Dear all,
We are happy to announce the next CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) speaker this term. On Friday, February 22nd, Dr. Caroline Palmer from McGill Psychology will be speaking about synchronization between singers (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. All are welcome!
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Dr. Caroline Palmer, McGill Psychology "Ears, head and eyes: How singers synchronize"
Individual and joint (interpersonal) behaviours yield different sensorimotor demands on each person. In a musical ensemble, for example, the sheer number of sensory events increases; auditory feedback produced by oneself must be identified and integrated with feedback from other group members. This can be difficult, especially when musicians' target pitches are identical as in Unison singing, or the same but offset temporally, as in Rounds. We examined the relationship between auditory and visual cues, endogenous rhythms, and body movement in duet singers' temporal coordination of tones. 32 experienced vocalists sang a familiar melody in Solo and two Duet conditions. The vocalists sang duets in Unison (simultaneously producing identical pitches) and Round conditions (one vocalist, the Follower, produced the same pitch sequence at an 8-tone delay from their partner, the Leader) while facing Inward (full visual cues) and Outward (reduced visual cues). The relationship between the parts (Unison / Round) and the presence of visual cues influenced singers' temporal coordination. I will describe singers' head movements that suggest that body movement and temporal coordination are tightly linked in this interpersonal behavior.
Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla) See our website for more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/events- colloquia-0/brownbag-series
Please consider joining the coggroup list serve to receive day-off updates about CRAM and information about other cognition-related talks at McGill: http://mx0.psych.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/coggroup (you can unsubscribe using the same link)
Dear all,
A kind reminder that Dr. Caroline Palmer will be speaking at the CRAM session today - 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. Title and abstract below.
We looking forward to seeing you there!
Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla)
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Dear all,
We are happy to announce the next CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) speaker this term. On Friday, February 22nd, Dr. Caroline Palmer from McGill Psychology will be speaking about synchronization between singers (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. All are welcome!
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Dr. Caroline Palmer, McGill Psychology "Ears, head and eyes: How singers synchronize"
Individual and joint (interpersonal) behaviours yield different sensorimotor demands on each person. In a musical ensemble, for example, the sheer number of sensory events increases; auditory feedback produced by oneself must be identified and integrated with feedback from other group members. This can be difficult, especially when musicians' target pitches are identical as in Unison singing, or the same but offset temporally, as in Rounds. We examined the relationship between auditory and visual cues, endogenous rhythms, and body movement in duet singers' temporal coordination of tones. 32 experienced vocalists sang a familiar melody in Solo and two Duet conditions. The vocalists sang duets in Unison (simultaneously producing identical pitches) and Round conditions (one vocalist, the Follower, produced the same pitch sequence at an 8-tone delay from their partner, the Leader) while facing Inward (full visual cues) and Outward (reduced visual cues). The relationship between the parts (Unison / Round) and the presence of visual cues influenced singers' temporal coordination. I will describe singers' head movements that suggest that body movement and temporal coordination are tightly linked in this interpersonal behavior.
Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla) See our website for more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/events- colloquia-0/brownbag-series
Please consider joining the coggroup list serve to receive day-off updates about CRAM and information about other cognition-related talks at McGill: http://mx0.psych.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/coggroup (you can unsubscribe using the same link) ------- End of Forwarded Message -------
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