tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post5707609417121924475..comments2024-01-25T08:52:28.661+01:00Comments on Music Matters | A blog on music cognition: Is beat induction special? (Part 4)Henkjan Honinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492535292861909192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post-57684324451695811292008-12-18T18:24:00.000+01:002008-12-18T18:24:00.000+01:00I attended the Spinoza debate with Henkjan Koning ...I attended the Spinoza debate with Henkjan Koning this week and the video of Snowball moving to the music was shown there as well. During the debate Henkjan Koning asked for suggestions to test wether Snowball was actually listening to music or not and that's an interesting question. I have no answer to that, the only thing I can offer is an observation and a suggestion.<BR/><BR/>As I understand it, Snowballs musicality or ability to listen to music was tested by changing the tempo of his favourite song and see if he would still be able to move along with it. To me that seems a way to test his ability to "dance" instead of testing his ability to listen to music.<BR/><BR/>During the debate we saw a video of babies listening to music to test if they had a sense of musicality and the method used to measure that was completely different. If I recall it correctly the people involved in the experiment used the head movement of babies to see wether they reacted to music and things in the music that were unexpected (like missing a beat at an important point.)<BR/><BR/>If you want to test Snowballs ability to listen to music, it might be better to watch for his reaction to changes in the music he obviously likes.<BR/><BR/>PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17748827421508225583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post-34258247167550431692008-07-09T10:06:00.000+02:002008-07-09T10:06:00.000+02:00Dear Irena Schulz,There is no doubt in mind that h...Dear Irena Schulz,<BR/>There is no doubt in mind that he is dancing, and enjoying it too. What I'm interested in is, is he picking up the beat by listening or is he dancing quite unrelated to the music possibly picking up cues from other things than the beat of the music itself. The statistics that were presented in the reference above can't decide on that as yet.Henkjan Honinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492535292861909192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post-7528615714703120692008-07-09T07:31:00.000+02:002008-07-09T07:31:00.000+02:00The first time Snowball danced for me was when he ...The first time Snowball danced for me was when he was on my arm and no one made a move to prompt him to dance to the Backstreet Boys tune. Witnessing this bird's remarkable interest in music and dance in person would convince any skeptic that his dancing does not involve chance.<BR/>Irena Schulz<BR/>Bird Lovers Only Rescue Service, Inc.<BR/>Home of Snowball the dancing cockatooMannie Pausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463487916583854737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post-32254537731842987932008-07-08T22:38:00.000+02:002008-07-08T22:38:00.000+02:00Great to have found your blog. Incidentally, I rec...Great to have found your blog. Incidentally, I recently got back from the Neurosciences and Music conference in Montreal as well. I will keep checking your blog on a regular bases.<BR/><BR/>When you have the time, please check out my blog as well at:<BR/>musicalbrain.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>In all honesty, it is still in its nascent stages.Neural Karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229527792165104253noreply@blogger.com