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On the performance and stability of human metronome‐synchronization strategies
Author(s) -
Hary David,
Moore George P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of mathematical and statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0007-1102
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1987.tb00872.x
Subject(s) - metronome , synchronization (alternating current) , stability (learning theory) , computer science , control theory (sociology) , mathematics , rhythm , artificial intelligence , machine learning , control (management) , medicine , computer network , channel (broadcasting)
The stability of linear metronome‐synchronization strategies is tested by studying the analytic properties of synchronization error sequences. Strategies based on the time of the metronome events are generally stable, even without error‐correcting feedback. Strategies based exclusively on the timing of the subject's own tap are generally unstable even when they employ corrective feedback processes.