ArticleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2021
Instructed versus spontaneous entrainment of running cadence to music tempo.
Article in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Effects of visual pacing cue and motivational auditory content on running fatigue and biomechanics.PloS one · 2026Article
- Listen to your feet.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- The Emotional and Cognitive Effects of Synchronizing to Music During Acute Exercise: An fNIRS Study.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Gait Rhythm with Motor Imagery -Trial Using the Finger Tap Test.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effects of rhythmic auditory guide on sprint running.PloS one · 2025Article
- Amplitude envelope onset characteristics modulate phase locking for speech auditory-motor synchronization.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness and Perceptions of Three Moderate Intensity Walking Cadence Aids and their Effects on Affective States: A Mixed Methods Study.International journal of exercise science · 2024Article
- Auditory interaction between runners: Does footstep sound affect step frequency of neighboring runners?PloS one · 2023Article
- The Influence of Music Preference on Exercise Responses and Performance: A Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Review
- Neural Entrainment Meets Behavior: The Stability Index as a Neural Outcome Measure of Auditory-Motor Coupling.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Matching exercise behavior to musical beats has been shown to favorably affect repetitive endurance tasks. In this study, our aim was to explore the role of spontaneous versus instructed entrainment, focusing on self-paced exercise of healthy, recreational runners. For three 4-min running tasks, 33 recreational participants were either running in silence or with music; when running with music, either no instructions were given to entrain to the music, or participants were instructed to match their running cadence with the tempo of the music. The results indicated that less entrainment occurred when no instruction to match the exercise with the musical tempo was provided. In addition, similar to the condition without music, lower speeds and shorter step lengths were observed when runners were instructed to match their running behavior to the musical tempo when compared with the condition without such instruction. Our findings demonstrate the impact of instruction on running performance and stress the importance of intention to entrain running behavior to musical beats.
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