Presentation Information
[S1-05]Emergence of rhythm during sequential tapping in chimpanzees and humans
*Yuko Hattori1 (1. Kyoto University (Japan))
Keywords:
chimpanzees,tapping
Both humans and non-human animals are known to spontaneously generate motor rhythms when controlling temporally sequential movements, such as walking or speaking. However, most previous studies on motor-related rhythms have primarily focused on externally guided synchronization, leaving the properties of rhythms that emerge spontaneously during motor learning, especially in non-human animals, largely unexplored.
In this study, I examined the spontaneous generation of motor rhythms in chimpanzees and humans as they learned to perform sequential key-tapping tasks. By comparing the rhythmic characteristics between the two species, I aim to shed light on the evolutionary pathway of rhythm generation abilities during motor learning and explore uniquely human mechanisms underlying this capacity.
In this study, I examined the spontaneous generation of motor rhythms in chimpanzees and humans as they learned to perform sequential key-tapping tasks. By comparing the rhythmic characteristics between the two species, I aim to shed light on the evolutionary pathway of rhythm generation abilities during motor learning and explore uniquely human mechanisms underlying this capacity.