Transposing musical skill: sonification of movement as concurrent augmented feedback enhances learning in a bimanual task.

ABSTRACT: Concurrent feedback provided during acquisition can enhance performance of novel tasks. The 'guidance hypothesis' predicts that feedback provision leads to dependence and poor performance in its absence. However, appropriately structured feedback information provided through sound ('sonification') may not be subject to this effect. We test this directly using a rhythmic bimanual shape-tracing task in which participants learned to move at a 4:3 timing ratio. Sonification of movement and demonstration was compared to two other learning conditions: (1) Sonification of task demonstration alone and (2) completely silent practice (control). Sonification of movement emerged as the most effective form of practice, reaching significantly lower error scores than control. Sonification of solely the d

SUBMITTER: Dyer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5486555 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature