Rafael Román-Caballero, Elisa Martín-Arévalo y Juan Lupiáñez
Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento (CIMCYC), Universidad de Granada, España
(cc) Jürg Stuker.
Our environment is full of rhythms, which have an important predictive value as cues for the preparation and temporal orienting of attention. At the neurocognitive level, rhythms promote attentional entrainment, concentrating higher levels of attention at the moments in which the appearance of a critical event is more likely. This strategic use of attention improves performance on several cognitive tasks. It yields both perceptual and motor benefits, respectively allowing a greater stimulus processing capacity and a greater opportunity to prepare complex responses.
