Embodying melody through a conducting baton: a pilot comparison between musicians and non-musicians

Costantino, Andrea; Stefano, Nicola Di; Taffoni, Fabrizio; Pino, Giovanni Di; Casale, Manuele; Keller, Flavio

doi:10.1007/s00221-020-05890-z

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“…For the first time, our study has shown that conducting gestures involved the same dorsal frontotemporal systems as language (Saur et al, 2008; Weiller et al, 2021), sign language (Campbell et al, 2008) and other meaningful behaviours (Musso et al, 2015; Zatorre et al, 2007), which span from the automatic sensorimotor mapping (the system centred on vPMC) to the highest hierarchical level of human action organisation (the system centred on F3op) (Brauer et al, 2013). In line with previous studies (Colley et al, 2018, 2020; Costantino et al, 2020), we discussed the possible functional link between the frontotemporal dorsal system and the anticipatory role of conducting gestures. In previous literature, it was found that online sensory processing helps musicians to control (and correct) their performance (Zatorre et al, 2007).…”

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Speaking in gestures: Left dorsal and ventral frontotemporal brain systems underlie communication in conducting

Musso

Altenmüller

Reisert

et al. 2022

Eur J of Neuroscience

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Conducting constitutes a well-structured system of signs anticipating information concerning the rhythm and dynamic of a musical piece. Conductors communicate the musical tempo to the orchestra, unifying the individual instrumental voices to form an expressive musical Gestalt.In a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment, 12 professional conductors and 16 instrumentalists conducted real-time novel pieces with diverse complexity in orchestration and rhythm. For control, participants either listened to the stimuli or performed beat patterns, setting the time of a metronome or complex rhythms played by a drum. Activation of the left superior temporal gyrus (STG), supplementary and premotor cortex and Broca's pars opercularis (F3op) was shared in both musician groups and separated conducting from the other conditions. Compared to instrumentalists, conductors activated Broca's pars triangularis (F3tri) and the STG, which differentiated conducting from time beating and Abbreviations: A, accordion; AMT, the age of onset of musical training; bpm, beats per minute; C

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