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ArticleBrain and cognition2025

Motor beta oscillations contribute to the temporal binding effect.

José Luis Ulloa, Roberta Vastano, Ole Jensen, Marcel Brass

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José Luis UlloaPrograma de Investigación Asociativa (PIA) en Ciencias Cognitivas, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Cognitivas (CICC), Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Talca, Chile; Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri-Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: joseluisulloafulgeri@gmail.com.
Roberta VastanoDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri-Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; University of Miami, Department of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: roberta.vastano@gmail.com.
Ole JensenDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG,UK; Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. Electronic address: ole.jensen@psych.ox.ac.uk.
Marcel BrassDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri-Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Berlin School of Mind and Brain/Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: marcel.brass@hu-berlin.de.

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Abstract

Agency, the feeling of controlling one's actions and their consequences, is closely linked to temporal binding, a phenomenon where the interval between a voluntary action and its outcome is subjectively compressed. While prior research has linked temporal binding to sensorimotor processes, the role of neural oscillations remains unclear. In this study, we combined electroencephalography with an automatic imitation task to examine how trial-by-trial variations in motor-related brain rhythms predict temporal binding. Twenty-eight participants performed lifting finger movements in response to visual imperative stimuli. Following each response, they estimated the interval between their action and a subsequent tone. Time-frequency analysis and linear mixed-effects modeling revealed that reduced beta desynchronization predicted stronger temporal binding, independent of action congruency. These results suggest that motor beta oscillations reflects the temporal experience of action-effect coupling, likely reflecting predictive motor processes involved in the construction of voluntary actions.

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Beta RhythmImitative BehaviorMotor ActivityPsychomotor PerformanceTime PerceptionAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultautomatic imitationbeta oscillationsEEGmotor systemTemporal binding

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