The experience of groove is associated with the urge to move a musical rhythm. Here we focus on relevance audio features, obtained using music information retrieval (MIR) tools, for explaining perception and music-related movement. In Study 1 extracted features from clips real previously rated perceived groove. Measures variability, such as variance signal’s RMS curve spectral flux (particularly in low frequencies), predicted ratings. Additionally, dissociated two forms event density,...

Music is both heard and felt-tactile sensation especially pronounced for bass frequencies. Although frequencies have been associated with enhanced bodily movement, time perception, groove (the musical quality that compels movement), the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In 2 experiments, we presented high-groove music to auditory tactile senses examined whether affected body movement ratings of enjoyment groove. Experiment 1, participants (N = 22) sat in a parked car listened clips over...

Groove-defined as the pleasurable urge to move a rhythm-depends on fine-tuned interplay between predictability arising from repetitive rhythmic patterns, and surprise deviations, for example in form of syncopation. The perfect balance is commonly found patterns with moderate level complexity represents sweet spot groove experience. In contrast, rhythms low or high are usually associated weaker experience because they too boring be engaging complex interpreted, respectively. Consequently,...

When listening to music, we often feel a strong desire move our body in relation the pulse of rhythm. In music psychology, this is described by term groove . Previous research suggests that sensation strongest when rhythm moderately complex, i.e., hits sweet spot between being too simple be engaging and complex interpretable. This means relationship rhythmic complexity can an inverted U-shape (Matthews 2019). Here, recreate with stimulus set was reduced from 54 only nine rhythms. Thereby,...

Music can be thought of as a dynamic path over time. In most cases, the rhythmic structure this path, such specific sequences strong and weak beats or recurring patterns, allows us to predict what particularly when sounds are going happen. Without ability we would not able entrain body movements music, like do dance. By combining EEG behavioral measures, current study provides evidence illustrating importance ongoing neural oscillations at beat-related frequencies-i.e., entrainment-for...

Interacting with music is a uniquely pleasurable activity that ubiquitous across human cultures. Current theories suggest prominent driver of musical pleasure responses the violation and confirmation temporal predictions. For example, urge to move (PLUMM), which associated broader concept groove, higher for moderately complex rhythms compared simple rhythms. This inverted U-shaped relation between PLUMM rhythmic complexity thought result from balance predictability uncertainty. That is, lead...

Empathy-understanding and sharing the feelings experiences of others-is one our most important social capacities. Music is a stimulus in that it involves communication mental states, imitation behavior, synchronization movements. As empathy music are so closely linked, we investigated whether higher associated with stronger bonding interpersonal interactions feature music. In two studies, participants watched videos which manipulated synchrony between movements virtual self other person...

In this paper we suggest that basic forms of musical entrainment may be considered as intrinsically creative, enabling further creative behaviors which flourish at different levels and timescales. Rooted in an agent's capacity to form meaningful couplings with their sonic, social, cultural environment, favors processes adaptation exploration, where innovative functional aspects are cultivated via active, bodily experience. We explore these insights through a theoretical lens integrates...

No two people perceive the same music alike. This may apply especially to polyrhythms, which consist of or more rhythms with indivisible regular pulses, such as three over four (3:4). Either these pulses can be perceived underlying beat. Previously, we showed that naturally tap along subdivided into groups equally spaced units (i.e., binarized pulses). propensity for is reduced when opposite pulse admitting ternary subdivisions pitched lower. However, individual factors modulate binary and...

Peer review is a cornerstone of academic communication, critical for ensuring the quality and credibility research. Developing peer skills sharpens evaluative abilities, promotes thinking, improves teaching, making these an essential component every academic’s toolkit. This study reveals that, despite their importance, formal training in higher education scarce. It identifies key challenges faced by novices experienced reviewers offers practical suggestions teaching skills. Quantitative...

