Poster from the Music, Mind & Machine Launch

Hi everyone,

Following on from the Music, Mind & Machine Launch Event on Tuesday, here is a photograph of the poster which I created for the event.  It provides information about the three studies which I have carried out so far to investigate my PhD topic - The presence, experience and influence of music in gambling situations.

The launch event went really well, I would guess that there were about 60 people in attendance and about 25 of them came to have a look at my demonstration which was great!

The keynote speech by Dr. Luke Windsor (University of Leeds) also led me to think about movement and music, the relationships between AI and music, and it was just great to listen to him talk about music psychology. Luke was one of the lecturers at Leeds when I was doing my undergraduate degree and introduced me to all things Music Psychology, so it was great to catch-up with him.

Will post again soon!

Regards,

Steph

Today: Music, Mind and Machine Event

Hello Today I am giving a demonstration of my experiment at the Music, Mind and Machine Launch Event at The University of Sheffield. This experiment investigates whether arousal is responsible for music tempo's effects on betting speed in virtual roulette. Fingers crossed for a problem-free and engaging demonstration! I am also presenting a poster which gives details of all of the studies I have carried out during my PhD so far. Today will be the first time that I have disseminated this information to the research community so I am both excited and nervous! I'm looking forward to sharing ideas and receiving comments from fellow researchers. To see who else is presenting today, have a look at the Event Programme: http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.227315!/file/MMMBooklet.pdf The information about my contributions to the event can be found on pages 12 & 21. The Research Centre Website is http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/research/mmm Best wishes, Steph

Proceedings from ICMPC-ESCOM 2012 available

Dear All,

Just a link to the proceedings from the ICMPC-ESCOM conference which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece in July 2012:

http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/?q=node/67

My paper is available here:

http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/sites/default/files/papers/128_Proc.pdf

Best wishes,

Steph

Music Mind Machine Research Centre at The University of Sheffield

Music Mind Machine, a new research centre at The University of Sheffield combines expertise and methodologies from music theory, psychology and computer science to investigate cognitive processes underlying the perception and performance of music. The aim of the research centre is to bring together researchers and practitioners with overlapping interests working within complimentary research methodologies and located in or near South Yorkshire.

I am pleased to tell you all that I am an Associated Student Member and will be demonstrating my experiment - The influence of music on gambling behaviour: The role of arousal at the opening event on Tuesday 27th November 2012.  

If you too are interested in attending the event or presenting your research, have a look at the website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/research/mmm   - the submission deadline is 29th October 2012. 

Best wishes,

Steph

Reflections on the SEMPRE 40th Anniversary Conference

Hi Everyone.

I was presenting at the SEMPRE 40th Anniversary Conference on the weekend and thought I'd share some of my highlights with you all.

First, it was great to learn more about SEMPRE itself, it's history and the dedication shown by those who established the society and its journals.  As a research community we really do owe a great deal to them. Find out more at http://sempreconference.blogspot.co.uk/

Secondly, presenting my research as a Research Rush (2-5 minutes without visual aids) was a challenge! I looked at the presentation that I gave at ICMPC-ESCOM and proceeded to cross almost all of it out, keeping only the salient points.  Delivering my research in this format was a lesson in brevity and clear communication and from the comments that I received from colleagues, it appears that my very brief overview of my research was a success. I think that this is a principle I can use in future publications and presentations.

Thirdly, in the closing plenary of the conference, the speakers reminded me of the importance of demonstrating the value and impact of my research others.  As my research focuses on music in everyday life, I feel that it is of great importance to show that my findings can be disseminated to the public and applied to everyday situations.  I shall therefore aim to be more explicit when communicating the implications and applications of my research. In addition, I will try to keep this matter at the front of my mind when designing future research.

All the best,

Steph

My 1st Publication!

Hi Everyone,

I'm thrilled to post the reference for my first publication from the proceedings of the ICMPC-ESCOM conference! 

Bramley, S., Dibben, N. & Rowe, R. (2012).  The influence of music on gambling: The role of arousal. In E. Cambouropoulos, C. Tsougras, P. Mavromatis & K. Pastiadis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12^th international Conference on Music Perception and the 8^th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, July 23 – 28 2012 (pp. 128-130). Thessaloniki: Greece. ISBN: 978-960-99845-1-5. CD-ROM.

