@sydney.edu.au @smmb-lab.bsky.social @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social @muireannirish.bsky.social
The original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Following the publication of our paper "Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery", the University of Sydney has just shared a media release!
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
This study also contributes to the amazing work that our lab is doing! @smmb-lab.bsky.social
One including a recent publication on how music induces social interactions in imagination!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stimuli, experiment, and the code are available at osf.io/2qr4n/. ๐ฉโ๐ป
We also found that responses above were not uniform! They varied with individual differences in absorption (immersion), musical training, and imagery ability.
These findings have implications for the use of music to support imagery in creative, recreational, and therapeutic settings.
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Vividness
What we found (100 participants imagining a journey):
- Random micro-variations enhanced the vividness of imagined content compared to silence and mechanical playing.
- With random micro-variations, participants imagined travelling further and for longer.
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We asked: how do random micro-variations in timing and loudness shape mental imagery, compared to mechanical drumming (that does not have those variations!) or silence?
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One important aspect of human musical performances is the presence of micro-variationsโsmall deviations in timbre, pitch, and timing, driven by motor and attentional processes.
The ones that enhance perceived naturalness in music!
The first study from my PhD project is now available! ๐
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I seem to have missed this super interesting talk! But thank you so much for sharing the plotted genre map - very cool!
Glenn speaks of genres as communities -- that genres are "really based in people". That you can speak to characteristics but "they're a result of the people involved".
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
โWhether weโre celebrating or grieving, music is something we can turn to."
A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
I enjoyed chatting about the @smmb-lab.bsky.socialโs recent research on music being good company at @abcnewsbot.bsky.socialโs Weekend Breakfast! ๐ฅ
Wonderful to see our research being featured on the ABC's Weekend Breakfast. In a wonderful chat between @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the Sydney, Music, Mind, and Body Lab, and Fauziah Ibrahim & Tom Oriti from the ABC, they discussed how music can be good company. @sydney.edu.au
My supervisor, Dr @steffenherff.bsky.social, and I wrote this piece for The Conversation on music and imagination:
โCan music be good company?โ
โฆbased on our labโs recent work
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theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Can music be good company?
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Delighted to share our new work 'Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions'. We show that music is indeed good company! #musicscience #mentalimagery www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Grateful for the chance to chat with Turkish News Agency Cyprus (TAK) about music psychology + my journey! ๐ถ๐ง
The interview was re-published in several outlets (in Turkish). E.g.,
๐ www.yeniduzen.com/her-dinledig...
Auto-translate gives a decent read if youโre curious!
We had a great time in Sรฃo Paulo! A massive thanks to all attendees, both in person and online, as well as the organisers of the #icmpc18 who made this such a rich experience. #musicscience
Thank you so much Connor! It was amazing to see you in person ๐๐๐ป
In addition to her talk on the effect of rhythmic layering on mental imagery, @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the SMMBL also contributed a poster showing compelling interactions between musical micro variations and individual absorption tendencies on mental imagery #icmpc18 #musicscience
Likewise Ade! ๐
Ugur @ugurmkaya.bsky.social from our lab just gave a great talk at #ICMPC18 on how vocalists draw on their own intuitions to influence the vividness and emotional quality of listenersโ mental imagery. ๐ค
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Ade (@adefathiawati.bsky.social) from our lab highlighted updated trends in Music Performance Anxiety among tertiary music students across Australia, as well as the mitigation strategies students use ๐
#ICMPC18
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Dr. Steffen Herff from @smmb-lab.bsky.social shares very rich findings at #icmpc18 about expertise-related muscle activation in drummers. This work has important implications for biofeedback interventions to help musicians develop their skills and avoid playing-related injury. #musicscience
My wonderful PhD supervisor, @steffenherff.bsky.social, gave a fantastic talk at #ICMPC18 on โExpertise predicts more efficient muscle spike shapes in drummersโ today! ๐ฅ Incredible to see how nuanced motor control evolves with skill ๐ช
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My lab colleague Fernando Castellar presented his poster on โThe prevalence of music, mental imagery, and their combined use as a mental training technique by athletes and coachesโ at #ICMPC18 today! ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโโ๏ธโน๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ถ๐ง๐ญ itโs inspiring to see how far his research has come!
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Please feel free to drop by at the poster session tomorrow where I will share our findings on individual differences interacting with micro-variations in timing and loudness to affect music-induced mental imagery!
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It is amazing to be in Sรฃo Paulo at #ICMPC18 this year to be presenting my research on layering rhythms and mental imagery! @smmb-lab.bsky.social ๐ถ
We are very much looking forward to the #ICMPC18. The program looks excellent.
Members of the SMMBL are also involved in 9 contributions this year, if any pique your interest, drop by! #MusicScience
