Haskins Publications

Number	1210
Year	2001
Drawer	23
Entry Date	07/20/2001
Authors	Repp, B.H.
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Publication	In Zatorre, R.J. & Peretz, I. (Eds.) The Biological Foundations of Music (pp. 409-411). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 930.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1210.pdf
Abstract	[Introduction] There is a close relationship between music perception and action. Music unfolds in time, and listeners often move along in synchrony. Western classical music may give rise to experiences of inner movement while overt movement is suppressed. The rate at which this music unfolds often varies continuously; this is expressive timing, which is especially associated with motion. A particular musical structure tends to favor a particular, typical expressive timing pattern (ETP). However, ETPs of individual artists sometimes deviate considerably from this norm. The present study investigate whether overt movement (finger tapping) in synchrony with an ETP is facilitated when the ETP is carried by music rather than just by a sequence of clicks, and whether this facilitation is greater when the ETP is typical of the music rather than atypical. The study further examined whether such facilitation occurs when the music is merely imagined. Musically inappropriate timing patterns (TPs), for which no facilitation was expected, served as comparison.
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