News Finding: "What this shows is we can be trained, in effect, to make more efficient use of our auditory-detection systems," observes study coauthor David Poeppel, a professor in psychology department and Center for Neural Science and director of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt.
Paper Finding: Another alternative is that the added complexity of music engages a range of other, more complex brain functions, making it difficult to detect this specific relationship using the tools available in this study.
News Context: Not surprisingly, the study found that musicians have more potent oscillatory mechanisms than do non-musicians--but this discovery's importance goes beyond the value of musical instruction. "What this shows is we can be trained, in effect, to make more efficient use of our auditory-detection systems," observes study coauthor David Poeppel, a professor in psychology department and Center for Neural Science and director of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt. "Musicians, through their experience, are simply better at this type of processing."
Paper Context: Had the task been to detect a rhythmic distortion or to tap to the beat, one might expect more nesting between delta and beta, as has been recently shown using isochronous tones . Another alternative is that the added complexity of music engages a range of other, more complex brain functions, making it difficult to detect this specific relationship using the tools available in this study. Conclusions.