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Adamo P, Fassi A, Temporiti F, De Leo D, Marino G, Furlan R, Barbic F, Gatti R, Barajon I. The role of different acoustic environmental stimuli on manual dexterity. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0307550. [PMID: 39037994 PMCID: PMC11262680 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Music has been reported to facilitate motor performance. However, there is no data on the effects of different acoustic environmental stimuli on manual dexterity. The present observational study aimed at investigating the effects of background music and noise on a manual dexterity task in young, middle-aged and elderly subjects. Sixty healthy, right-handed subjects aged between 18 and 80 years were enrolled. Twenty young (mean age: 22±2 years), 20 middle-aged (mean age: 55±8 years) and 20 elderly (mean age: 72±5 years) subjects performed the Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT) in four different acoustic environments: silence (noise < 20dBA), classical music at 60dBA, rock music at 70 dBA, and a noise stimulus at 80dBA. Performance was recorded using an optical motion capture system and retro-reflective markers (SMART DX, 400, BTS). Outcome measures included the total test time and peg-grasp, peg-transfer, peg-in-hole, hand-return, and removing phases times. Normalized jerk, mean and peak of velocity during transfer and return phases were also computed. No differences were found for NHPT phases and total times, normalized jerk, peak of velocity and mean velocity between four acoustic conditions (p>0.05). Between-group differences were found for NHPT total time, where young subjects revealed better performance than elderly (p˂0.001) and middle-aged (p˂0.001) groups. Music and noise stimuli in the considered range of intensity had no influence on the execution of a manual dexterity task in young, middle-aged and elderly subjects. These findings may have implications for working, sportive and rehabilitative activities.
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- Paola Adamo
- Physiotherapy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Physiotherapy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Physiotherapy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Physiotherapy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- Internal Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- Internal Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Physiotherapy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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Mursic RA, Riecke BE, Apthorp D, Palmisano S. The Shepard-Risset glissando: music that moves you. Exp Brain Res 2017; 235:3111-3127. [PMID: 28744623 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-017-5033-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Sounds are thought to contribute to the perceptions of self-motion, often via higher-level, cognitive mechanisms. This study examined whether illusory self-motion (i.e. vection) could be induced by auditory metaphorical motion stimulation (without providing any spatialized or low-level sensory information consistent with self-motion). Five different types of auditory stimuli were presented in mono to our 20 blindfolded, stationary participants (via a loud speaker array): (1) an ascending Shepard-Risset glissando; (2) a descending Shepard-Risset glissando; (3) a combined Shepard-Risset glissando; (4) a combined-adjusted (loudness-controlled) Shepard-Risset glissando; and (5) a white-noise control stimulus. We found that auditory vection was consistently induced by all four Shepard-Risset glissandi compared to the white-noise control. This metaphorical auditory vection appeared similar in strength to the vection induced by the visual reference stimulus simulating vertical self-motion. Replicating past visual vection findings, we also found that individual differences in postural instability appeared to significantly predict auditory vection strength ratings. These findings are consistent with the notion that auditory contributions to self-motion perception may be predominantly due to higher-level cognitive factors.
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- Rebecca A Mursic
- School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
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- School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT), Simon Fraser University, 250-13450 102nd Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3T 0A3, Canada
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- Research School of Psychology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.,Research School of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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