Dance and Music in "Gangnam Style": How Dance Observation Affects Meter Perception.

ABSTRACT: Dance and music often co-occur as evidenced when viewing choreographed dances or singers moving while performing. This study investigated how the viewing of dance motions shapes sound perception. Previous research has shown that dance reflects the temporal structure of its accompanying music, communicating musical meter (i.e. a hierarchical organization of beats) via coordinated movement patterns that indicate where strong and weak beats occur. Experiments here investigated the effects of dance cues on meter perception, hypothesizing that dance could embody the musical meter, thereby shaping participant reaction times (RTs) to sound targets occurring at different metrical positions.In experiment 1, participants viewed a video with dance choreography indicating 4/4 meter (dance condition) o

SUBMITTER: Lee KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4550453 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature