Neural and Behavioral Evidence for Frequency-Selective Context Effects in Rhythm Processing in Humans.

ABSTRACT: When listening to music, people often perceive and move along with a periodic meter. However, the dynamics of mapping between meter perception and the acoustic cues to meter periodicities in the sensory input remain largely unknown. To capture these dynamics, we recorded the electroencephalography while nonmusician and musician participants listened to nonrepeating rhythmic sequences, where acoustic cues to meter frequencies either gradually decreased (from regular to degraded) or increased (from degraded to regular). The results revealed greater neural activity selectively elicited at meter frequencies when the sequence gradually changed from regular to degraded compared with the opposite. Importantly, this effect was unlikely to arise from overall gain, or low-level auditory processing,

SUBMITTER: Lenc T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152888 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature