Beta and Gamma Rhythms in Human Auditory Cortex during Musical Beat Processing Journal Articles

abstract

• We examined β‐ (∼20 Hz) and γ‐ (∼40 Hz) band activity in auditory cortices by means of magnetoencephalography (MEG) during passive listening to a regular musical beat with occasional omission of single tones. The β activity decreased after each tone, followed by an increase, thus forming a periodic modulation synchronized with the stimulus. The β decrease was absent after omissions. In contrast, γ‐band activity showed a peak after tone and omission, suggesting underlying endogenous anticipatory processes. We propose that auditory β and γ oscillations have different roles in musical beat encoding and auditory–motor interaction.

authors

• Fujioka, Takako
• Trainor, Laurel
• Large, Edward W
• Ross, Bernhard

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2009

has subject area

• Acoustic Stimulation (MeSH)
• Auditory Cortex (MeSH)
• Auditory Perception (MeSH)
• General Science & Technology (Science Metrix)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Magnetoencephalography (MeSH)
• Music (MeSH)
• Periodicity (MeSH)
• Young Adult (MeSH)

published in

• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Acoustic Stimulation
• Auditory Cortex
• Auditory Perception
• Humans
• Magnetoencephalography
• Music
• Periodicity
• Young Adult

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04779.x

PubMed ID

• 19673759

start page

• 89

end page

• 92

volume

• 1169

issue

• 1