cycling variability and more stable synchronization with the vocabulary presentation-was weakly associated with improved memory performance. Interestingly, we found inter-individual differences in the pattern of results: participants with fundamental pitch perception (FPP) benefited from isochronous stimulation immediately after learning (Day 1), but not after overnight consolidation (Day 2), whereas participants with spectral pitch perce

SUBMITTER: Schmidt-Kassow M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12534385 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature