Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Duration, Sequence and Beat Perception across Modalities.

Multisensory research·2026
Same author

The developmental trajectory of the social brain: A movie-based exploration from childhood to adolescence.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026
Same author

Reduced neural sensitivity to musical tempo despite enhanced neural tracking of acoustic features in music in older adults.

Neuropsychologia·2026
Same author

β-Bursting as a Sensitive Neural Marker of Inhibitory Control in Healthy Older Adults: A Linear Mixed-Effects Modeling and Threshold-Free Cluster Approach.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same author

Decoding the Neural Basis of Sensory Phenotypes in Autism.

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging·2026
Same author

Muscle bursting and corticomotor excitability mark impaired impulse control in Parkinson's disease.

NPJ Parkinson's disease·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Aug 7, 2025

Measurement of Neurophysiological Signals of Ignoring and Attending Processes in Attention Control
09:37

Measurement of Neurophysiological Signals of Ignoring and Attending Processes in Attention Control

Published on: July 5, 2015

9.1K

Attention modulates neural measures associated with beat perception.

Aaron Gibbings1,2, Molly J Henry1,2,3,4, Damian Cruse1,5

  • 1The Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

The European Journal of Neuroscience
|March 10, 2023
PubMed
Summary

Steady-state evoked potentials (SEPs) can measure beat perception in non-repeating rhythms. However, SEPs are larger when participants attend to the music, suggesting attention is crucial for this method.

Keywords:
attentionbeat perceptionelectroencephalographyrhythmsteady-state evoked potential

More Related Videos

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks
09:04

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks

Published on: March 16, 2015

12.9K
Mapping Cortical Dynamics Using Simultaneous MEG/EEG and Anatomically-constrained Minimum-norm Estimates: an Auditory Attention Example
08:45

Mapping Cortical Dynamics Using Simultaneous MEG/EEG and Anatomically-constrained Minimum-norm Estimates: an Auditory Attention Example

Published on: October 24, 2012

14.7K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Aug 7, 2025

Measurement of Neurophysiological Signals of Ignoring and Attending Processes in Attention Control
09:37

Measurement of Neurophysiological Signals of Ignoring and Attending Processes in Attention Control

Published on: July 5, 2015

9.1K
Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks
09:04

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks

Published on: March 16, 2015

12.9K
Mapping Cortical Dynamics Using Simultaneous MEG/EEG and Anatomically-constrained Minimum-norm Estimates: an Auditory Attention Example
08:45

Mapping Cortical Dynamics Using Simultaneous MEG/EEG and Anatomically-constrained Minimum-norm Estimates: an Auditory Attention Example

Published on: October 24, 2012

14.7K

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Auditory Perception
  • Music Cognition

Background:

  • Steady-state evoked potentials (SEPs) show promise for measuring beat perception, especially in populations where traditional methods are challenging.
  • The influence of attention on SEPs during beat perception, particularly with non-repeating rhythms, remains largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether attention modulates steady-state evoked potentials (SEPs) in response to beat perception in non-repeating musical rhythms.
  • To determine the reliability of SEPs as a measure of beat perception for complex, non-repeating auditory stimuli.

Main Methods:

  • Electroencephalography (EEG) was used to record brain activity in participants listening to non-repeating musical rhythms.
  • Participants engaged in two conditions: attending to the rhythms or performing a distracting visual task.
  • Beat perception was independently validated using a sensorimotor synchronization task.

Main Results:

  • Non-repeating auditory rhythms elicited SEPs at perceived beat frequencies.
  • The amplitude of these SEPs was significantly larger when participants attended to the rhythms compared to when they were distracted.
  • This indicates that attention influences the neural representation of perceived beats in non-repeating music.

Conclusions:

  • Steady-state evoked potentials (SEPs) can index beat perception in non-repeating musical rhythms.
  • The effectiveness of SEPs for measuring beat perception may be contingent on the participant's attention to the auditory stimulus.
  • Future research should consider attentional states when utilizing SEPs for auditory perception studies.