Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, and the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2012 Apr;1252:85-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06402.x.
Beat induction (BI) is the cognitive skill that allows us to hear a regular pulse in music to which we can then synchronize. Perceiving this regularity in music allows us to dance and make music together. As such, it can be considered a fundamental musical trait that, arguably, played a decisive role in the origins of music. Furthermore, BI might be considered a spontaneously developing, domain-specific, and species-specific skill. Although both learning and perception/action coupling were shown to be relevant in its development, at least one study showed that the auditory system of a newborn is able to detect the periodicities induced by a varying rhythm. A related study with adults suggested that hierarchical representations for rhythms (meter induction) are formed automatically in the human auditory system. We will reconsider these empirical findings in the light of the question whether beat and meter induction are fundamental cognitive mechanisms.
节奏感知（BI）是一种认知技能，它使我们能够听到音乐中的有规律的脉冲，然后与之同步。感知音乐中的这种规律性使我们能够一起跳舞和创作音乐。因此，可以认为它是一种基本的音乐特征，也许在音乐的起源中发挥了决定性的作用。此外，BI 可能被认为是一种自发发展的、特定于领域的和特定于物种的技能。尽管学习和感知/动作耦合都被证明与它的发展有关，但至少有一项研究表明，新生儿的听觉系统能够检测到由变化的节奏引起的周期性。一项针对成年人的相关研究表明，人类听觉系统自动形成了节奏的层次表示（拍感诱导）。我们将根据节奏的感知和节拍的感知是否是基本的认知机制这一问题，重新考虑这些实证发现。
