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Task-irrelevant auditory feedback facilitates motor performance in musicians.

Virginia Conde¹, Eckart Altenmüller, Arno Villringer

¹Department of Cognitive Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.

Frontiers in Psychology

|May 25, 2012

Summary

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Task-irrelevant auditory feedback enhanced musicians' right-hand response speed in a serial reaction time task (SRTT). However, this feedback did not improve their learning capabilities, suggesting a specific role in motor performance.

Keywords:

audio–motor integration auditory feedback motor learning musicians serial reaction time task

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Music Cognition

Background:

Trained musicians rely on efficient auditory-motor networks for musical performance.
Motor anticipation of sound production and auditory-motor integration are crucial in musical training.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of task-irrelevant auditory feedback on motor performance in musicians.
To examine if auditory feedback influences learning capabilities during a serial reaction time task (SRTT).

Main Methods:

Musicians performed a serial reaction time task (SRTT) with and without auditory feedback.
Behavioral data on response speed and learning were analyzed.

Main Results:

Auditory feedback significantly improved the absolute response speed for the right hand in the SRTT.
Learning capabilities, as measured by performance improvement over trials, were not affected by auditory feedback.

Conclusions:

Task-irrelevant auditory feedback can enhance motor performance speed in musicians.
Auditory feedback's role in auditory-motor integration may be specific to performance speed rather than learning.