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Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians
Skilled individuals are characterized by fine-tuned perceptual and motor functions. Here, we tested the idea that the sensory and motor functions of highly-trained individuals are coupled. We assessed the relationships among multifaceted somatosensory and motor functions of expert pianists. The resu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27886250 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37632 |
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author | Hosoda, Moe Furuya, Shinichi |
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description | Skilled individuals are characterized by fine-tuned perceptual and motor functions. Here, we tested the idea that the sensory and motor functions of highly-trained individuals are coupled. We assessed the relationships among multifaceted somatosensory and motor functions of expert pianists. The results demonstrated a positive covariation between the acuity of weight discrimination and the precision of force control during piano keystrokes among the pianists but not among the non-musicians. However, neither the age of starting musical training nor the total amount of life-long piano practice was correlated with these sensory-motor functions in the pianists. Furthermore, a difference between the pianists and non-musicians was absent for the weight discrimination acuity but present for precise force control during keystrokes. The results suggest that individuals with innately superior sensory function had finer motor control only in a case of having undergone musical training. Intriguingly, the tactile spatial acuity of the fingertip was superior in the pianists compared with the non-musicians but was not correlated with any functions representing fine motor control among the pianists. The findings implicate the presence of two distinct mechanisms of sensorimotor learning elicited by musical training, which occur either independently in individual sensorimotor modalities or through interacting between modalities. |
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spelling | pubmed-51228432016-11-28 Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians Hosoda, Moe Furuya, Shinichi Sci Rep Article Skilled individuals are characterized by fine-tuned perceptual and motor functions. Here, we tested the idea that the sensory and motor functions of highly-trained individuals are coupled. We assessed the relationships among multifaceted somatosensory and motor functions of expert pianists. The results demonstrated a positive covariation between the acuity of weight discrimination and the precision of force control during piano keystrokes among the pianists but not among the non-musicians. However, neither the age of starting musical training nor the total amount of life-long piano practice was correlated with these sensory-motor functions in the pianists. Furthermore, a difference between the pianists and non-musicians was absent for the weight discrimination acuity but present for precise force control during keystrokes. The results suggest that individuals with innately superior sensory function had finer motor control only in a case of having undergone musical training. Intriguingly, the tactile spatial acuity of the fingertip was superior in the pianists compared with the non-musicians but was not correlated with any functions representing fine motor control among the pianists. The findings implicate the presence of two distinct mechanisms of sensorimotor learning elicited by musical training, which occur either independently in individual sensorimotor modalities or through interacting between modalities. Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5122843/ /pubmed/27886250 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37632 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Hosoda, Moe Furuya, Shinichi Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
title | Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
title_full | Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
title_fullStr | Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
title_full_unstemmed | Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
title_short | Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
title_sort | shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27886250 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37632 |
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