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    Spontaneous emergence of language-like and music-like vocalizations from an artificial protolanguage.Weiyi Ma, Anna Fiveash & William Forde Thompson - 2019 - Semiotica 2019 (229):1-23.
    How did human vocalizations come to acquire meaning in the evolution of our species? Charles Darwin proposed that language and music originated from a common emotional signal system based on the imitation and modification of sounds in nature. This protolanguage is thought to have diverged into two separate systems, with speech prioritizing referential functionality and music prioritizing emotional functionality. However, there has never been an attempt to empirically evaluate the hypothesis that a single communication system can split into two functionally (...)
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    Decoding speech prosody in five languages.William Forde Thompson & L.-L. Balkwill - 2006 - Semiotica 2006 (158):407-424.
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    Seeing music performance: Visual influences on perception and experience.William Forde Thompson, Phil Graham & Frank A. Russo - 2005 - Semiotica 2005 (156):203-227.
    Drawing from ethnographic, empirical, and historical / cultural perspectives, we examine the extent to which visual aspects of music contribute to the communication that takes place between performers and their listeners. First, we introduce a framework for understanding how media and genres shape aural and visual experiences of music. Second, we present case studies of two performances, and describe the relation between visual and aural aspects of performance. Third, we report empirical evidence that visual aspects of performance reliably influence perceptions (...)
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    Audio-visual integration of emotional cues in song.William Forde Thompson, Frank A. Russo & Lena Quinto - 2008 - Cognition and Emotion 22 (8):1457-1470.
    We examined whether facial expressions of performers influence the emotional connotations of sung materials, and whether attention is implicated in audio-visual integration of affective cues. In Experiment 1, participants judged the emotional valence of audio-visual presentations of sung intervals. Performances were edited such that auditory and visual information conveyed congruent or incongruent affective connotations. In the single-task condition, participants judged the emotional connotation of sung intervals. In the dual-task condition, participants judged the emotional connotation of intervals while performing a secondary (...)
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    Timing skills and expertise: discrete and continuous timed movements among musicians and athletes.Thenille Braun Janzen, William Forde Thompson, Paolo Ammirante & Ronald Ranvaud - 2014 - Frontiers in Psychology 5.
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    Decoding speech prosody in five languages.William Forde Thompson & Laura-Lee Balkwill - 2006 - Semiotica 2006 (158):407-424.
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    Bridging two worlds that care about art: Psychological and historical approaches to art appreciation.William Forde Thompson & Mark Antliff - 2013 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 36 (2):159-160.
    Art appreciation often involves contemplation beyond immediate perceptual experience. However, there are challenges to incorporating such processes into a comprehensive theory of art appreciation. Can appreciation be captured in the responses to individual artworks? Can all forms of contemplation be defined? What properties of artworks trigger contemplation? We argue that such questions are fundamental to a psycho-historical framework for the science of art appreciation, and we suggest research that may assist in refining this framework.
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    The psychological basis of music appreciation: Structure, self, source.William Forde Thompson, Nicolas J. Bullot & Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis - 2023 - Psychological Review 130 (1):260-284.
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    Children across cultures respond emotionally to the acoustic environment.Weiyi Ma, Peng Zhou, Xinya Liang & William Forde Thompson - 2023 - Cognition and Emotion 37 (6):1144-1152.
    Among human and non-human animals, the ability to respond rapidly to biologically significant events in the environment is essential for survival and development. Research has confirmed that human adult listeners respond emotionally to environmental sounds by relying on the same acoustic cues that signal emotionality in speech prosody and music. However, it is unknown whether young children also respond emotionally to environmental sounds. Here, we report that changes in pitch, rate (i.e. playback speed), and intensity (i.e. amplitude) of environmental sounds (...)
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    Investigating the Role of the Primary Motor Cortex in Musical Creativity: A Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study.Aydin Anic, Kirk N. Olsen & William Forde Thompson - 2018 - Frontiers in Psychology 9.
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    A ‘Music, Mind and Movement’ Program for People With Dementia: Initial Evidence of Improved Cognition.Olivia Brancatisano, Amee Baird & William Forde Thompson - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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    Music, action, and affect.Lincoln John Colling & William Forde Thompson - 2013 - In Tom Cochrane, Bernardino Fantini & Klaus R. Scherer (eds.), The Emotional Power of Music: Multidisciplinary perspectives on musical arousal, expression, and social control. Oxford University Press.
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    Editorial: Novel Approaches for Studying Creativity in Problem-Solving and Artistic Performance.Philip A. Fine, Amory H. Danek, Kathryn J. Friedlander, Ian Hocking & William Forde Thompson - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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    Assessing Vocal Chanting as an Online Psychosocial Intervention.Felicity Maria Simpson, Gemma Perry & William Forde Thompson - 2021 - Frontiers in Psychology 12:647632.
    The ancient practice of chanting typically takes place within a community as a part of a live ceremony or ritual. Research suggests that chanting leads to improved mood, reduced stress, and increased wellbeing. During the global pandemic, many chanting practices were moved online in order to adhere to social distancing recommendations. However, it is unclear whether the benefits of live chanting occur when practiced in an online format. The present study assessed the effects of a 10-min online chanting session on (...)
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    The role of signal detection and amplification in the induction of emotion by music.William Forde Thompson & Max Coltheart - 2008 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31 (5):597-598.
    We propose that the six mechanisms identified by Juslin & Vll (J&V) fall into two categories: signal detection and amplification. Signal detection mechanisms are unmediated and induce emotion by directly detecting emotive signals in music. Amplifiers act in conjunction with signal detection mechanisms. We also draw attention to theoretical and empirical challenges associated with the proposed mechanisms.
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