ArticleNature human behaviour2022
Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity.
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18 authors at 10 institutions in 7 countries.
Maria NiarchouVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. maria.niarchou@vumc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8855-7393
Daniel E GustavsonVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1470-4928
J Fah Sathirapongsasuti23andMe, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Manuel Anglada-TortComputational Auditory Perception Group, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3421-9361
Else EisingDepartment of Language and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9819-1260
Eamonn BellDepartment of Music, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Evonne McArthurVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-4321
Peter StraubVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
23andMe Research Team
J Devin McAuleyDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5848-929X
John A CapraBakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9743-1795
Fredrik UllénDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
Nicole CreanzaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Miriam A MosingDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
David A Hinds23andMe, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-803X
Lea K DavisVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. lea.k.davis@vumc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-2282
Nori JacobyComputational Auditory Perception Group, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Reyna L GordonVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. reyna.gordon@alumni.usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-6979
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USVanderbilt University · US23andMe (United States) · USMax Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics · DEDurham University · GBKarolinska Institutet · SEMax Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics · NLMichigan State University · USThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of California, San Francisco · US
Funding
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) -Identifying correlates of functional immunity in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasmaUL1TR002243 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Paul A. Harris, Wesley H Self · 2017 to 2026
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$45.7MThe Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
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$10.3MThe Genetic Epemiology of Multiple SclerosisR01NS032830 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HAINES, JONATHAN L · 1995 to 2010
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Abstract
Moving in synchrony to the beat is a fundamental component of musicality. Here we conducted a genome-wide association study to identify common genetic variants associated with beat synchronization in 606,825 individuals. Beat synchronization exhibited a highly polygenic architecture, with 69 loci reaching genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10
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