Keeping an eye on the violinist: motor experts show superior timing consistency in a visual perception task |
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Authors: | Clemens Wöllner Rouwen Cañal-Bruland |
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Institution: | (1) Royal Northern College of Music, Centre for Music Performance Research, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, UK;(2) Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Common coding theory states that perception and action may reciprocally induce each other. Consequently, motor expertise should
map onto perceptual consistency in specific tasks such as predicting the exact timing of a musical entry. To test this hypothesis,
ten string musicians (motor experts), ten non-string musicians (visual experts), and ten non-musicians were asked to watch
progressively occluded video recordings of a first violinist indicating entries to fellow members of a string quartet. Participants
synchronised with the perceived timing of the musical entries. Results revealed significant effects of motor expertise on
perception. Compared to visual experts and non-musicians, string players not only responded more accurately, but also with
less timing variability. These findings provide evidence that motor experts’ consistency in movement execution—a key characteristic
of expert motor performance—is mirrored in lower variability in perceptual judgements, indicating close links between action
competence and perception. |
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