Music as an enhancer for imagined movement

Abstract

Relying on the existing evidence that music enhances cognitive functions such as imagination and it also induces movement, this paper explored the possibility of music as an enhancer for imagined movement tasks. As a comparison, the task were also performed in silence and listening to noise. Music prove to be an enhancer, increasing the mean amplitude and energy of the EEG (p<0.001), as well as facilitating the left/right discrimination, albeit with modified target frequencies band. This was caused by the synchronisation of EEG signals with the music played.