Music

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Words in melody: an H(2)15O PET study of brain activation during singing and speaking.

We used H(2)15O PET to characterize the interaction of words and melody by comparing brain activity measured while subjects spoke or sang the words to a familiar song. Relative increases in activity during speaking vs singing were observed in the left ...
K J Jeffries, J B Fritz, A R Braun (Neuroreport, 200304)
words-melody-h--o-pet-study-brain-activation-singing-speaking.asp

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Control of voice fundamental frequency in speaking versus singing.

In order to investigate control of voice fundamental frequency (F0) in speaking and singing, 24 adults had to utter the nonsense word [ta:tatas] repeatedly, while in selected trials their auditory feedback was frequency-shifted by 100 cents downwards. In ...
Ulrich Natke, Thomas M Donath, Karl Th Kalveram (J Acoust Soc Am, 200303)
control-voice-fundamental-frequency-speaking-versus-singing.asp

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Part and whole perceptual-motor practice of a polyrhythm.

An experiment is reported that investigated the effectiveness of receiving the perceptual experience of a bimanual, 2:3 polyrhythm during motor practice of the unimanual parts of the polyrhythm. Thirty-six participants were randomly assigned to one of ...
Sarah Kurtz, Timothy D Lee (Neurosci Lett, 200303)
part-whole-perceptual-motor-practice-polyrhythm.asp

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The emotional symbolism of two English e-sounds: /i/ as in "cheap" is pleasant and /I/ as in "chip" active.

This article aligns the symbolism of the long (/i/) and short (/I/) e sounds in English with the two dimensions of emotional space-Pleasantness and Activation. On the basis of this alignment, the four quadrants of emotional space are labelled Cheerful ...
Cynthia Whissell (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
emotional-symbolism-two-english-e-sounds-cheap-pleasant-chip-active.asp

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Do people still report dreaming in black and white? An attempt to replicate a questionnaire from 1942.

In the 1940s and 1950s many people in the United States appear to have thought they dreamed in black and white. For example, Middleton (1942) found that 70.7% of 277 college sophomores reported "rarely" or "never" seeing colors in their dreams. The ...
Eric Schwitzgebel (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
people-still-report-dreaming-black-white-attempt-replicate.asp

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Sensory versus cognitive components in harmonic priming.

This study investigated the strength of sensory and cognitive components involved in musical priming. In Experiment 1, the harmonic function of the target chord and the number of pitch classes shared by the prime sequence and the target chord were ...
Emmanuel Bigand, Bénédicte Poulin, Barbara Tillmann, François Madurell, Daniel A DAdamo (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, 200302)
sensory-versus-cognitive-components-harmonic-priming.asp

37.

The effect of superior auditory skills on vocal accuracy.

The relationship between auditory perception and vocal production has been typically investigated by evaluating the effect of either altered or degraded auditory feedback on speech production in either normal hearing or hearing-impaired individuals. Our ...
Ofer Amir, Noam Amir, Liat Kishon-Rabin (J Acoust Soc Am, 200302)
effect-superior-auditory-skills-vocal-accuracy.asp

38.

Perception of the low pitch of frequency-shifted complexes.

When all of the components in a harmonic complex tone are shifted in frequency by delta f, the pitch of the complex shifts roughly in proportion to delta f. For tones with a small number of components, the shift is usually somewhat larger than predicted ...
Geoffrey A Moore, Brian C J Moore (J Acoust Soc Am, 200302)
perception-low-pitch-frequency-shifted-complexes.asp

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An empirical comparison of rhythm in language and music.

Musicologists and linguists have often suggested that the prosody of a cultures spoken language can influence the structure of its instrumental music. However, empirical data supporting this idea have been lacking. This has been partly due to the ...
Aniruddh D Patel, Joseph R Daniele (Cognition, 200302)
empirical-comparison-rhythm-language-music.asp

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Evidence for training-induced crossmodal reorganization of cortical functions in trumpet players.

The aim of this study was to compare multimodal information processing in the somatosensory and auditory cortices and related multimodal areas in musicians (trumpet players) and non-musicians. Magnetoencephalographic activity (MEG) was recorded in ...
Matthias Schulz, Bernhard Ross, Christo Pantev (Neuroreport, 200301)
evidence-training-induced-crossmodal-reorganization-cortical.asp