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Stimulus reward value interacts with training-induced plasticity in inhibitory control

Pretto, Michael De ; Hartmann, Lea ; Garcia-Burgos, David ; Sallard, Etienne ; Spierer, Lucas

In: Neuroscience, 2019, vol. 421, p. 82–94

Training inhibitory control, the ability to suppress motor or cognitive processes, not only enhances inhibition processes, but also reduces the perceived value and behaviors toward the stimuli associated with the inhibition goals during the practice. While these findings suggest that inhibitory control training interacts with the aversive and reward systems, the underlying spatio-temporal...

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Steady-state evoked potentials distinguish brain mechanisms of self-paced versus synchronization finger tapping

Pretto, Michael De ; Deiber, Marie-Pierre ; E.James, Clara

In: Human Movement Science, 2018, vol. 61, p. 151–166

Sensorimotor synchronization (SMS) requires aligning motor actions to external events and represents a core part of both musical and dance performances. In the current study, to isolate the brain mechanisms involved in synchronizing finger tapping with a musical beat, we compared SMS to pure self-paced finger tapping and listen- only conditions at different tempi. We analyzed EEG data using...

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Electrical neuroimaging of music processing reveals mid-latency changes with level of musical expertise

James, Clara E. ; Oechslin, Mathias S. ; Michel, Christoph M. ; Pretto, Michael De

In: Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017, vol. 11, p. -

This original research focused on the effect of training intensity on cerebral and behavioral processing of complex music using high-density event-related potential (ERP) approaches. Recently we have been able to show progressive changes with training in grey and white matter and higher order brain functioning using (f)MRI ((functional) Magnetic Resonance Imaging), as well as changes in...