In a few weeks I expect that the full proceedings from the conference will be available from the conference website - see the link below:

http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/?q=node/67

 

Looking forward to speaking at the SEMPRE conference in a few weeks time!

Best wishes,

Steph

Abstract from ICMPC12

Hello All,

If you're interested, the abstract from my experimental research is available here - Page 134

http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/sites/default/files/icmpc-escom2012_book_of_abstracts.pdf

Proceedings to follow soon...

Best wishes,

Steph

Thoughts on ICMPC-ESCOM

Hello Well I'm still here in Thessaloniki, enjoying an iced coffee overlooking the gulf and reflecting on my time at ICMPC-ESCOM. This has been my first international conference and I have relished the time spent discussing music psychology research with fellow researchers. My presentation on Thursday went extremely well and the questions from the audience focused on the stimuli which I had employed as I had expected. I will be leaving Greece tomorrow with many ideas for extending my research which have been triggered by viewing posters and listening to papers. My ideas include: investigating the soundscape of a gambling environment Using Mediation Analysis to analyse my quantitative data Using different strategies to group my data for analysis Another blog that you may be interested in - have a look at http://www.researchaboutlistening.com. Amanda the author is currently en route to Australia to continue her doctorate with Adrian North. There is some really interesting research being conducted in Scotland by a team including Gianna Cassidy about the use of music-based computer games in education. Okay, time for dinner and to pack ahead of my return to the UK. Steph

Update from ICMPC12 - ESCOM

Hi Everyone It's day three of the ICMPC12 - ESCOM conference and I thought that I should share with you some interesting presentations and discussions from the last couple of days. Yesterday I had the pleasure of sharing research ideas and findings with Warren Brodsky who investigates music and driving behaviour. We discussed the challenges of researching the effects of music on risky behaviour in the real-world (ethics, experimental design) and the potential applications of our research. I also watched many presentations including from T. Schaefer who discussed research investigating how intense experiences with music influences people's way of life. From A. Lamont who applied the positive psychology concept to understand the positive and negative aspects of student music-making. I have also noticed researchers using the priming paradigm to indirectly test the processing of music (Tillman) and experience of musical tension (Hjortkjaer). The definition of terms used in experiments also differ to how I would define them; for example van Noorden used the term "motivational music" not as a technique to inspire but to invoke movement in the listener. Therefore highlighting the differences between how words/ideas are operationally defined and the need for clarity. Today I am looking forward to touching base with my supervisor Dr. Nicola Dibben and listening to research about health and well-being; rhythm and synchronization; popular music and music in the media. Finally, I present my own research tomorrow so I will be rehearsing and getting prepared for that! Will be blogging again soon. Steph

Where I'll be speaking over the Summer

Forthcoming conference presentations

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, things have been very busy lately. However I thought I'd give you all some information about where I'll be presenting my PhD work  let you all know about which conferences I'll be presenting my PhD work:

July 2012

In a few weeks I'll be presenting at the Joint Conference: 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition; 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music.  The conference will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 23rd July to 28th July.  My paper is titled The influence of music tempo on gambling: The role of arousal and will report the preliminary findings of my latest experimental work which I have been conducting over the last few months at The University of Sheffield, Music Department.  I am very excited to present my work at this conference as it is the first international conference that I will attend and the first presentation of an aspect of my PhD work.  For more information about the conference go to http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/?q=welcome 

September 2012

Later in the year I will be presenting the same paper, but with more Results information as a Research Rush at the SEMPRE 40th Anniversary Conference, which is being held on 14th - 15th September in London, United Kingdom.  Again I am really excited about presenting my work and am looking forward to presenting my work in a different way - with no visual aids and my talk can last no longer than 5 minutes! I'll let you know how I get on!  The conference programme can be found at http://www.sempre.org.uk/resources/40_programme.pdf and more general information is available at http://www.sempre.org.uk/conferences.html#40th

Here's to a busy Summer!

All the best,

Steph.

Interview

Read my interview with Ben from @litreviewhq about my thoughts about listening to music whilst studying!

http://www.literaturereviewhq.com/the-musical-double-edged-sword-an-interview-with-stephanie-bramley/