Music Mind Machine in Sheffield
Music Mind Machine has moved to the University of Sheffield after a successful 12 years of residence at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Peter Desain is now heading Brain Computer Interfacing research in Nijmegen, while Henkjan Honing has founded the Music Cognition Group at the University of Amsterdam.
Music Mind Machine is one of a growing number of applied and interdisciplinary music research projects at Sheffield and is directed by Renee Timmers. It was established in 2009 to promote interdisciplinary research of music cognition, focussing on emotion and (embodied) meaning in music, expressive performance of music, and music perception. The interdisciplinary approach combines expertise in music, psychology and computer science: investigations use quantitative and experimental methodologies, which is combined with the aim to develop technological applications that assist performers and listeners in their musical activities.
Current collaborations
- Neurological and behavioural aspects of joint rhythm production (in collaboration with Lawrence Parsons, Department of Psychology)
- Emotion and executive function in singing (in collaboration with Lawrence Parsons and Aaron Williamon)
- Cross-modal perception of music (in collaboration with Zohar Eitan from Tel Aviv University)
- Timing in quartet performance (in collaboration with Alan Wing and Satoshi Endo from Birmingham University)
- Music perception in users with cochlear implants (in collaboration with Harriet Crook from Royal Hallamshire Hospital)
Facilities include physiological measurement, MIDI drum and Disklavier, Reaction-Time measurement, performance analysis, and an automatic performance feedback system.
If you are interesting in writing a dissertation related to one of the research areas or visit to do postdoctoral research, please contact Renee Timmers.
Past visitors
- Dr Harriet Crook, Honorary Research Fellow, Senior Scientist in Audiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Simon Johanning, Graduate Student, Media Technology, Hogeschool Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Yuko Morimoto, Research Assistant, Graduate from University of Sheffield
- Dr Eduardo Coutinho, Postdoctoral Research Fellow