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The same isochronous tone sequence was presented simultaneously to two mutually isolated subjects. In half the trials, accentuation in this sequence was accomplished by doubling the duration of the first and then of every fourth tone; in the other half, by doubling the frequency of those tones. The subjects’ task was to follow the rhythm of the resulting four-tone patterns by finger tapping to tone onsets. There were four auditory feedback (FB) conditions: (1) no FB; (2) FB from the subject’s own motor responses; (3) “alien” FB from the motor responses of the other pair member who, in turn, was listening to FB from his/her own tapping; (4) mutually “crossed” FB, where each pair member listened to FB from the tapping of the other. Tap onsets regularly preceded stimulus onsets. The observed order of the amount of this anticipation (from least to greatest) was: (1) own FB, (2) no FB, (3) alien FB, and (4) crossed FB. No mutual dynamic influence between simultaneously performing subjects was-detected. Anticipation was more pronounced for sequences that were accentuated by frequency rather than by duration changes. The type of accent also influenced timing of intertap intervals in the rhythmic patterns. For the frequency accent, regular timing was produced, whereas for the durational accent, shortening of the second and lengthening of the fourth (the last) intertap interval were observed. The presence and source of feedback as well as the character of accentuation are therefore relevant factors in the timing of auditorally controlled rhythmic motor behavior.
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This experiment was performed within the framework of cooperation between the Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, and the Institute of Physiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague. The research was supported by Grant PO 121/13 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The text was revised during the period in which the first author’s research work was supported by a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
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Mates, J., Radil, T. & Pöppel, E. Cooperative tapping: Time control under different feedback conditions. Perception & Psychophysics 52, 691–704 (1992). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03211706
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