Edward Large
Location: (Boca Raton, FL)
Personal Research Web Page: http://www.ccs.fau.edu/~large
Keywords: music cognition, music perception, music performance, music technology, auditory perception, auditory attention, auditory neuroscience, nonlinear dynamical systems, nonlinear oscillation, neural networks, rhythm perception, pulse, beat, meter, pitch perception, tonality, musical tonality
Posted on: Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Broad Research Area: AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision, HCI / CSCW
Research Interests:
My research areas include auditory neuroscience, music psychology, music technology and dynamical systems theory. My interdisciplinary research combines behavioral experimentation, neurophysiology, and neuroimaging with nonlinear dynamical systems modeling, to gain a deeper understanding of the neural underpinnings of musical experience. In the Music Dynamics Laboratory, we create computer models to explain the structure of music, and its interaction with brain dynamics. Current research projects include the perception of pitch, the perception of tonality, the perception of rhythm, auditory attention, communication of affect and emotion, and the neural basis of song.
About the Music Dynamics Laboratory: Researchers at the Music Dynamics Laboratory are working to uncover the general principles of neural dynamics that underlie music perception and cognition. Music is a high-level cognitive capacity, a form of communication that relies on highly structured temporal sequences comparable in complexity to language. Music is found among all human cultures, and musical ‘languages’ vary across cultures with learning. Unlike language, however, music rarely refers to the external world. It consists of independent, i.e., self contained, patterns of sound, aspects of which are found universally among musical cultures. Thus, our experiences of musical sound patterns may directly reflect the dynamic interaction of musical sounds with the physical brain. We are investigating the neural processes underlying pitch, rhythm and tonality, as well as the perception of song and the experience of emotion in music.
We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate to work in one of two areas: 1) pulse and meter perception, or 2) perception of musical tonality. The ideal candidate would have a background in music cognition and/or music theory, with computational training (e.g., music technology), and strong interest and aptitude for learning about neurodynamic modeling of brain processes.
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