News Finding: Whatever it means artistically speaking, we can train our brains to respond more precisely to music in a measurable, biologic way.
Paper Finding: What we consider intriguing is that this sensorimotor network, with a primary function in rhythmic processing, affects performance on a nonrhythmic task.
News Context: aEURoeMaybe youaEUR(tm)re still a really bad piano player despite your brain rhythms locking on, but most of our musicians were conservatory trained so presumably theyaEUR(tm)re pretty good,aEUR he jokes. Whatever it means artistically speaking, we can train our brains to respond more precisely to music in a measurable, biologic way. Or, put another way, our brains entrain more to low frequencies.
Paper Context: Plausibly, then, music-with its inherent rhythmicity-also drives this system. What we consider intriguing is that this sensorimotor network, with a primary function in rhythmic processing, affects performance on a nonrhythmic task. We suggest two possible explanations: first, beta oscillations predict only timing, as previously suggested , and, in making accurate predictions, facilitate other mechanisms to process pitch content; or second, more provocatively, beta oscillations contain specific predictions not only of when but also of what.