title: Rhythmic training decreases latency-jitter of omission evoked potentials (OEPs) in humans.
abstract: In this study omission evoked potentials (OEPs) were studied in rhythmic experts (n=12) and non-musicians (n=12). Trains of auditory stimuli were presented. Trials (n=90) contained five omissions and started with a random number of beats, thus making every first omission unpredictable. Participants had to tap along with the first beat after the fifth omission (n=90), thus determining timing-accuracy. Single-trial OEPs elicited by every first omission were obtained by means of wavelet denoising allowing determination of latency-jitter. Clear OEPs, consisting of a slow positive wave, maximal over Pz, were observed in response to unpredictable omissions. No group differences in OEPs amplitudes or latencies were observed. However, rhythmic experts showed less latency-jitter of both the OEPs positive wave and of behavioral responses compared with non-musicians.
authors.affiliation: NICI\Nijmegen Institute of Cognition and Information, Department of Biological Psychology, University of Nijmegen, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands. jongsma@nici.kun.nl
authors.forename: Marijtje L A
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jongsma
authors.forename: Rodrigo Quian
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.forename: Clementina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: van Rijn
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D009146:Music; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*