The Effect of Changes in Visual and AuditoryContact on Rhythmic Synchronization

Lawrence FyfeCPSC 681December 2, 2009

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Background > Network Performance Definition

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Background > Network Performance Issues

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What effect do changes in visual andauditory contact have on a musicalperformance?

Experiment > Question

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Experiment > Clapping Task

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Experiment > Conditions

1. Subjects have both visual and auditory contact

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2. Subject have only auditory contact

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Experiment > Conditions

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3. Subjects have only visual contact

Experiment > Conditions

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Experiment > Video + Audio

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Experiment > Setup

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Experiment > Analysis

Find and compare tempo values inbeats per minute (BPM) betweenfixed clapping and subject clapping

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Experiment > Results > Within Subject(s)

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Experiment > Results > Between Subjects

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Reference

[1] Chafe, C., Gurevich, M., Leslie, G. and Tyan, S. Effect of Time Delay onEnsemble Accuracy. Proc. 2004 Intl. Soc. Musical Acoustics, Nara, 2004.

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Questions

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