Long-range correlation in synchronization and syncopation tapping: a linear phase correction model

PLoS One. 2009 Nov 13;4(11):e7822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007822.

Abstract

We propose in this paper a model for accounting for the increase in long-range correlations observed in asynchrony series in syncopation tapping, as compared with synchronization tapping. Our model is an extension of the linear phase correction model for synchronization tapping. We suppose that the timekeeper represents a fractal source in the system, and that a process of estimation of the half-period of the metronome, obeying a random-walk dynamics, combines with the linear phase correction process. Comparing experimental and simulated series, we show that our model allows accounting for the experimentally observed pattern of serial dependence. This model complete previous modeling solutions proposed for self-paced and synchronization tapping, for a unifying framework of event-based timing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Female
  • Fractals
  • Humans
  • Linear Models*
  • Male
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Motor Activity
  • Psychomotor Performance*
  • Reaction Time
  • Time Factors
  • Time Perception