Journal article
The Neural Basis of Human Dance
Abstract
Human dance was investigated with positron emission tomography to identify its systems-level organization. Three core aspects of dance were examined: entrainment, meter and patterned movement. Amateur dancers performed small-scale, cyclically repeated tango steps on an inclined surface to the beat of tango music, without visual guidance. Entrainment of dance steps to music, compared to self-pacing of movement, was supported by anterior …
Authors
Brown S; Martinez MJ; Parsons LM
Journal
Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 1157–1167
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
August 1, 2006
DOI
10.1093/cercor/bhj057
ISSN
1047-3211