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Joshua D Hoddinott¹, Molly J Henry², Jessica A Grahn¹

¹University of Western Ontario.

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Neural entrainment to music beats is not driven by familiarity. This study found that training on rhythms did not change neural responses, suggesting beat processing is independent of how familiar a rhythm is.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Auditory Perception
Music Cognition

Background:

Humans naturally synchronize movements to musical beats.
Neural oscillations synchronize to music's beat, measurable via EEG.
Familiarity with music may confound studies on beat perception.

Purpose of the Study:

To differentiate neural responses to musical beats from familiarity effects.
To investigate if neural entrainment to rhythm is familiarity-dependent.

Main Methods:

Recorded electroencephalography (EEG) during listening to strong-beat, weak-beat, and non-beat rhythms.
Trained participants on half the rhythms over four sessions.
Re-recorded EEG post-training to compare responses to familiar and unfamiliar rhythms.

Main Results:

Training did not alter EEG amplitudes at beat or stimulus frequencies.
Little evidence suggests familiarity changes EEG amplitudes for weak- and non-beat rhythms.

Conclusions:

Oscillatory entrainment to musical beats is likely driven by beat processing, not familiarity.
Beat perception mechanisms are robust to changes in rhythm familiarity.