Journal article
The primal role of the vestibular system in determining musical rhythm
Abstract
Previous studies have indicated that physical movement on either every second or on every third beat of an unaccented auditory rhythm pattern can disambiguate whether it is perceived in double time as a march or in triple time as a waltz. Here we demonstrate that this disambiguation can also be accomplished by direct galvanic stimulation of the vestibular system. The galvanically induced sensation, without any actual movement, that the head …
Authors
Trainor LJ; Gao X; Lei J-J; Lehtovaara K; Harris LR
Journal
Cortex, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 35–43
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.cortex.2007.10.014
ISSN
0010-9452