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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Music Perception

Background:

  • The subjective experience of musical absorption is profound yet difficult to quantify objectively.
  • Previous research has not established reliable physiological measures for states of deep musical engagement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate musical absorption using objective eye-tracking measures.
  • To test the hypothesis that state absorption is related to cognitive processing load.

Main Methods:

  • Eye tracking was employed to monitor microsaccade rate, an indirect measure of cognitive processing load.
  • Two experiments were conducted: one with a visual stimulus and one without, to examine cross-modal coupling.

Main Results:

  • Microsaccade rate was found to correlate with the state of musical absorption in the presence of a visual stimulus.
  • This cross-modal coupling between auditory aesthetic experience and eye movements disappeared when the visual stimulus was removed.
  • Results support the cognitive load hypothesis of microsaccade rate during absorption.

Conclusions:

  • Microsaccade rate serves as a valid objective measure for assessing the cognitive load associated with musical absorption.
  • A cross-modal link exists between auditory processing during music listening and visual fixation control.
  • The findings challenge theories suggesting general cognitive slowing during states of absorption.