Individual differences and auditory-motor interactions in rhythm perception

对时间模式的感知是正常听力、言语、运动控制和音乐的基础。某些类型的模式理解是人类独有的，比如音乐节奏，在这一过程中，我们很快就能识别出一个关键组成部分：“节拍”。敲击或复制我们能感觉到节拍的节奏比复制没有节拍的不规则节奏更容易(例如，随机呈现的音符)。尽管对音乐节奏的反应是普遍存在的，但我们对节奏加工还有很多不了解的地方。这个项目调查了节奏和节拍感知方面的三个重要的悬而未决的问题：

Perception of temporal patterns is fundamental to normal hearing, speech, motor control, and music. Certain types of pattern understanding are unique to humans, such as musical rhythm, in which we rapidly identify a key component: the 'beat'. Tapping or reproducing rhythms in which we can feel the beat is easier than reproducing irregular rhythms that have no beat (randomly presented notes, for example). Although responding to musical rhythm is universal, there is much we do not understand about rhythm processing. This project investigates three important unresolved issues in rhythm and beat perception: