Hunting for the beat in the body: On period and phase locking in music-induced movement

Music has the capacity to induce movement in humans. Such responses during music listening are usually spontaneous and range from tapping to full-body dancing. However, it is still unclear how humans embody musical structures to facilitate entrainment. This paper describes two experiments, one deali...

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Main Authors: Birgitta eBurger, Marc Richard Thompson, Geoff eLuck, Suvi Helinä Saarikallio, Petri eToiviainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00903/full