Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Original Article

Kanami Ito¹  Haruki Ishida¹  Takayuki Horinouchi¹  Hikari Kirimoto¹  Keisuke Yunoki¹  Tatsunori Watanabe²  Takuya Matsumoto³ 

[1] Department of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, 734-8553, Hiroshima, Japan;Department of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, 734-8553, Hiroshima, Japan;Faculty of Health Sciences, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, 58-1 Mase, 030-8505, Hamadate, Aomori, Japan;Department of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, 734-8553, Hiroshima, Japan;Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Kasei University, 2-15-1 Inariyama, 350-1394, Sayama, Saitama, Japan;

关键词: Tapping;    Sensorimotor synchronization;    Multisensory integration;    Finger motor control;    Musical experience;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40101-023-00327-2

 received in 2023-05-01, accepted in 2023-06-09,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSynchronous finger tapping to external sensory stimuli is more stable for audiovisual combined stimuli than sole auditory or visual stimuli. In addition, piano players are superior in synchronous tapping and manipulating the ring and little fingers as compared to inexperienced individuals. However, it is currently unknown whether the ability to synchronize to external sensory stimuli with the ring finger is at the level of the index finger in piano players. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of piano experience on synchronization stability between the index and ring fingers using auditory, visual, and audiovisual combined stimuli.MethodsThirteen piano players and thirteen novices participated in this study. They were instructed to tap with their index or ring finger synchronously to auditory, visual, and audiovisual combined stimuli. The stimuli were presented from an electronic metronome at 1 Hz, and the tapping was performed 30 times in each condition. We analyzed standard deviation of intervals between the stimulus onset and the tap onset as synchronization stability.ResultsSynchronization stability for visual stimuli was lower during ring than index finger tapping in novices; however, this decline was absent in piano players. Also, piano players showed the higher synchronization stability for audiovisual combined stimuli than sole visual and auditory stimuli when tapping with the index finger. On the other hand, in novices, synchronization stability was higher for audiovisual combined stimuli than only visual stimuli.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that improvements of both sensorimotor processing and finger motor control by piano practice would contribute to superior synchronization stability.

【 授权许可】

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