194 research outputs found
Supplemental material for Audiovisual Aesthetics of Sound and Movement in Contemporary Dance
No full textSupplemental Material for Audiovisual Aesthetics of Sound and Movement in Contemporary Dance by Claire Howlin, Staci Vicary and Guido Orgs in Empirical Studies of the Arts</p
Syndrome specific modules to enhance the Stepping Stones Triple P public health intervention (Corrigendum)
No full textBezzina, L. A., Rice, L. J., Howlin, P., Tonge, B. J., and Einfeld, S. L. (2017) Syndrome specific modules to enhance the Stepping Stones Triple P public health intervention. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61: 836–842. doi: 10.1111/jir.12405.
In the article detailed above, the authors would like to advise readers that the MHYPEDD study group should appear in the author list and Acknowledgement section as below.
L. A. Bezzina, L. J. Rice, P. Howlin, B. J. Tonge, S. L. Einfeld & MHYPEDD Study Group*
*Authors' contributions:
LB, LR, PH, BT, SE participated in manuscript preparation. All authors have read and approved the content of the manuscript. The Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities ‘MHYPEDD’ study group provided assistance in developing the study protocols and the syndrome specific modules.
Acknowledgements:
The ‘MHYPEDD’ study group comprises of Matt Sanders, Kate Sofronoff, Kylie Gray, Caroline Keating, Sian Horstead, Rebecca Wilson, and Kristina Clarke.No Full Tex
The Analgesic Potential of Music for Pain
No full textThe importance of personal choice in music listening interventions for pain management has been replicated across several high-quality studies and meta-analyses (Bradt et al., 2015; Basiński, et al., 2021; Lee, 2016; Tsai, et al., 2014). More recently, the role of perceived choice has been shown to increase pain tolerance in an experimental setting using the cold pressor task as a proxy for pain (Howlin & Rooney, 2021). The main aim of this study is to test the extent to which the finding that perceived control of music increases pain tolerance extends beyond a lab setting. This study will also explore whether there are additional analgesic benefits from music that is specifically designed and composed to relieve pain at a population level. In line with models of empirical aesthetics, music complexity will be examined as a mediator of analgesic benefits, due to enhanced engagement mediated by optimal complexity. Finally, this study will examine the role of individual attributes, namely musicality, empathy, and age, in mediating the analgesic benefits for pain
Interventions for Autism: Evidence for Educational and Clinical Practice (Book review)
No full textAlthough there has been a number of recent reviews/meta-analyses on the effects of various treatment for autism these have generally focused on specific types of interventions (e.g. behavioural, social, sensory etc.). In this book, however, the author has attempted to bring together research on many different approaches to treatment and to assess the effectiveness of each of these.No Full Tex
A systematic review and meta-analysis to examine neuroscientific evidence for music induced analagesia.
No full textA systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to examine neuroscientific evidence for music induced analagesia
Identifying the Cognitive Mechanisms that Mediate the Analgesic Benefits of Music Listening Interventions using the Cognitive Vitality Model
No full textOverall, this thesis presents a theoretical model of the cognitive mechanisms involved in analgesic MLIs, followed by three empirical studies. The scoping review presented in Chapter 2 introduces a comprehensive overview of five cognitive mechanisms and how they fit together to form the Cognitive Vitality Model. Initially, at a lower level, music captures our attention. Following this a person uses their Cognitive Agency to actively engage with the music listening experience. Processes of Enjoyment and Meaning Making, contribute to an intrinsically rewarding experience which motivates the person to continue listening until they become completely absorbed in the music. When patients become fully immersed they integrate the music with their pain, which makes it less unpleasant and less intense. Instead the person becomes more connected with aspects of their self that are reflected in the music, which leads to a strengthened sense of self, and ultimately a greater level of Cognitive Vitality. The development of the Cognitive Vitality Model helped to generate testable hypotheses in relation to the relative impact of each specific mechanism. Based on the findings from the scoping review presented in Chapter 2, empirical methods were to explore three specific mechanisms (Automated Attention, Cognitive Agency and Enjoyment and Meaning Making). The impact of Cognitive Agency was demonstrated in the audio feature analysis presented in Chapter 3 which identified that people choose music with different intramusical features compared to music chosen by experimenters. Subsequently, the limit of Automated Attention was highlighted in the behavioural experiment presented in Chapter 4 which highlighted that intramusical features alone cannot account for the analgesic effects of music listening. Importantly this was the first study to isolate the role of making a choice on the analgesic benefits of music listening, independently but alongside the benefits attributable to Enjoyment. Accordingly, top-down processes in music interventions should be continued to be explored in the context of music-based pain management strategies. Lastly the field study presented in Chapter 5 was used to examine the external validity of the Cognitive Vitality Model with a clinical population. Chronic pain patients were in agreement that musical absorption mediates the analgesic benefits of self-chosen music, and helps to elicit a strengthened sense of self. While one of the main strengths of this thesis is that it provides an overarching evidence-based model of the cognitive mechanisms involved in MLIs it is important to recognize some of the methodological limitations including the validity of using Spotify audio features from a psychological perspective. Areas for future research in this area were dutifully considered in light of current conceptualisations of enjoyment and the potential for additional behavioural experiments. Overall, these findings contribute greater insight into the cognitive mechanisms involved in mediating the analgesic benefits of self-chosen music
RNA profiling of non-cultured fibroblasts isolated from pubertal mouse mammary gland sections
No full textThe epithelium of the pubertal mouse mammary gland grows and invades the mammary fat pad to form a primary ductal network. This outgrowth is tightly controlled by epithelial and stromal factors that are present in the environment around the terminal end buds (TEB) at the growth front and the newly formed ducts. Identifying the contribution that each cell type makes to this regulation is a major challenge. To identify the role that fibroblasts play during this process we have optimised a fibroblast isolation procedure, followed by cell cleanup, RNA extraction, and amplification from non-cultured, freshly isolated fibroblasts from around the TEB as well as the subtending ducts. This was facilitated by the use of mice that constitutively expressed EGFP, which allowed the visualization of the growth front of the pubertal mammary tree under UV light. The isolated RNA is of sufficiently high quality, giving reproducible qRT-PCR results, for transcriptome analysis after RNA amplification
The Audio-Visual Aesthetics of Music and Dance
No full textDance and music appear to belong together: Conventional definitions of dance often con ceive it as a rhythmical activity in which a series of steps is performed to musical accom paniment. Indeed, dance and music share many similarities such as rhythm and may have co-evolved as a form of nonverbal communication between groups of people. Despite a rich history of composers and choreographers exploring the aesthetic relationship be tween dance and music, only a few scientific studies have systematically explored how the visual aesthetics of dance interact with the auditory aesthetics of sound and music. In this chapter we will focus on such interactions; we will explore the common evolutionary origins of dance and music and review existing research on how dance and music influ ence each other to produce an audio-visual aesthetics of sound and movement. The chap ter will explore interactions in both directions: music influences dance perception by al tering movement expressiveness, orienting visual attention, and by modulating memory. At the same time music perception strongly depends on groove and danceability and is shaped by the listener’s dance experience. The chapter closes with a review of method ological challenges to studying the audio-visual aesthetics of dance and music and sug gestions for future research in this field
- …
