The gamelan project Victor Minces Alex Khalil Parag Chowdhury Marta Kutas Tom Urbach High Tech High Students Andrea Chiba

Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center UCSD

Gamelan Project, Synchrony, and Attention

Scientific goal: Understanding the neuronal and

cognitive basis of time processing

Building a bridge: Neurosciences outreach

program.

Our approach to gathering data.

Our approach to gathering data.

Combining the two.

Distinguished Educator Advisory Panel.

First project (starting small)

Getting bigger

“Sensitivity to Time” (passive listening)

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How do we measure this?

Passive Listening

Passive Listening.

-Sounds are all identical in pitch, duration, and volume. Only the timing is different.

Deviant

Passive Listening.

-Sounds are all the same. We only care about timing.

Deviant Standard

Deviant

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Sensitivity to Time

Example subject

Synchronization

Synchronization

-Subject drums to a steady beat, even when sounds are omitted.

Deviant Detection

Deviant Detection

Deviant Detection

Deviant Detection

Long Interval Estimation

20 seconds Press Buzzer 20 seconds Press Buzzer

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First, the Hardware

Time (seconds)

deviant standard

Short Condition Long Condition

beeps

deviant standard

Short Condition Long Condition

beeps

Time (seconds)

Time (seconds)

deviant standard

Short Condition Long Condition

beeps *

Conclusions:

Conclusions:

We have gathered data and taught science at the same time.

Conclusions:

-We have gathered data and taught science at the same time. -This was easier than collecting the same amount of data in the lab.

Conclusions:

-We have gathered data and taught science at the same time. -This was easier than collecting the same amount of data in the lab. -The students saw the “peeling cables” side of science.

Future directions

Future directions

-Keep doing it.

Future directions

-Keep doing it.

-Facilitating other groups to do it: creating a community integrating classrooms and laboratories.