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ArticleScientific reports2024

Unravelling individual rhythmic abilities using machine learning.

Simone Dalla Bella, Stefan Janaqi, Charles-Etienne Benoit, Nicolas Farrugia, Valentin Bégel, Laura Verga, Eleanor E Harding, Sonja A Kotz

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Cortico-striatal network architecture shapes rhythmic biases in music.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026
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  3. Distinct Rhythmic Competencies Identified via Internet-Based Assessment.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026
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  4. The sound of longevity: music and technology for healthy ageing.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026
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8 authors.

Simone Dalla BellaInternational Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Canada. simone.dalla.bella@umontreal.ca.
Stefan JanaqiEuroMov Digital Health in Motion, IMT Mines Ales and University of Montpellier, Ales and Montpellier, France.
Charles-Etienne BenoitInter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, EA 7424, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69 622, Villeurbanne, France.
Nicolas FarrugiaIMT Atlantique, Brest, France.
Valentin BégelUniversité Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Laura VergaComparative Bioacoustics Group, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Eleanor E HardingDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sonja A KotzDepartment of Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. 616, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands. sonja.kotz@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Funding

Canada Research Chairs CRC in in music auditory-motor skill learning and new technologiesEuropean Commission ITN 238157IMT Mines Alès Mobility fundsLanguedoc-Roussillon Region, BAASTA-FEDER funds BAASTA-FEDER funding
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans can easily extract the rhythm of a complex sound, like music, and move to its regular beat, like in dance. These abilities are modulated by musical training and vary significantly in untrained individuals. The causes of this variability are multidimensional and typically hard to grasp in single tasks. To date we lack a comprehensive model capturing the rhythmic fingerprints of both musicians and non-musicians. Here we harnessed machine learning to extract a parsimonious model of rhythmic abilities, based on behavioral testing (with perceptual and motor tasks) of individuals with and without formal musical training (n = 79). We demonstrate that variability in rhythmic abilities and their link with formal and informal music experience can be successfully captured by profiles including a minimal set of behavioral measures. These findings highlight that machine learning techniques can be employed successfully to distill profiles of rhythmic abilities, and ultimately shed light on individual variability and its relationship with both formal musical training and informal musical experiences.

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DancingMusicAuditory PerceptionHumansSound

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PMID38212632
PMCPMC10784578

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