Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno Mascarenhas
Neurosurgery
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Hi doctor,
This is a tough question to ask. I believe that oscillations or brain oscillations can be associated with rhythmic variations and vibrations, which coincide with alpha waves or gamma waves. When an outside stimulus is introduced such as a metronome and we perform a specific motor skill in direct relation to a beat or rhythm, can that create an actual memory engram? The question I am asking is with an outside stimulus such as the above mentioned metronome and performing a psychical motor skill corresponding to the beat would that be considered as a brain oscillation?
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your question with care and understand your line of thought. Alpha waves are in the frequency range of 8 to 12 Hz per second. So, only if you are doing something in that frequency level (moving your finger 8 times per second), then there will be synchronization of waves and motor action. Other than that we are tuned to have rhythmic movements in reaction to beats. For example, tapping on the desk with the beats of a song or the very nice example of marching of soldiers as per the drum beat. But in all these cases, the sound and action may match, but alpha waves will be of different frequency altogether.
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