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This study examined how stimulus complexity (metronome\/music) and cognitive and motor functions affect tapping timing consistency and force. Fifty healthy young adults (ages 18\u201339) performed several finger tapping tasks, specifically, as a stand-alone task (single task), and simultaneously with 2-Back working memory task (dual task), each to sounds with a clear, steady beat and differing levels of rhythmic complexity (metronome vs. music). Standardized neuropsychological tests were related to consistency and force in the single task and to their dual task cost (interference). The dual task led to lower tapping consistency for both auditory cues. Poorer cognitive inhibition and better gross motor ability each predicted greater applied force. In contrast, participants with poorer fine motor ability tapped with lower force. Accounting for musical training and reward from music revealed that sustained attention, verbal memory, musical training and reward additionally predicted tapping force, whereas only musical training predicted better tapping consistency. These non-linear relationships were shown for both single and dual tasks, but not for the dual task cost. 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