Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality
Abstract Background Synchronous 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 in...
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| author | Kanami Ito Tatsunori Watanabe Takayuki Horinouchi Takuya Matsumoto Keisuke Yunoki Haruki Ishida Hikari Kirimoto |
| author_facet | Kanami Ito Tatsunori Watanabe Takayuki Horinouchi Takuya Matsumoto Keisuke Yunoki Haruki Ishida Hikari Kirimoto |
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| description | Abstract Background Synchronous 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. Methods Thirteen 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. Results Synchronization 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. Conclusions These findings suggest that improvements of both sensorimotor processing and finger motor control by piano practice would contribute to superior synchronization stability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45eb3abef9254c8c8b9113417d2e275f2023-06-25T11:32:01ZengBMCJournal of Physiological Anthropology1880-68052023-06-014211810.1186/s40101-023-00327-2Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modalityKanami Ito0Tatsunori Watanabe1Takayuki Horinouchi2Takuya Matsumoto3Keisuke Yunoki4Haruki Ishida5Hikari Kirimoto6Department of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityDepartment of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityDepartment of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityDepartment of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityDepartment of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityDepartment of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityDepartment of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima UniversityAbstract Background Synchronous 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. Methods Thirteen 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. Results Synchronization 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. Conclusions These findings suggest that improvements of both sensorimotor processing and finger motor control by piano practice would contribute to superior synchronization stability.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-023-00327-2TappingSensorimotor synchronizationMultisensory integrationFinger motor controlMusical experience |
| spellingShingle | Kanami Ito Tatsunori Watanabe Takayuki Horinouchi Takuya Matsumoto Keisuke Yunoki Haruki Ishida Hikari Kirimoto Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality Journal of Physiological Anthropology Tapping Sensorimotor synchronization Multisensory integration Finger motor control Musical experience |
| title | Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality |
| title_full | Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality |
| title_fullStr | Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality |
| title_short | Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality |
| title_sort | higher synchronization stability with piano experience relationship with finger and presentation modality |
| topic | Tapping Sensorimotor synchronization Multisensory integration Finger motor control Musical experience |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-023-00327-2 |
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