Rhythm,as a prominent characteristic of auditory experiences such as speech and music,is known to facilitate attention,yet its contribution to working memory(WM)remains unclear.Here,human participants temporarily reta...Rhythm,as a prominent characteristic of auditory experiences such as speech and music,is known to facilitate attention,yet its contribution to working memory(WM)remains unclear.Here,human participants temporarily retained a 12-tone sequence presented rhythmically or arrhythmically in WM and performed a pitch change-detection task.Behaviorally,while having comparable accuracy,rhythmic tone sequences showed a faster response time and lower response boundaries in decision-making.Electroencephalographic recordings revealed that rhythmic sequences elicited enhanced non-phase-locked beta-band(16 Hz–33 Hz)and theta-band(3 Hz–5 Hz)neural oscillations during sensory encoding and WM retention periods,respectively.Importantly,the two-stage neural signatures were correlated with each other and contributed to behavior.As beta-band and theta-band oscillations denote the engagement of motor systems and WM maintenance,respectively,our findings imply that rhythm facilitates auditory WM through intricate oscillation-based interactions between the motor and auditory systems that facilitate predictive attention to auditory sequences.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12171373)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(GK202207018).
文摘Rhythm,as a prominent characteristic of auditory experiences such as speech and music,is known to facilitate attention,yet its contribution to working memory(WM)remains unclear.Here,human participants temporarily retained a 12-tone sequence presented rhythmically or arrhythmically in WM and performed a pitch change-detection task.Behaviorally,while having comparable accuracy,rhythmic tone sequences showed a faster response time and lower response boundaries in decision-making.Electroencephalographic recordings revealed that rhythmic sequences elicited enhanced non-phase-locked beta-band(16 Hz–33 Hz)and theta-band(3 Hz–5 Hz)neural oscillations during sensory encoding and WM retention periods,respectively.Importantly,the two-stage neural signatures were correlated with each other and contributed to behavior.As beta-band and theta-band oscillations denote the engagement of motor systems and WM maintenance,respectively,our findings imply that rhythm facilitates auditory WM through intricate oscillation-based interactions between the motor and auditory systems that facilitate predictive attention to auditory sequences.
