News Finding: Poeppel is quick to acknowledge that his work by no means proves that entrainment equates with being a good musician.
Paper Finding: Building on effects such as these, we expect that increased entrainment and reliability in musicians' cortical responses may reflect expertise.
News Context: They might also explain why musicians appear to be more attuned to environmental sounds, like picking out a single voice in the din of a crowded room. Poeppel is quick to acknowledge that his work by no means proves that entrainment equates with being a good musician. 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.
Paper Context: Furthermore, prestimulus beta plays a role in generating accurate temporal predictions even in pure listening tasks (9). Building on effects such as these, we expect that increased entrainment and reliability in musicians' cortical responses may reflect expertise. This methodological choice allows us to study the rate of the music without delving into the complexities of beat and meter, which can shift nonmonotonically with increasing overall rate (i.e., faster notes are often arranged into larger groupings).