Moving to the beat of music is natural and spontaneous for humans. Yet some individuals,
so-called 'beat deaf', may differ from the majority by being unable to synchronize their …

Somatosensation plays an important role in the motor control of vocal functions, yet its
neural correlate and relation to vocal learning is not well understood. We used fMRI in 17 …

Previous studies on vocal motor production in singing suggest that the right anterior insula
(AI) plays a role in experience-dependent modulation of feedback integration. Specifically …

Background Self-reports by musicians affected with Tourette's syndrome and other sources
of anecdotal evidence suggest that tics stop when subjects are involved in musical activity …

This paper examines acoustic retroreflection from a polytrihedral dome that was used in
creative-arts practice-led research as a unique, high voice support singing practice space …

In this study, we investigated the impact of congenital amusia, a disorder of musical
processing, on speech and song imitation in speakers of a tone language, Mandarin. A …

While the significance of auditory cortical regions for the development and maintenance of
speech motor coordination is well established, the contribution of somatosensory brain …

Pitch content is an important component of song and speech. Previous studies have shown
a pronounced advantage for imitation of sung pitch over spoken pitch. However, it is not …

Research under a paradigm must be a particularly effective way of inducing paradigm
change… Almost always the men who achieve these fundamental inventions of a new …

This is a cross-disciplinary thesis consisting of both acoustics science research and practice-
led research focused on improvised music performance. In very different ways, both types of …