Motor System Involvement in the Perception of Time: Music, Rhythm and the Brain
Moving to musical rhythm is an instinctive, often involuntary activity, but how does the brain produce this behaviour? In this talk I will describe how perception of musical rhythms activates motor brain areas even when no overt movement is made. I will cover brain stimulation studies that assess the causal role of motor areas in rhythm perception, and also discuss individual differences in rhythmic ability, examining how motor and auditory activity relate to important behavioural components of rhythm ability.
Date:
16 June 2016, 12:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2016)
Venue:
Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road OX1 3PS
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre A
Speaker:
Dr Jessica Grahn
Organising department:
Department of Experimental Psychology
Host:
Professor Kia Nobre (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Janice Young
