The effects of musical training on movement pre-programming and re-programming abilities : an event-related potential investigation
Abstract
Two response precuing experiments were conducted to investigate effects of musical skill level on the ability to pre- and re-programme simple movements. Participants successfully used advance information to prepare forthcoming responses and showed response slowing when precue information was invalid rather than valid. This slowing was, however, only observed for partially invalid but not fully invalid precues. Musicians were generally faster than non-musicians, but no group differences in the efficiency of movement pre-programming or re-programming were observed. Interestingly, only musicians exhibited a significant foreperiod lateralized readiness potential (LRP) when response hand was pre-specified or full advance information was provided. These LRP findings suggest increased effector-specific motor preparation in musicians than non-musicians. However, here the levels of effector-specific preparation did not predict preparatory advantages observed in behaviour. In sum, combining the response precuing and ERP paradigms serves a valuable tool to examine influences of musical training on movement pre- or re-programming processes.
Citation
Anatürk , M & Jentzsch , I 2015 , ' The effects of musical training on movement pre-programming and re-programming abilities : an event-related potential investigation ' , Biological Psychology , vol. 106 , pp. 39-49 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.01.014
Publication
Biological Psychology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0301-0511Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Biological Psychology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Biological Psychology, 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.01.014
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