Without wanting you will follow the rhythm!

2001/06/25 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Anatomia/Fisiologia

What are you not a good dancer? Are you having difficulty following the rhythm? An American researcher has found a solution to his problem. Don't think about it and take your rhythm. Without realizing it, you will sync.

The researcher Bruno Repp asked 8 people to continue observing the rhythm of the tones of a digital piano. During the experiment the rhythm of the tones changed, but the volunteers did not know that. The changes of rhythm were very small, subliminal, that is, we consciously are not able to recognize them. But the fingers of 8 volunteers were perfectly adapted to the rhythm change.

Repp considers that the brain has a mechanism to highlight the changes that are below the perception threshold and that served to keep the volunteers going. He performed the experiment 5 times, changing the rhythmic series and the results were the same. Repp has pointed out that the brain is more sensitive than was thought for minor rhythm changes. It seems that this information of great precision is used to control the actions, although we are not aware of it.