Archive for December, 2009
December 31st, 2009 9:12:00
Self-recognition in the perception of actions performed in synchrony with music.
Self-recognition in the perception of actions performed in synchrony with music.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Jul;1169:499-502
Authors: Sevdalis V, Keller PE
This study investigated self-recognition in point-light displays depicting actions performed in synchrony with music. Participants were recorded executing three different actions (dancing, walking, and clapping) and were subsequently required to identify the agent (self versus other) from point-light displays with or without the accompanying music. Results indicate that while recognition accuracy was better than chance for all actions, it was best for the relatively complex dance actions. The presence of music did not affect accuracy, suggesting that self-recognition was based on information about personal movement kinematics rather than individual differences in synchrony between movements and music.
PMID: 19673830 [PubMed - in process]
December 30th, 2009 6:12:15
Workshop - Cough: Exercise, speech and music.
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Workshop - Cough: Exercise, speech and music.
Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Dec 25;
Authors: Widdicombe J, Fontana G, Gibson P
Twelve distinguished scientists attended the workshop, heard three presentations, and took part in the discussions. Fontana first described his unpublished studies on cough in exercise and during hyperventilation with healthy subjects. Both activities depressed cough induced by inhalation of distilled water aerosol (fog). The possible mechanisms were discussed. Gibson then described the successful use of speech therapy to treat chronic cough, and discussed the possible mechanisms, centering on the role of the larynx and its neural control. A comparison was made with the ability of speech and laughter to precipitate cough. Widdicombe discussed the scanty literature on the effect of singing and playing wind instruments on cough, most of the evidence being anecdotal. In the discussion periods several matters for future study arose. It is usually not clear if the modulation of cough, its depression, enhancement or excitation, arose primarily at peripheral sites (reflexes from the airways), or at a cortical level, or both. Nor is it clear whether the same results would be obtained with provoked cough and with spontaneous cough. But all three aspects of ‘behavioual’ changes in cough sensitivity (exercise, speech and music) could be further explored, and current techniques should make this possible.
PMID: 19135543 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
December 29th, 2009 20:12:45
[Analysis of the color-music effect on the parameters of human cardiovascular system]
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[Analysis of the color-music effect on the parameters of human cardiovascular system]
Med Tekh. 2009 Mar-Apr;(2):45-51
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PMID: 19435190 [PubMed - in process]
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