SMART Lab
Links to the SMART Lab in the media:
(Listed Chronologically)
- Toronto Life Magazine (December 2009) The emoti-chair is No. 6 in Toronto Life's 25 Ideas That Are Changing the World
- YFile (June 2009) York's 50th: Fine arts professors explore the sound in silence
- Newswise (May 2009) Older Drivers May be Less Cautious at Night When Road Conditions Brighter
- Ryerson News (June 2009) Sounds emotional Story by Dana Yates on Ryerson homepage featuring the SMART Lab's program of research in music cognition.
- Ryerson Alumni Magazine (June 2009) World's first concert for the deaf Story by Colleen Mellor about concert and development of the emoti-chair.
- SWEAT Magazine (June 2009) Interview for story on use of music in training and competition in sports.
- National Public Radio (April 2009) Net Effect Interview for ON THE MEDIA story on the influence of the internet and new media on brain and cognition.
- Fairchild Television (April 2009) Feature story/interview re: Emoti-chair. Broadcast in Canada and Hong Kong (in Cantonese).
- Earth Times (March 2009) Story based on press release describes the AIRS grant. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council supports Major New Research Initiatives.
- Emoti-Chair Concert Coverage (March 2009)
- Discovery Channel (Daily Planet)
- CBC (Radio1)
- CBC (Radio Canada)
- CBC (Television)
- Global National
- City TV
- Exclaim TV
- National Post (pg. 2)
- SoundProof Magazine (Canada)
- Paste Magazine
- Deaf News Today (US)
- LazerTecnologia (Brazil)
- Hipersonica (Spain)
- The Guardian
- New Scientist
- BBC4 (UK)
- Fluctuat (France)
- Idealize (Netherlands)
- Tages Anseiger (Switzerland)
- Gebaerdenwelt (Austria)
- Play (Czech Republic)
- Gorod (Latvia)
- Metalhead (Romania)
- Haoneg (Israel)
- Hordiq (Uzbekistan)
- Russian Independent Radio (Russia)
- Phillipine Times (Phillipines)
- ArtsHub (Australia)
- Google for all the rest...
- Ryerson News (October 2008) Ryerson profs develop Emoti-Chair: Allows deaf to feel vibrations of music and sound Article by Sarah Hayward that reports on Ontario Science Centre Exhibition.
- Ryersonian (October 2008) Chair rekindles love of music for deaf Article by Leigh McEachran that reports on development of the chair.
- AT Extra / Neuromusic News (September 2008) Tune in or Tune out Article featured by AT Extra (American Academy of Audiology) and the Neuromusic News (Mariani Foundation).
- Toronto Star (July 2008) Emoti-chair' delivers good vibrations to deaf Front-page story by Debra Black describing the development of assistive technology for music. Reprint in various Sun Media outlets.
- Ryerson Alumni Magazine (April 2008) Mind space Story by Colleen Mellor that describes the new Bond St. Labs, highlighting the SMART lab's infrastructure and research.
- Ryerson Alumni Magazine (January 2008) Nosh noises Summary of mini-study commissioned by Toronto Star regarding snacking in theatres.
- CBC News (November 2007) Future of the landline Story by Nicole Tomlinson with interview on differences between face-to-face, landline, mobile and text-based communication.
- Neuromusic News (September 2007) "Facing the music" (Thompson & Russo, 2007) article featured.
- PSYBLOG (August 2007) Music + Body Language = More Excitement
- Bild der Wissenschaft (August 2007) Warum Sänger Grimassen schneiden Article (in German Science Magazine) by Ilka Lehnen-Beyel describes "Facing the Music" (Thompson & Russo, 2007) article.
- Krankenkassen (August 2007) Mimik beim Singen zeigt Tonsprünge Article (in German) describes "Facing the Music" (Thompson & Russo, 2007) article.
- Toronto Star (May 2007) Can you speak up? We're snacking Article by Matthew Chung with a commissioned mini-study looking at the effects of snacking on ability to hear music and speech in entertainment venues.
- Inside Popnology (April 2007) Driven to Distraction Television (and web broadcast) interview with Amber MacArthur on perceptual/cognitive distraction.
- Walrus Magazine (April 2007) Driven to Distraction Article by John Lorinc with interview on cognitive mechanics of distractions in our modern multimedia world. Nominated for a National Magazine Award (Science, Technology & the Environment)
- Ottawa Citizen (March 2007) Auto cellphone use causes stupidity By Richard Bercuson (Editorial). Quote regarding driver distraction.
- Ryersonian (February 2007) In love and so far away Story by Tegan Forder with interview and quote regarding communication challenges of long-distance relationships.
- Toronto Observer (September 2006) Porter Airlines' "whisper" planes takeoff from the island airport Story by Philip Alves with interview concerning urban-noise concerns.
- NOW Magazine (March 2006) Eardrums aren't for beating Story by Elizabeth Bromstein, Volume 25, No. 30 about changes to the urban soundscape, its impact on communication and health, and design solutions for minimizing risk.
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