Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments
Motor learning is based on motor perception and emergent perceptual-motor representations. A lot of behavioral research is related to single perceptual modalities, but during last two decades the contribution of multimodal perception on motor behavior was discovered more and more. A growing number o...
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| author | Alfred Oliver Effenberg Ursula eFehse Gerd eSchmitz Bjoern eKrueger Heinz eMechling |
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| description | Motor learning is based on motor perception and emergent perceptual-motor representations. A lot of behavioral research is related to single perceptual modalities, but during last two decades the contribution of multimodal perception on motor behavior was discovered more and more. A growing number of studies indicate an enhanced impact of multimodal stimuli on motor perception, motor control and motor learning in terms of better precision and higher reliability of the related actions. Behavioral research is supported by neurophysiological data, revealing that multisensory integration supports motor control and learning. But the overwhelming part of both research lines is dedicated to basic research. Besides research in the domains of music, dance and motor rehabilitation there is nearly no evidence about enhanced effectiveness of multisensory information on learning of gross motor skills. To reduce this gap movement sonification is used here in applied research on motor learning in sports.Based on the current knowledge on the multimodal organization of the perceptual system we generate additional real-time movement information being suitable for integration with perceptual feedback streams of visual and proprioceptive modality. With ongoing training synchronously processed auditory information should be initially integrated into the emerging internal models, enhancing the efficacy of motor learning. This is achieved by a direct mapping of kinematic and dynamic motion parameters to electronic sounds, resulting in continuous auditory and convergent audiovisual or audio-proprioceptive stimulus arrays. In sharp contrast to other approaches using acoustic information as error feedback in motor learning settings we try to generate additional movement information suitable for acceleration and enhancement of adequate sensorimotor representations and processible below the level of consciousness. In the experimental setting participants were asked to learn a closed motor skill (technique acquisition of indoor rowing). One group was treated with visual information and two groups with audiovisual information (sonification vs. natural sounds). For all three groups learning became evident and remained stable. Participants treated with additional movement sonification showed better performance compared to both other groups. Results indicate that movement sonification enhances motor learning of a complex gross motor skill – even exceeding usually expected acoustic rhythmical effects on motor learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f3c7dead2814ffa802b77f4ea8cc8d82022-12-21T23:24:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2016-05-011010.3389/fnins.2016.00219195230Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustmentsAlfred Oliver Effenberg0Ursula eFehse1Gerd eSchmitz2Bjoern eKrueger3Heinz eMechling4Institute of Sports Science, Leibniz Universität HannoverInstitute of Sports Science, Leibniz Universität HannoverInstitute of Sports Science, Leibniz Universität HannoverInsitute of Computer Science II, University of BonnInstitute of Sport Gerontology, German Sport University CologneMotor learning is based on motor perception and emergent perceptual-motor representations. A lot of behavioral research is related to single perceptual modalities, but during last two decades the contribution of multimodal perception on motor behavior was discovered more and more. A growing number of studies indicate an enhanced impact of multimodal stimuli on motor perception, motor control and motor learning in terms of better precision and higher reliability of the related actions. Behavioral research is supported by neurophysiological data, revealing that multisensory integration supports motor control and learning. But the overwhelming part of both research lines is dedicated to basic research. Besides research in the domains of music, dance and motor rehabilitation there is nearly no evidence about enhanced effectiveness of multisensory information on learning of gross motor skills. To reduce this gap movement sonification is used here in applied research on motor learning in sports.Based on the current knowledge on the multimodal organization of the perceptual system we generate additional real-time movement information being suitable for integration with perceptual feedback streams of visual and proprioceptive modality. With ongoing training synchronously processed auditory information should be initially integrated into the emerging internal models, enhancing the efficacy of motor learning. This is achieved by a direct mapping of kinematic and dynamic motion parameters to electronic sounds, resulting in continuous auditory and convergent audiovisual or audio-proprioceptive stimulus arrays. In sharp contrast to other approaches using acoustic information as error feedback in motor learning settings we try to generate additional movement information suitable for acceleration and enhancement of adequate sensorimotor representations and processible below the level of consciousness. In the experimental setting participants were asked to learn a closed motor skill (technique acquisition of indoor rowing). One group was treated with visual information and two groups with audiovisual information (sonification vs. natural sounds). For all three groups learning became evident and remained stable. Participants treated with additional movement sonification showed better performance compared to both other groups. Results indicate that movement sonification enhances motor learning of a complex gross motor skill – even exceeding usually expected acoustic rhythmical effects on motor learning.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00219/fullmotor learningmultisensory integrationmotor rehabilitationmovement sonificationAudiovisual informationMotor perception |
| spellingShingle | Alfred Oliver Effenberg Ursula eFehse Gerd eSchmitz Bjoern eKrueger Heinz eMechling Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments Frontiers in Neuroscience motor learning multisensory integration motor rehabilitation movement sonification Audiovisual information Motor perception |
| title | Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments |
| title_full | Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments |
| title_fullStr | Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments |
| title_short | Movement sonification: Effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments |
| title_sort | movement sonification effects on motor learning beyond rhythmic adjustments |
| topic | motor learning multisensory integration motor rehabilitation movement sonification Audiovisual information Motor perception |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00219/full |
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