Rapid learning of associations between sound and action through observed movement. A TMS study.

ABSTRACT: Research has established that there is a cognitive link between perception and production of the same movement. However, there has been relatively little research into the relevance of this for non-expert perceivers, such as music listeners who do not play instruments themselves. In two experiments we tested whether participants can quickly learn new associations between sounds and observed movement without performing those movements themselves. We measured motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in the first dorsal interosseous muscle of participants' right hands while test tones were heard and single transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) pulses were used to trigger motor activity. In Experiment 1 participants in a 'human' condition (n=4) learnt to associate the test tone with finger movement of

SUBMITTER: Launay J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4863934 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature