Beta-band differences in primary motor cortex between media and non-media professionals when watching motor actions in movies
Andreu Sánchez, Celia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat)
Martín-Pascual, Miguel Ángel (Innovación Tecnológica Instituto RTVE)
Gruart i Massó, Agnès (Universidad Pablo de Olavide. División de Neurociencias)
Delgado-García, José María (Universidad Pablo de Olavide. División de Neurociencias)

Data:	2023
Resum:	To watch a person doing an activity has an impact on the viewer. In fact, the film industry hinges on viewers looking at characters doing all sorts of narrative activities. From previous works, we know that media and non-media professionals perceive differently audiovisuals with cuts. Media professionals present a lower eye-blink rate, a lower activity in frontal and central cortical areas, and a more organized functional brain connectivity when watching audiovisual cuts. Here, we aimed to determine how audiovisuals with no formal interruptions such as cuts were perceived by media and non-media professionals. Moreover, we wondered how motor actions of characters in films would have an impact on the brain activities of the two groups of observers. We presented a narrative with 24 motor actions in a one-shot movie in wide shot with no cuts to 40 participants. We recorded the electroencephalographic (EEG) activity of the participants and analyzed it for the periods corresponding to the 24 motor actions (24 actions × 40 participants = 960 potential trials). In accordance with collected results, we observed differences in the EEG activity of the left primary motor cortex. A spectral analysis of recorded EEG traces indicated the presence of significant differences in the beta band between the two groups after the onset of the motor activities, while no such differences were found in the alpha band. We concluded that media expertise is related with the beta band identified in the EEG activity of the left primary motor cortex and the observation of motor actions in videos.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2021-122446NB-100/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Movies ; Motor action ; Beta band ; Brain activity ; Neurocinematics
Publicat a:	Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol. 17 (June 2023) , art. 1204809, ISSN 1662-453X

DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1204809
PMID: 37434763

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