A coupled oscillator model predicts the effect of neuromodulation and a novel human tempo-matching bias

2025/04/29 by Chloe Mondok, Martin Wiener · 1 voice
Neuroscience · #EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Neural dynamics and brain function

paper · doi:10.1152/jn.00348.2024

openalex publication_date 2025/04/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/06

Abstract

This work proposes how humans perceive the difference between two simultaneously presented tempos and bring them into perceived synchrony. EEG data provide evidence of entrainment to both tempos that move into alignment, and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) data provide causal evidence that strengthening one tempo improves performance.

Citations

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• Challenges and Approaches in the Study of Neural Entrainment

Discussions

• How do we "sync" up to the beat? Check out our new paper to find out! We employed a novel task where subjects had to match the beats of two ongoing tempos, revealing a strong bias. #EEG suggested a [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]

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