Neural Mechanisms of Temporal and Rhythmic Structure ProcessingMusic is increasingly being used as a therapeutic tool in the field of
rehabilitation medicine and psychophysiology. One of the main key components of
music is its temporal organization. The characteristics of neurocognitive
processes during music perception of meter in different tempo variations
technique have been studied by using the event-related potentials technique.
The study involved 20 volunteers (6 men, the median age of the participants was
23 years). The participants were asked to listen to 4 experimental series that
differed in tempo (fast vs. slow) and meter (duple vs. triple). Each series
consisted of 625 audio stimuli, 85% of which were organized with a standard
metric structure (standard stimulus) and 15% were organized with a modified
metric structure (deviant stimulus). The results revealed that the type of
metric structure influences the detection of the change in it. The analysis
revealed that the N200 wave occurred significantly faster for stimuli with
duple meter and fast tempo and was the slowest for stimuli with triple meter
and fast pace.
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