Output list
Conference presentation
Published 2020
Brain. Cognition. Emotions. Music., 20/05/2020–21/05/2020, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Cognitive biases in information processing of valenced stimuli are a major contributor to the phenomenology of mood disorders. However, current screening tools for mood disorders rely on self-report questionnaires, which include uncomfortably invasive questions and are confounded by socially desirable responding. Taken together, assessing information processing biases may be a promising proxy to screen non-invasively for mood disorders. Here, we report data of 60 participants that performed a continuous statistical learning task in which respondents were asked to predict the next event in a sequence of musical chords. An underlying transitional probability matrix governed the chord sequences. Each participant performed both a positive- and negative-valence block of this task, where blocks differed in the precise musical chords used. A pilot experiment established that the sequences from both blocks evoked their intended perceived valence. Furthermore, cognitive assessment (Raven’s advanced matrices) as well as mood scores (DASS-21) were collected. Bayesian mixed effects models revealed that participants were able to extract the underlying transitional probabilities and that higher cognitive ability predicted higher performance. Furthermore, there was strong evidence that the depression, anxiety, and stress subscales all predicted learning trajectories, and interacted with stimulus valence. Thus, the present results show that information processing differences in a musical context are consistent with the phenomenology of mood disorders. The present study is one step towards a non-invasive musical tool to screen for mood disorders.
Conference paper
How general is Dynamic Attending Theory?
Published 2019
International Symposium on Performance Science, 16/07/2019–20/07/2019, Melbourne, VIC
Conference paper
Misaligning the tonal and metric hierarchies in normal melodies decreases goodness and beat clarity
Published 2018
15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC15), 23/07/2018–28/07/2018, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Conference paper
Published 2017
3rd Conference of the Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) 2017, 07/12/2017–09/12/2017, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Conference presentation
Brain processing of syntax violations in language and music
Published 2017
2017 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS) Conference, 23/11/2017–26/11/2017, Adelaide, SA
Conference presentation
How not to observe a temporal expectancy profile
Published 2017
The Neurosciences and Music VI: Music, Sound and Health, 15/06/2017–18/06/2017, Boston, MA
Conference presentation
Effects of pitch and rhythmic prototypicality in music perception and performance
Published 2016
57th Annual Meeting. Psychonomic Society, 17/11/2016–20/11/2016, Boston, MA
Conference presentation
Metricality modifies the salience of duration accents but not pitch accents
Published 2016
14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMP14), 05/07/2016–09/07/2016, San Francisco, CA
Conference presentation
Implicit learning of an artificial grammar structure in pitch and/or time
Published 2015
2nd Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) 2015, 07/12/2015–09/12/2015, University Paramatta Campuses, Western Sydney
Conference presentation
Does pitch height affect tonal priming?
Published 2014
The Neurosciences and Music V, 29/05/2014–01/06/2014, Dijon, France