Authors: Jeffery A Jones Dwayne Keough
Publish Date: 2008/07/01
Volume: 190, Issue: 3, Pages: 279-287
Abstract
Little is known about the basic processes underlying the behavior of singing This experiment was designed to examine differences in the representation of the mapping between fundamental frequency F0 feedback and the vocal production system in singers and nonsingers Auditory feedback regarding F0 was shifted down in frequency while participants sang the consonantvowel /ta/ During the initial frequencyaltered trials singers compensated to a lesser degree than nonsingers but this difference was reduced with continued exposure to frequencyaltered feedback After brief exposure to frequency altered auditory feedback both singers and nonsingers suddenly heard their F0 unaltered When participants received this unaltered feedback only singers’ F0 values were found to be significantly higher than their F0 values produced during baseline and control trials These aftereffects in singers were replicated when participants sang a different note than the note they produced while hearing altered feedback Together these results suggest that singers rely more on internal models than nonsingers to regulate vocal productions rather than real time auditory feedback
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