The study investigates healthy adult participants. No disease or clinical population is examined.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Group with behavioral measurements only:
Healthy adult participants will perform different finger movement synchronization tasks while listening to rhythmic auditory stimuli. Behavioral meas
Sponsors
MEG Laboratory, Cooperative Brain Imaging Center (CoBIC), Goethe University Frankfurt
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Our study will include healthy human participants with normal or corrected-to-normal vision and normal hearing. Since some conditions of our study involves listening to German speech materials (e.g., words and short sentences), participants need to be native speakers of German or have native-level proficiency in German.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The typical exclusion criteria for psychological studies will apply. In particular, participants will be excluded in case of: - Psychological, psychiatric or neurological diagnoses or treatments, acute or chronic - Current use of medication that potentially influences brain activity - Acute influence of alcohol or drugs Additionally, the standard exclusion criteria for MEG and MRI recordings, as outlined here, will be applied: - Having a pacemaker, neurostimulator or insulin pumps - Having any (surgical) metal implants or prosthesis (this includes retainers – wire behind teeth; braces; metal plates, screws, splinters; fusion pump; aneurism clips; joint replacements; etc) - Having any non-removable dentures or braces - Having any permanent make-up - Having any tattoos - Having a metal-containing IUD (intra-uterine device) - Being claustrophobic
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary objective of the study: Behavioral synchronization precision during the experimental task, measured by the temporal alignment between finger movements and rhythmic auditory stimuli. Data will be collected during the experimental sessions using 3D motion tracking and pressure-sensitive trackpad recordings. Analyses will focus on synchronization variability and the correspondence between kinematic movement features and acoustic envelope properties. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary objective of the study: Neural correlates of auditory-motor synchronization during the experimental task, measured using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electromyography (EMG) during the experimental sessions. Analyses will focus on the neural encoding strength of different key features of movement and acoustic stimuli, spatiotemporal activity patterns, and the decoding of different movement types. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactGeorgios Michalareas
MEG Laboratory, Cooperative Brain Imaging Center (CoBIC), Goethe University Frankfurt
Outcome results
None listed