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Does an auditory distractor sequence affect self-paced tapping?

Bruno H Repp1

  • 1Haskins Laboratories, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT 06511-6624, USA. repp@haskins.yale.edu

Acta Psychologica
|August 16, 2005
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Auditory distractor (D) sequences influence self-paced finger tapping timing. Rhythmic auditory stimuli can attract and alter motor timing, even without explicit synchronization goals or auditory feedback.

Area of Science:

  • Auditory perception
  • Motor control
  • Human psychophysics

Background:

  • Auditory stimuli can influence motor timing.
  • Previous research shows synchronization with auditory targets is affected by distractors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how auditory distractor (D) sequences affect self-paced finger tapping.
  • To determine if distractor effects persist without explicit synchronization or auditory feedback.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Synchronized tapping with auditory target (T) and distractor (D) sequences of varying intensity and pitch.
  • Experiment 2: Synchronization-continuation paradigm with distractor sequences introduced during continuation tapping.

Main Results:

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  • Distractor sequences modulated tap timing based on relative tone intensity, not pitch distance.
  • Distractors increased tapping variability and tempo deviations during continuation.
  • Distractor effects occurred independently of auditory feedback, suggesting a basic attraction of movement to rhythm.

    • Conclusions:

    • Auditory rhythms exert a fundamental influence on rhythmic motor timing.
    • The attraction of rhythmic movement to auditory rhythms is a robust phenomenon.
    • Distractor effects are not solely dependent on synchronization intention or auditory feedback perception.