Syncopation, Body-Movement and Pleasure in Groove Music

Witek, M. A. G., Clarke, E. F., Wallentin, M., Kringelbach, M. L., & Vuust, P. (2014). Syncopation, Body-Movement and Pleasure in Groove Music. PLOS ONE, 9(4).

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Journal article

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Primary research

Year

2014

Volume

9

Issue

4

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0094446

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Public Library of Science

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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094446

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Domain-specific

• Dance Music
  • Witek and colleagues found that moderate syncopation could maximize pleasure and wanting to move in their groove stimuli, while too little or too much reduced those ratings.
• Syncopation
  • Music perception research (Witek et al.) has established that listeners show a characteristic preference for moderate levels of syncopation over either none or extreme amounts, consistent with the interpretation that productive rhythmic engagement requires a balance of metric predictability and expressive deviation

    This sourceThe survey finding that medium degrees of syncopation are rated highest for wanting to move and for pleasure (an inverted-U relationship), interpreted as enough rhythmic complexity to stimulate without preventing entrainment. Witek and colleagues' finding that medium syncopation is the optimal level for wanting to move and pleasure, preferred over low and high degrees.

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    “Movement and Pleasure in GrooveWitekMaria A. G.”

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