Georgi Markus, Gingras Bruno, Zentner Marcel
Institute of Psychology, Teaching and Research Area of Work and Engineering Psychology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 16;13:862468. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.862468. eCollection 2022.
Sensorimotor synchronization is a longstanding paradigm in the analysis of isochronous beat tapping. Assessing the finger tapping of complex rhythmic patterns is far less explored and considerably more complex to analyze. Hence, whereas several instruments to assess tempo or beat tapping ability exist, there is at present a shortage of paradigms and tools for the assessment of the ability to tap to complex rhythmic patterns. To redress this limitation, we developed a standardized rhythm tapping test comprising test items of different complexity. The items were taken from the rhythm and tempo subtests of the Profile of Music Perception Skills (PROMS), and administered as tapping items to 40 participants (20 women). Overall, results showed satisfactory psychometric properties for internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity correlations fell in line with expectations. Specifically, performance in rhythm tapping was correlated more strongly with performance in rhythm perception than in tempo perception, whereas performance in tempo tapping was more strongly correlated with performance in tempo than rhythm perception. Both tapping tasks were only marginally correlated with non-temporal perception tasks. In combination, the tapping tasks explained variance in external indicators of musical proficiency above and beyond the perceptual PROMS tasks. This tool allows for the assessment of complex rhythmic tapping skills in about 15 min, thus providing a useful addition to existing music aptitude batteries.
感觉运动同步是等时节拍敲击分析中一个长期存在的范式。评估复杂节奏模式下的手指敲击情况则研究得少得多，且分析起来要复杂得多。因此，虽然存在几种用于评估节奏或节拍敲击能力的工具，但目前缺乏用于评估敲击复杂节奏模式能力的范式和工具。为了弥补这一局限性，我们开发了一种标准化的节奏敲击测试，其中包含不同复杂程度的测试项目。这些项目取自音乐感知技能概况（PROMS）的节奏和节拍子测试，并作为敲击项目施测于40名参与者（20名女性）。总体而言，结果显示该测试在内部一致性和重测信度方面具有令人满意的心理测量学特性。聚合效度、区分效度和效标效度相关性均符合预期。具体而言，节奏敲击表现与节奏感知表现的相关性比与节拍感知表现的相关性更强，而节拍敲击表现与节拍的相关性比与节奏感知的相关性更强。两项敲击任务与非时间感知任务的相关性都很微弱。综合来看，敲击任务解释了超出PROMS感知任务之外的音乐熟练程度外部指标的方差。这个工具能够在大约15分钟内评估复杂的节奏敲击技能，从而为现有的音乐能力测试组合提供了一个有用的补充。
