Activating and Relaxing Music Entrains the Speed of Beat Synchronized Walking

Marc Leman; Dirk Moelants; Matthias Varewyck; Frederik Styns; Leon van Noorden; Jean-Pierre Martens

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067932

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Activating and Relaxing Music Entrains the Speed of Beat Synchronized Walking

Marc Leman ,

* E-mail: marc.leman@ugent.be

Affiliation Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Department of Musicology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Dirk Moelants,

Affiliation Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Department of Musicology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Matthias Varewyck,

Affiliation Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Frederik Styns,

Affiliation Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Department of Musicology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Leon van Noorden,

Affiliation Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, Department of Musicology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Jean-Pierre Martens

Affiliation Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Activating and Relaxing Music Entrains the Speed of Beat Synchronized Walking

Marc Leman,
Dirk Moelants,
Matthias Varewyck,
Frederik Styns,
Leon van Noorden,
Jean-Pierre Martens

Published: July 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067932

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