Xiao Rong, Liu Cuihong, Chen Jiejia, Chen Jie
School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Front Behav Neurosci. 2020 May 7;14:48. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00048. eCollection 2020.
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the influence of music tempo on inhibition control. An electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded when participants performed a Go/No-go task while listening to slow (54 bpm), medium-paced (104 bpm), fast (154 bpm), or no music. The behavioral results showed that the accuracies for the No-go trials were lower in the fast than in the slow tempo music conditions, while the accuracies for the Go trials were also lower in the fast tempo than in no music conditions. The event-related potential (ERP) study results showed that larger N2 and P3 amplitudes were elicited by No-go than by Go conditions. Moreover, the difference N2 (N2d) amplitudes observed by No-go vs. Go condition were larger in fast music than in medium-paced, slow, and no music conditions, indicating more consumption of cognitive resources in the process of conflict monitoring under the fast music condition. However, no such differences were observed among medium-paced, slow, and no music conditions. In addition, the difference P3 (P3d) amplitudes, an index of response inhibition, were not significant among these four music conditions. The present study showed a detrimental influence of music tempo on inhibition control. More specifically, listening to fast music might impair an individual's ability to monitor conflict when performing the inhibitory control task.
本研究的目的是调查音乐节奏对抑制控制的影响。当参与者在听慢节奏（54节拍/分钟）、中等节奏（104节拍/分钟）、快节奏（154节拍/分钟）的音乐或不听音乐的情况下执行“是/否”任务时，记录其脑电图（EEG）。行为结果表明，在快节奏音乐条件下，“否”试验的准确率低于慢节奏音乐条件，而在快节奏音乐条件下，“是”试验的准确率也低于无音乐条件。事件相关电位（ERP）研究结果表明，“否”条件比“是”条件引发的N2和P3波幅更大。此外，在快节奏音乐中，“否”条件与“是”条件下观察到的N2波幅差异（N2d）比中等节奏、慢节奏和无音乐条件下更大，表明在快节奏音乐条件下的冲突监测过程中认知资源消耗更多。然而，在中等节奏、慢节奏和无音乐条件之间未观察到此类差异。此外，作为反应抑制指标的P3波幅差异（P3d）在这四种音乐条件之间不显著。本研究表明音乐节奏对抑制控制有不利影响。更具体地说，听快节奏音乐可能会损害个体在执行抑制控制任务时监测冲突的能力。
