The effects of musical training on movement pre-programming and re-programming abilities: an event-related potential investigation

Melis Anatürk, Ines Jentzsch

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-49
Number of pages11
JournalBiological Psychology
Volume106
Early online date7 Feb 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2015

Keywords

  • Movement preparation
  • Re-programming
  • Musician
  • LRP
  • CNV

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