Online Sonification for Golf Putting Gesture: Reduced Variability of Motor Behaviour and Perceptual Judgement

Overview

Journal Exp Brain Res

Specialty Neurology

Date 2020 Mar 13

PMID 32162051

Citations 1

Authors

Benjamin OBrien

Brett Juhas

Marta Bienkiewicz

Frank Buloup

Lionel Bringoux

Christophe Bourdin

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

This study investigates whether real-time auditory feedback has a direct behavioural or perceptual effect on novices performing a golf putting task with limited visual feedback. Due to its significant role in the success of a putt, club head speed was selected as the parameter for sonification. Different combinations of synthesisers, timbral modulations, scales, and mappings were developed to examine whether particular sound classes influenced performance. When compared to trials with static pink noise, we found that, despite their vision being limited at impact, participants were able to use different types of sonification to significantly reduce variability in their distance from the target and ball location estimation. These results suggest that concurrent sound can play an important role in reducing variability in behavioural performance and related perceptual estimations. In addition, we found that, when compared to trials with static pink noise, participants were able to use sonification to significantly lower their average impact velocity. In the discussion, we offer some trends and observations relative to the different sound synthesis parameters and their effects on behavioural and perceptual performance.

Citing Articles

Increasing auditory intensity enhances temporal but deteriorates spatial accuracy in a virtual interception task.

Tolentino-Castro J, Schroeger A, Canal-Bruland R, Raab M Exp Brain Res. 2024; 242(4):937-947.

PMID: 38334793 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06787-x.

References

Schaffert N, Braun Janzen T, Mattes K, Thaut M . A Review on the Relationship Between Sound and Movement in Sports and Rehabilitation. Front Psychol. 2019; 10:244. PMC: 6379478. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00244. View

Castiello U, Giordano B, Begliomini C, Ansuini C, Grassi M . When ears drive hands: the influence of contact sound on reaching to grasp. PLoS One. 2010; 5(8):e12240. PMC: 2923194. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012240. View

Sigrist R, Rauter G, Riener R, Wolf P . Augmented visual, auditory, haptic, and multimodal feedback in motor learning: a review. Psychon Bull Rev. 2012; 20(1):21-53. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0333-8. View

Baudry L, Leroy D, Thouvarecq R, Choller D . Auditory concurrent feedback benefits on the circle performed in gymnastics. J Sports Sci. 2005; 24(2):149-56. DOI: 10.1080/02640410500130979. View

Johnson D, Watson C, Jensen J . Individual differences in auditory capabilities. I. J Acoust Soc Am. 1987; 81(2):427-38. DOI: 10.1121/1.394907. View

Newton P . The Learning Styles Myth is Thriving in Higher Education. Front Psychol. 2015; 6:1908. PMC: 4678182. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01908. View

Danna J, Fontaine M, Paz-Villagran V, Gondre C, Thoret E, Aramaki M . The effect of real-time auditory feedback on learning new characters. Hum Mov Sci. 2014; 43:216-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2014.12.002. View

Dyer J, Stapleton P, Rodger M . Mapping Sonification for Perception and Action in Motor Skill Learning. Front Neurosci. 2017; 11:463. PMC: 5566964. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00463. View

Kidd G, Watson C, Gygi B . Individual differences in auditory abilities. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007; 122(1):418-35. DOI: 10.1121/1.2743154. View

10.

Bienkiewicz M, Bringoux L, Buloup F, Rodger M, Craig C, Bourdin C . The Limitations of Being a Copycat: Learning Golf Putting Through Auditory and Visual Guidance. Front Psychol. 2019; 10:92. PMC: 6376899. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00092. View

11.

Wulf G, Shea C . Principles derived from the study of simple skills do not generalize to complex skill learning. Psychon Bull Rev. 2002; 9(2):185-211. DOI: 10.3758/bf03196276. View

12.

Craig C, Delay D, Grealy M, Lee D . Guiding the swing in golf putting. Nature. 2000; 405(6784):295-6. DOI: 10.1038/35012690. View

13.

Thaut M, McIntosh G, Hoemberg V . Neurobiological foundations of neurologic music therapy: rhythmic entrainment and the motor system. Front Psychol. 2015; 5:1185. PMC: 4344110. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01185. View

14.

Morillon B, Baillet S . Motor origin of temporal predictions in auditory attention. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017; 114(42):E8913-E8921. PMC: 5651745. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705373114. View

15.

Tucker C, Anderson R, Kenny I . Is outcome related to movement variability in golf?. Sports Biomech. 2014; 12(4):343-54. DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2013.784350. View

16.

Salako S . The declaration of Helsinki 2000: ethical principles and the dignity of difference. Med Law. 2006; 25(2):341-54. View

17.

Dyer J, Stapleton P, Rodger M . Transposing musical skill: sonification of movement as concurrent augmented feedback enhances learning in a bimanual task. Psychol Res. 2016; 81(4):850-862. PMC: 5486555. DOI: 10.1007/s00426-016-0775-0. View

18.

Lakatos S, McAdams S, CAUSSE R . The representation of auditory source characteristics: simple geometric form. Percept Psychophys. 1997; 59(8):1180-90. DOI: 10.3758/bf03214206. View

19.

Kim J, Han J, Han D . Training effects of Interactive Metronome® on golf performance and brain activity in professional woman golf players. Hum Mov Sci. 2018; 61:63-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2018.07.005. View

20.

Munte T, Altenmuller E, Jancke L . The musician's brain as a model of neuroplasticity. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2002; 3(6):473-8. DOI: 10.1038/nrn843. View