Musical groove modulates motor cortex excitability: A TMS investigation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-136

  Stupacher, Jan ^a,b   Hove, Michael J ^a,d   Novembre, Giacomo ^a   Schütz Bosbach, Simone ^a   Keller, Peter E ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory motor interaction; Corticospinal excitability; Groove; Music; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84877322356     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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