Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 2005/06

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bounced babies
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:59:26 -0400

On 11 Jun, Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:

> The issue about visual cues not working is dubious I think since it was
> a cue of the sort that the babies could easily ignore. Suppose instead
> you had blindfolded them and then flashed lights in their eyes in time
> with the rhythm, so that *all* their visual stimulus was strongly
> associated with the rhythm---would they be able to ignore that or would
> they then appreciate the rhythmic content? Of course, that sort of
> treatment might simply be highly distressing so I'm not suggesting
> really doing that. :-)
>
> But consider the following analogy---you have a conductor in front of
> you giving a beat; or perhaps you have someone behind you tapping firmly
> on your shoulders a beat. Which is the easier to ignore? ;-)

Good point -- though we should read the paper itself, I suppose, because we
don't know exactly how the visual cues were presented.

Not related to this experiment, and I know introspection is suspect, but I
*think* my notions of pulse are primarily kinaesthetic, with a touch of the
visual element. I want to say, I 'feel' the beat, and also feel strong and
weak beats, but there's a sort of vague visual image as well.

Tony
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