People tap their foot to music due to audio-motor coupling mechanisms

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People tap their foot to music due to audio-motor coupling mechanisms.

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The retrieved papers consistently demonstrate that auditory-motor synchronization, action-perception coupling, and rhythmic entrainment are core mechanisms underlying human physical responses to music, such as tapping and walking.

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Timing mechanisms in sensorimotor synchronization

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Gisa Aschersleben, Prisca Stenneken, Jonathan Cole, Wolfgang Prinz. Timing mechanisms in sensorimotor synchronization. 2002. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198510697.003.0011

Demonstrates sensorimotor synchronization where movements naturally align with auditory rhythms.

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Rhythm of music seen through dance: Probing music–dance coupling by audiovisual meter perception

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Yi-Huang Su. Rhythm of music seen through dance: Probing music–dance coupling by audiovisual meter perception. 2017. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ujkq9

Highlights action-perception coupling in music that mediates movement to rhythmic structures.

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From Finger Taps to Footsteps: Gait as a Model for Investigating and Training Rhythmic Abilities.

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Ziane C, Dalla Bella S. From Finger Taps to Footsteps: Gait as a Model for Investigating and Training Rhythmic Abilities.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70169

Discusses spontaneous synchronization of movements like walking and tapping to auditory rhythmic cues.

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Embodied groove-synchrony model: movement context reshapes groove-synchrony coupling and its dominant timescale.

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Tanabe H, Nakajima M, Shiratori M, Yamamoto K, Okano M. Embodied groove-synchrony model: movement context reshapes groove-synchrony coupling and its dominant timescale.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1803480

Shows that groove and the urge to move to music are rooted in audio-motor coupling and rhythmic entrainment.

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