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Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks
Published on: March 16, 2015
Variance decomposition of tempo drift in isochronous rhythmic tapping
1Department of Psychology and Sociology, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina 29212, USA. rhythmpsyc@aol.com
Abstract:
The statistical techniques developed herein show strong promise as a nonparametric extension of the classical Wing-Kristofferson decomposition of variance in isochronous tapping to include tempo drift. It is now important to establish the relative role of the three sources of variance in discriminating among unselected individuals as well as selected populations differentiated by such factors as age, gender, and motor control impairment. We are currently making the estimation techniques available through the web, so that they can be applied to extant and new data. We can be contacted by e-mail for further information.
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