The Effect of Auditory Pulse Clarity on Sensorimotor Synchronization

Prithvi Ravi Kantan; Rares Stefan Alecu; Sofia Dahl

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70210-6_25

The Effect of Auditory Pulse Clarity on Sensorimotor Synchronization

Prithvi Ravi Kantan, Rares Stefan Alecu, Sofia Dahl

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Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between auditory pulse clarity and sensorimotor synchronization performance, along with the influence of musical training. 29 participants walked in place to looped drum samples with varying degrees of pulse clarity, which were generated by adding artificial reverberation and measured through fluctuation spectrum peakiness. Experimental results showed that reducing auditory pulse clarity affected phase matching through significantly higher means and standard deviations in asynchrony across musical sophistication groups. Referent period matching ability was also degraded, and non-musicians were impacted more than musicians. Subjective ratings of required active concentration also increased with decreasing pulse clarity. These findings point to the importance of clear and distinct pulses to timing performance in synchronization tasks such as music and dance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music - 14th International Symposium, CMMR 2019, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Richard Kronland-Martinet, Sølvi Ystad, Mitsuko Aramaki
Number of pages	17
Volume	12631
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	10 Mar 2021
Pages	379-395
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-70209-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-70210-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70210-6_25
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2021
Event	14th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidiscipliary Research (CMMR): Perception Representations Image Sound Music - PRISM, Marseille, France Duration: 14 Oct 2019 → 18 Oct 2019 https://cmmr2019.prism.cnrs.fr/index.html

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Conference	14th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidiscipliary Research (CMMR)
Location	PRISM
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	14/10/2019 → 18/10/2019
Internet address	https://cmmr2019.prism.cnrs.fr/index.html

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Movement
Musical training
Perception
Pulse clarity
Rhythm
Sensorimotor synchronization
Timing

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Kantan, P. R., Stefan Alecu, R., & Dahl, S. (2021). The Effect of Auditory Pulse Clarity on Sensorimotor Synchronization. In R. Kronland-Martinet, S. Ystad, & M. Aramaki (Eds.), Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music - 14th International Symposium, CMMR 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Vol. 12631, pp. 379-395). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70210-6_25

Kantan, Prithvi Ravi ; Stefan Alecu, Rares ; Dahl, Sofia. / The Effect of Auditory Pulse Clarity on Sensorimotor Synchronization. Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music - 14th International Symposium, CMMR 2019, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Richard Kronland-Martinet ; Sølvi Ystad ; Mitsuko Aramaki. Vol. 12631 Springer, 2021. pp. 379-395 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Kantan, PR, Stefan Alecu, R & Dahl, S 2021, The Effect of Auditory Pulse Clarity on Sensorimotor Synchronization. in R Kronland-Martinet, S Ystad & M Aramaki (eds), Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music - 14th International Symposium, CMMR 2019, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 12631, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 379-395, 14th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidiscipliary Research (CMMR), Marseille, France, 14/10/2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70210-6_25

The Effect of Auditory Pulse Clarity on Sensorimotor Synchronization. / Kantan, Prithvi Ravi; Stefan Alecu, Rares; Dahl, Sofia.
Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music - 14th International Symposium, CMMR 2019, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Richard Kronland-Martinet; Sølvi Ystad; Mitsuko Aramaki. Vol. 12631 Springer, 2021. p. 379-395 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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