Auditory Temporal Processing in Dancers

Skoe, Erika; Scarpati, Erica V.; McVeety, Allison

doi:10.1177/00315125211021210

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“…Similar to musicians, dancers also have superior timing perception abilities compared to non-dancers [ 17 ]. However, unlike musicians, dancers are especially skilled at entraining their movements to visual events.…”

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The effects of Parkinson’s disease, music training, and dance training on beat perception and production abilities

2022

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Humans naturally perceive and move to a musical beat, entraining body movements to auditory rhythms through clapping, tapping, and dancing. Yet the accuracy of this seemingly effortless behavior varies widely across individuals. Beat perception and production abilities can be improved by experience, such as music and dance training, and impaired by progressive neurological changes, such as in Parkinson’s disease. In this study, we assessed the effects of music and dance experience on beat processing in young and older adults, as well as individuals with early-stage Parkinson’s disease. We used the Beat Alignment Test (BAT) to assess beat perception and production in a convenience sample of 458 participants (278 healthy young adults, 139 healthy older adults, and 41 people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease), with varying levels of music and dance training. In general, we found that participants with over three years of music training had more accurate beat perception than those with less training (p < .001). Interestingly, Parkinson’s disease patients with music training had beat production abilities comparable to healthy adults while Parkinson’s disease patients with minimal to no music training performed significantly worse. No effects were found in healthy adults for dance training, and too few Parkinson’s disease patients had dance training to reliably assess its effects. The finding that musically trained Parkinson’s disease patients performed similarly to healthy adults during a beat production task, while untrained patients did not, suggests music training may preserve certain rhythmic motor timing abilities in early-stage Parkinson’s disease.

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The effects of Parkinson’s disease, music training, and dance training on beat perception and production abilities

2022

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“…Emerging evidence supports the present proposal that musicianship may indeed be best understood as continua of individual skills and aptitudes instead of a binary group affiliation (Nayak et al, 2021). Moreover, perceptual and motor skills commensurate with a high level of musical attainment have been observed in individuals who have never received any explicit instruction in playing an instrument (e.g., dancers, D'Souza & Wiseheart, 2018; Skoe et al, 2021), or enjoyed any musical training (Correia et al 2022; Kragness et al, 2022; McKay, 2021; Swaminathan et al, 2017; Swaminathan & Schellenberg, 2020; Wesseldijk et al, 2021). Notably, various cultures do not have a clear-cut distinction between dance and music, if it is present at all.…”

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Tuning the Musical Mind: Next Steps in Solving the Puzzle of the Cognitive Transfer of Musical Training to Language and Back

2023

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A growing body of research has been studying cognitive benefits that arise from music training in childhood or adulthood. Many studies focus specifically on the cognitive transfer of music training to language skill, with the aim of preventing language deficits and disorders and improving speech. However, predicted transfer effects are not always documented and not all findings replicate. While we acknowledge the important work that has been done in this field, we highlight the limitations of the persistent dichotomy between musicians and nonmusicians and argue that future research would benefit from a movement towards skill-based continua of musicianship instead of the currently widely practiced dichotomization of participants into groups of musicians and nonmusicians. Culturally situated definitions of musicianship as well as higher awareness of language diversity around the world are key to the understanding of potential cognitive transfers from music to language (and back). We outline a gradient approach to the study of the musical mind and suggest the next steps that could be taken to advance the field.

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“…Recognizing the crucial role of subtle, momentary cues in synchronized movements, recent studies have delved into exploring multifaceted dimensions of dance. For instance, Skoe et al [1] have investigated the nuanced objectives of worldly dance, shedding light on the intricate connection between dance cognition and auditory perception. Thornquist [2] has explored the potential of dance exercise therapy as a means to reduce individuals' reliance on self-expressive substances.…”

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Dance Motion Detection Algorithm Based on Computer Vision

Wang,

2023

IJACSA

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Human posture recognition is an essential link in the development of human-computer interaction. Currently, the existing dance movement training methods often require students to constantly watch videos or find a tutor to correct them during practice to achieve good results, which not only takes a lot of time and energy but also creates some difficulties and challenges for students. The research goal of this paper was to use computer recognition technology to detect dance movements and identify body postures. This paper develops a Kinect dance auxiliary training system based on the body skeleton tracking technology of the Kinect 3D sensor, combined with auxiliary dance training. This article not only introduced a fixed axis-based expression method for joint angles to improve the stability of joint angles but also improved the body position detection algorithm using the angle of joint spots to realize the accurate recognition of human body posture. In the experiment, the trainee's arm was raised to the highest position, which could not meet the requirements, and the trainer's wrist should be raised by another 200 mm. Moreover, retracting the hand was too fast, which did not meet the standard action. The test results showed that the system could effectively improve the dance movements of the students.

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Auditory Temporal Processing in Dancers

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

The effects of Parkinson’s disease, music training, and dance training on beat perception and production abilities

The effects of Parkinson’s disease, music training, and dance training on beat perception and production abilities

Tuning the Musical Mind: Next Steps in Solving the Puzzle of the Cognitive Transfer of Musical Training to Language and Back

Dance Motion Detection Algorithm Based on Computer Vision

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