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| Title |
The Posterior Parietal Cortex Subserves Precise Motor Timing in Professional Drummers
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00183 |
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| Authors |
Bettina Pollok, Katharina Stephan, Ariane Keitel, Vanessa Krause, Nora K. Schaal |
| Abstract |
The synchronization task is a well-established paradigm for the investigation of motor timing with respect to an external pacing signal. It requires subjects to synchronize their finger taps in synchrony with a regular metronome. A specific significance of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) for superior synchronization in professional drummers has been suggested. In non-musicians, modulation of the excitability of the left PPC by means of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates synchronization performance of the right hand. In order to determine the significance of the left PPC for superior synchronization in drummers, we here investigate the effects of cathodal and anodal tDCS in 20 professional drummers on auditory-motor synchronization of the right hand. A continuation and a reaction time task served as control conditions. Moreover, the interaction between baseline performance and tDCS polarity was estimated in precise as compared to less precise synchronizers according to median split. Previously published data from 16 non-musicians were re-analyzed accordingly in order to highlight possible differences of tDCS effects in drummers and non-musicians. TDCS was applied for 10 min with an intensity of 0.25 mA over the left PPC. Behavioral measures were determined prior to and immediately after tDCS. In drummers the overall analysis of synchronization performance revealed significantly larger tap-to-tone asynchronies following anodal tDCS with the tap preceding the tone replicating findings in non-musicians. No significant effects were found on control tasks. The analysis for participants with large as compared to small baseline asynchronies revealed that only in drummers with small asynchronies tDCS interfered with synchronization performance. The re-analysis of the data from non-musicians indicated the reversed pattern. The data support the hypothesis that the PPC is involved in auditory-motor synchronization and extend previous findings by showing that its functional significance varies with musical expertise. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Italy | 1 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 5 | 56% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 44% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 25% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 15% |
| Researcher | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 12 | 30% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 25% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 April 2017.
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#6,886,508
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#2,663
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#101,784
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