Category Archives: Spring 2014

27 Mar 2014: Music and the Practicalities of Analysis

As Lauren wrote in her email to the EMPRes list: This week’s paper is a bit different – it’s an explanation of a Matlab toolbox for music information retrieval. Getting to know this software will I’m sure make music research … Continue reading

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13 Mar 2014: Music and Expectation

This reading group session discussed a recent review paper by Barbara Tillman and colleagues published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. The paper draws together the most recent evidence to examine a number of music psychology issues : expectation, emotion, … Continue reading

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13 Feb 2014: Music and Children

IMHSD student, Ana Almeida, gave an informal presentation on her PhD research on children’s spontaneous movement to music. Ana devised a study that used Laban movement analysis of the free-style dance responses of early-years children. Research into children’s spontaneous physical … Continue reading

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