Spatial Representation of Pitch Height: The SMARC Effect

Autor/inn/en	Rusconi, Elena; Kwan, Bonnie; Giordano, Bruno L.; Umilta, Carlo; Butterworth, Brian
Titel	Spatial Representation of Pitch Height: The SMARC Effect
Quelle	In: Cognition, 99 (2006) 2, S.113-129 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2005.01.004
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Mapping; Auditory Perception; Auditory Stimuli; Cognitive Processes; Music Education; Mathematics; Psychomotor Skills; Schemata (Cognition) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Auditive Stimulation; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Musikerziehung; Mathematik; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Cognition; Schema; Kognition
Abstract	Through the preferential pairing of response positions to pitch, here we show that the internal representation of pitch height is spatial in nature and affects performance, especially in musically trained participants, when response alternatives are either vertically or horizontally aligned. The finding that our cognitive system maps pitch height onto an internal representation of space, which in turn affects motor performance even when this perceptual attribute is irrelevant to the task, extends previous studies on auditory perception and suggests an interesting analogy between music perception and mathematical cognition. Both the basic elements of mathematical cognition (i.e. numbers) and the basic elements of musical cognition (i.e. pitches), appear to be mapped onto a mental spatial representation in a way that affects motor performance. (Author).
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