Dear Users
This Thursday (4-5 pm in YNiC) there will be a project proposal
presentation by Mark Hymers. The title of the project is "The functional
organisation of the recognition of speech and music". Please see below
for the talk abstract.
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided after
the talk.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Mark Hymers and Rebecca Millman
Abstract:
There is debate in the literature over the extent to which speech and
music perception recruits shared computational systems (e.g. Patel,
2003; Peretz and Zatorre, 2005; Fedorenko et al., 2009; Rogalsky et al.,
2011). The proposed study will use functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(fMRI) and “perceptual pop-out” to determine the neural basis of both
speech and music recognition. Perceptual pop-out is achieved by
presenting a degraded/distorted musical or speech sound that appears
meaningless when heard for the first time but is easily recognisable
after hearing an undegraded/undistorted version of the same sound.
Perceptual pop-put has been used in previous studies of speech
recognition (e.g. Liebenthal et al., 2003; Giraud et al., 2004; Möttönen
et al., 2006) but not, to our knowledge, in studies of melody
recognition. In this study we will take advantage of the effect of
perceptual pop-out for both music (known melodies) and speech (IEEE
sentences) stimuli to control for acoustical differences in the musical
and speech stimuli. This approach will allow us to determine the extent
of organisational overlap in the representation of music and speech
recognition within the same group of participants.
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
FYI
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The Brain & Psychological Sciences Research Centre (BPsyC) at Swinburne
University, Melbourne, Australia, is seeking candidates for a Senior
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Neuroscience (MEG).
The Centre has recently taken possession of an Elekta Triux MEG scanner,
to complement the existing Siemens 3T Trio MRI, TMS and EEG facilities,
and is seeking to expand the existing MEG expertise within the team.
The position will have the following principal roles: (i) developing,
conducting and advancing research with a focus on magnetoencephalography
(MEG), particularly its clinical applications; (ii) providing
consultation in cognate teaching areas, and (iii) contributing to
administration within the centre under the direction on the Centre
Director and Executive Committee.
Applicants must hold a PhD in a relevant subject along with a strong
track record of peer reviewed publications and success in attracting
competitive external funding.
International applicants will receive relocation support.
For further details please see http://tinyurl.com/3jk24kj
Closing date for applications is 30th October 2011.
For those not familiar with Melbourne, it recently came top in a survey
of the world's best cities in which to live. From the Wall Street
Journal - 'Straddling the Yarra River, Melbourne boasts a European-style
cafe culture of hidden coffee spots and restaurants as well as a passion
for sport, including an annual Formula One grand prix, cricket, rugby
and homegrown Aussie rules football.'
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Will Woods
Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre
Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Swinburne University of Technology
P.O Box 218
Hawthorn, VIC, 3122
Australia
Phone:(61 3) 9214 5946
Fax: (61 3) 9214 5525
Dear YNiC Users
The list of forthcoming YNiC seminars can be found here:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/thursday-sessions
As usual I will send reminder emails each week on Monday and Thursday.
Please note that there will not be a seminar this week because it is
Induction Week.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
