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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Might as well jump: Sound affects muscle activation in skateboarding
Paola CesariStefano PapettiIvan CamponogaraDavide RocchessoFederico Fontanasubject
lcsh:Medicinemedicine.disease_causeSocial and Behavioral Sciencesexperience0302 clinical medicineJumpingperception and action mechanismsmuscle activation; sound feedbackHuman PerformancePsychologylcsh:Sciencemedia_commonMultidisciplinarySettore INF/01 - InformaticaMedicine (all)05 social sciencesMuscle activationMiddle AgedAnticipationSensory Systemsaction anticipation; performance; sensorimotor skills; experience; sound; muscle activation; skateboarding; action planning; movement patternsMental HealthSoundsound feedbackAuditory SystemAction planningJumpMedicineSensory Perceptionperception and action mechanisms; Anticipatory postural adjustment; Auditory InterfacesperformanceCognitive psychologyResearch ArticleHumanMuscle ContractionAdultAdolescentmedia_common.quotation_subjectCognitive NeuroscienceskateboardingBiology050105 experimental psychology03 medical and health sciencesMotor ReactionsYoung Adultsensorimotor skillsPerceptionmedicineReaction Timeaction planningHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesActive listeningSports and Exercise Medicineaction anticipationmuscle activationMuscle SkeletalBiologyComputerized SimulationsAgedAnticipatory postural adjustmentMotor SystemsBehaviorAnalysis of VarianceBiochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)Electromyographylcsh:RAcoustic Stimulation; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Electromyography; Humans; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Skeletal; Reaction Time; Skating; Young Adult; Psychomotor Performance; Sound; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all); Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Medicine (all)movement patternsAuditory InterfacesAction (philosophy)Acoustic StimulationAgricultural and Biological Sciences (all)SkatingComputer Sciencelcsh:Q030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPsychomotor PerformanceNeurosciencedescription
The aim of the study is to reveal the role of sound in action anticipation and performance, and to test whether the level of precision in action planning and execution is related to the level of sensorimotor skills and experience that listeners possess about a specific action. Individuals ranging from 18 to 75 years of age - some of them without any skills in skateboarding and others experts in this sport - were compared in their ability to anticipate and simulate a skateboarding jump by listening to the sound it produces. Only skaters were able to modulate the forces underfoot and to apply muscle synergies that closely resembled the ones that a skater would use if actually jumping on a skateboard. More importantly we showed that only skaters were able to plan the action by activating anticipatory postural adjustments about 200 ms after the jump event. We conclude that expert patterns are guided by auditory events that trigger proper anticipations of the corresponding patterns of movements. © 2014 Cesari et al.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-01 |