New lab opens to investigate the vibe between dancers, musicians and audience members
Oct 14, 2014 | |
Music affects people deeply. At every stage of life, a large body of research shows, it has a profound impact on behavior and cognition. A new concert hall-cum-laboratory will be the to examine music’s effect on the brain. (LIVE) Lab at McMaster University in Toronto, which opened this fall, will be an experimental space for neuroscientists, physiologists and psychologists to test hypotheses about performance, audience dynamics and musical improvisation. There are already several projects on the roster for this 96-seat venue.
GROUP VIBEaffects how people see one another: research shows that people who experience music together are more likely to rate their collaborators as helpful or attractive. To learn more about how music impacts groups, LIVElab researchers will examine emotional arousal during performances with multiarray eletroencephalography, heart rate monitors, and breath and sweat sensors. They will also use special infrared motion-capture cameras to observe the contagion of movement; for example, tracking how head bobbing spreads through the audience.
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