Why do we move to the beat? A multi-scale approach, from physical principles to brain dynamics

L Damm, D Varoqui, VC De Cock, S Dalla Bella… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Humans' ability to synchronize movement with auditory rhythms relies on motor networks,
such as cortical areas, basal ganglia and the cerebellum, which also participate in rhythm …

Eccentricity advances arrival to visual perception.

A Upadhyayula, I Phillips… - Journal of experimental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
We investigated temporal properties of visual perception as a function of eccentricity, that is,
spatial position relative to the fovea. Our experiments were motivated by well-characterized …

Tactile cues are more intrinsically linked to motor timing than visual cues in visual-tactile sensorimotor synchronization

MK Huntley, A Nguyen, MA Albrecht… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2024 - Springer
Many tasks require precise synchronization with external sensory stimuli, such as driving a
car. This study investigates whether combined visual-tactile information provides additional …

Walking to a multisensory beat

C Roy, J Lagarde, D Dotov, S Dalla Bella - Brain and cognition, 2017 - Elsevier
Living in a complex and multisensory environment demands constant interaction between
perception and action. In everyday life it is common to combine efficiently simultaneous …

Head movements induced by voluntary neck flexion stabilize sensorimotor synchronization of the finger to syncopated auditory rhythms

R Yamazaki, J Ushiyama - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Head movements that are synchronized with musical rhythms often emerge during musical
activities, such as hip hop dance. Although such movements are known to affect the meter …

The multisensory control of sequential actions

D Säfström - Experimental Brain Research, 2025 - Springer
Many motor tasks are comprised of sequentially linked action phases, as when reaching for,
lifting, transporting, and replacing a cup of coffee. During such tasks, discrete visual, auditory …

Multisensory integration and behavioral stability

C Roy, S Dalla Bella, S Pla, J Lagarde - Psychological Research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Information coming from multiple senses, as compared to a single one, typically
enhances our performance. The multisensory improvement has been extensively examined …

Music and speech distractors disrupt sensorimotor synchronization: effects of musical training

A Białuńska, S Dalla Bella - Experimental Brain Research, 2017 - Springer
Humans display a natural tendency to move to the beat of music, more than to the rhythm of
any other auditory stimulus. We typically move with music, but rarely with speech. This …

When the perception of a synchronous world is—mostly—just an illusion

N Paraskevoudi, A Vatakis - The Illusions of Time: Philosophical and …, 2019 - Springer
Creating a coherent representation of our environment is highly dependent on integrating
sensory signals into unified multisensory percepts. These percepts are not only multisensory …

Memory for random time patterns in the sensory system

H Kang - 2017 - theses.hal.science
Time is a universal feature of all information processed by sensory systems, and temporal
patterning is often essential for attributing meaning to external stimuli such as speech or …