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Music Cognition and Action researcher, Dr Bronson Harry explores evidence that shows how our modular brain identifies people we know.
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The MARCS Institute's Director of Research and Engagement, Professor Kate Stevens, has been announced as the incoming editor for the prestigious music, perception and cognition journal, 'Music Perception'.
XronoMorph is a free new app for generating geometrically and algorithmically informed musical loops. Dr Andy Milne was part of an international team that developed the app and explains how it enables musicians and music-enthusiasts to discover and compose compelling, novel rhythms.
The human capacity for rhythm is something of a puzzle, some have the machine-like precision of Michael Jackson, others are closer to the case of “beat-deaf” Mathieu. Professor Peter Keller examines our understanding of the brain and rhythm.
Children aged between 6-10 years of age are invited to
participate in an Italian second language learning research program
Western Sydney University's sponsored player, Shannon Cole, geared up in his Western Wanderers kit to demonstrate the 3D analysis of movement while kicking a ball, using The MARCS Institute's Motion Capture (MoCap) system.
The MARCS Institute's Director, Professor Jonathan Tapson says that we should be concerned, that AI can out smart humans at our own game
Human-Machine Interaction Researcher, Dr Omar Mubin argues that we would be put off by the anthropomorphised technology depicted in contemporary sci-fi films.
