title: Electroencephalogram variations in the α band during tempo-specific perception.
abstract: As an interdisciplinary research field, music perception involves various disciplines, such as neuroscience, psychology, and even physics. As research on music perception offers us a window into the mechanism of the brain, this study examined Chinese nonmusicians' electroencephalogram α-band activity elicited by tempo variation. This study is the first to demonstrate electrophysiological evidence for the tempo-specific timing hypothesis by showing significant changes in the α-band spectral power during tempo perception. Furthermore, results showed that a larger tempo transformation gave rise to a greater change in α-band spectral power than a smaller tempo transformation.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Weiyi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yongxiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Dezhong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D000513:Alpha Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music