Visual Enhancement of Illusory Phenomenal Accents in Non-Isochronous Auditory Rhythms.

ABSTRACT: Musical rhythms encompass temporal patterns that often yield regular metrical accents (e.g., a beat). There have been mixed results regarding perception as a function of metrical saliency, namely, whether sensitivity to a deviant was greater in metrically stronger or weaker positions. Besides, effects of metrical position have not been examined in non-isochronous rhythms, or with respect to multisensory influences. This study was concerned with two main issues: (1) In non-isochronous auditory rhythms with clear metrical accents, how would sensitivity to a deviant be modulated by metrical positions? (2) Would the effects be enhanced by multisensory information? Participants listened to strongly metrical rhythms with or without watching a point-light figure dance to the rhythm in the same me

SUBMITTER: Su YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120798 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature