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Science of Music, Auditory Research and Technology

The SMART lab is an interdisciplinary research team concerned with questions at the intersection of mind, music and technology. Our research is rooted in the rapidly emerging field of music cognition but it also branches out to connect with complementary work in the fields of hearing science, human factors, and assistive/rehabilitative technology. Here are just a few of the questions we are currently investigating:

  • How do movement and mimicry contribute to vocal emotional communication?
  • What aspects of music and speech can be experienced through vibro-tactile stimulation?
  • How can music be used to induce and regulate emotion?
  • How does the urban soundscape influence our perception, mood and behavior?
  • Can we improve music information retrieval by incorporating relevant findings from music cognition?












Latest Publications:

Sandstrom, G. M., & Russo, F. A. (in press). Absorption in Music: A scale to identify individuals with strong emotional responses to music. Psychology of Music.

Russo, F. A., Ives, T., Goy, H., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., & Patterson, R. (in press). Age-related difference in melodic pitch perception is probably mediated by temporal processing: Empirical and computational evidence. Ear and Hearing.

Russo, F. A., Sandstrom, G. M., & Maksimowski, M. (in press). Mouth versus eyes: Gaze fixation during perception of sung interval size. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain

Tierney, A., Russo, F. A., & Patel, A. D. (2011). The motor origins of human and avian song structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States of America. doi:10.1073/pnas.1103882108

Ammirante, P., Thompson, W.F., & Russo, F. A. (2011). Ideomotor effects of pitch on continuation tapping. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64, 381-393

McGarry, L. M., & Russo, F.A. (2011). Mirroring in Dance/Movement Therapy: Potential mechanisms behind empathy enhancement. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 38, 178-184.

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The SMART Lab
Psychology Research and Training Centre
Ryerson University
105 Bond Street
Toronto, Canada

416-979-5000, x. 4989