Research suggests that sleep music should be soft, calm, and with minimal pitch dynamic changes. However, recent studies show some people use loud energetic pop songs as aids, challenging traditional views on music. This could due to people’s various motivations for using help them sleep, such improving one’s mood, distracting oneself, or relaxing. To investigate the link between musical characteristics, we analyzed YouTube comments in single-tracks compilation-tracks, a collection of many...

We synchronize movements with other individuals in our everyday life (e.g., when shaking hands), sports rowing), or on dancefloors. Especially this last kind of social entrainment can lead to states pleasure and ecstasy. In some situations, we even unintentionally mirror another person's gestures movements, for example, are walking person the phase steps becomes aligned steps. Depending relationship have person, such a situation be awkward pleasant. All these examples show that movement...

Abstract Social bonds are essential for our health and well-being. Music provides a unique implicit context social bonding by introducing temporal affective frameworks, which facilitate movement synchronization increase affiliation. How these frameworks modulated cultural familiarity individual musical preferences remain open questions. In three experiments, we operationalized the aspects of interactions as ratings interpersonal closeness between two walking stick-figures in video. These...

The fusion of rhythm, beat perception, and movement is often summarized under the term “entrainment” becomes obvious when we effortlessly tap our feet or snap fingers to pulse music. Entrainment music involves a large network brain structures, neural oscillations at beat-related frequencies can help elucidate how this connected. Here, used EEG investigate steady-state evoked potentials (SSEPs) event-related (ERPs) during listening tapping drum clips with different rhythmic structures that...

Sensorimotor integration tasks, such as body movements in time with music, can foster the experience of flow – a pleasurable state full engagement and concentration occurring during seemingly effortless automatic activity. As it be argued that both music are embodied phenomena, perception-action coupling might core intimate relationship between music. The current study examines subjective sensorimotor synchronization accuracy/stability finger-tapping task In between-subjects design,...

In everyday life, we group and subdivide time to understand the sensory environment surrounding us. Organizing in units, such as diurnal rhythms, phrases, beat patterns, is fundamental behavior, speech, music. When listening music, our perceptual system extracts nests rhythmic regularities create a hierarchical metrical structure that enables us predict timing of next events. Foot tapping head bobbing musical rhythms are observable evidence this process. special case polyrhythms, at least...

The sound of recorded music has changed over time. These changes can be captured by different audio features. Over the past decades, popular songs have shown clear increases in RMS energy and loudness, but far less attention addressed whether this upward trend is more prevalent specific frequency bands, such as bass. Bass frequencies are especially important for movement induction, foot tapping or dancing, might offer competitive advantages capturing increasing engagement. Here, authors...

The rhythm of human life is governed by diurnal cycles, as a result endogenous circadian processes evolved to maximize biological fitness. Even complex aspects daily life, such affective states, exhibit systematic patterns which in turn influence behaviour. As result, previous research has identified population-level preference for music. By analysing audio features from over two billion music streaming events on Spotify, we find that the people listen divides into five distinct time blocks...

In an experimental study, we investigated how well novices can learn from each other in situations of technology-aided musical skill acquisition, comparing joint and solo learning, learning through imitation, synchronization, turn-taking. Fifty-four participants became familiar, either or pairs, with three short melodies then individually performed memory. Each melody was learned a different way: the group were asked via instructional video to: 1) play synchrony video, 2) take turns 3)...

The rhythm of human life is governed by diurnal cycles, as a result endogenous circadian processes evolved to maximise biological fitness. Even complex aspects daily life, such affective states, exhibit systematic patterns which in turn influence behaviour. As result, previous research has identified population-level preference for music. By analysing audio features from over two billion music streaming events, we find that the people listen can be divided into five distinct time blocks...

The experience of groove is defined as a pleasurable state wanting to move one’s body in relation the pulse musical rhythm. Most individuals feel strong desire their when listening music with moderate amount rhythmic complexity, whereas low and high amounts complexity decrease (Matthews et al., 2019; Witek 2014). Matthews colleagues (2019) additionally investigated influence harmonic on sensation found that ratings were similar for moderately complex harmonies, but dropped highly harmony....