Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2011/05

From: Delceg Mike <m.delceg@-----.nz>
Subj: [kl] More on movement during performance
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 16:03:21 -0400

This is relevant to a previous discussion.

Mike

v Pr. Frank Russo
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Psychological =

Science Training, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

DATE: Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 4PM =96 Jeudi le 19 mai 2011, 16h.

TITLE: Movement, Mimicry and Emotion in Music

ABSTRACT
A number of reasonable proposals have been tabled over the years in =

an effort to explain how we experience emotion in music. An approach =

to this question that has been receiving increasing attention =

concerns the role of movement that is either implied or executed as =

part of music performance. Movement can be implied by a number of =

variables including the speed of event onsets and the size of pitch =

intervals. Movements can be executed through instrumental actions, =

ancillary gestures, and/or facial expressions involved in =

performance. For example, in vocal music, head movement, eyebrow =

raising and mouth opening are all positively correlated with interval =

size. Recent evidence from my lab suggests that observers visually =

track these movements and that they experience spontaneous facial =

muscle activations that mimic those necessary to execute the =

movements. We will present a new model that attempts to integrates =

these findings. The model suggests that the mimicry of movement in =

music is an automatic feed-forward consequence of a neural simulation =

of movement and that it may support: (a) emotional understanding, and =

(b) belief in the authenticity of the emotions expressed.

ABOUT FRANK RUSSO
Frank Russo is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of =

Psychological Science Training at Ryerson University in Toronto, =

Canada. After earning his Ph.D. from Queen's University at Kingston =

in 2002, he completed Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Music Cognition =

and Hearing Science. In 2006, he founded the Science of Music, =

Auditory Research and Technology (SMART) lab at Ryerson University. =

Current work includes multimodal perception of music, vocal emotional =

communication, and cognitively based music information retrieval. =

Other notable work includes consultation with U.S. and Canadian =

Departments of Transportation on locamotive horn effectiveness, and =

invention of a sensory-substitution technology supporting perception =

of music by deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Current research =

funding has been awarded by the National Sciences and Engineering =

Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, =

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, and the =

Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.

Lieu : Pavillon 1420 Mont Royal, Entr=E9e 1430, Salle 0-120, Universit=E9 =

de Montr=E9al (=E0 5 minutes du m=E9tro =C9douard-Montpetit)
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