Search for dissertations about: "musical training"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words musical training.

  2. 1. Effects of environmental acoustic factors, individual differences and musical training on speech perception in simulated classrooms

    Author : Douglas MacCutcheon; Robert Ljung; Daniel Västfjäll; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; speech in noise; cognition; perception; musical training; spatial listening; virtual classroom environment; bakgrundsljud; kognition; taluppfattning; musikalisk träning; rumsligt lyssnande; virtuella klassrumsmiljöer; Hållbar stadsutveckling; Sustainable Urban Development;

    Abstract : Formal learning takes place primarily through speech perception in classroom environments and is therefore dependent on the listener’s ability to cope with a number of acoustic factors that interfere with the speech signal. As classrooms are inclusive spaces accommodating learners with a broad range of abilities and backgrounds, this research investigated some of the ways in which individual differences in supporting cognitive skills are related to speech perception outcomes in various challenging acoustic environments. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Printed Score as a Mediator of Musical Meaning Approaches to Music Notation in Western tonal music

    Author : Cecilia Hultberg; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; notation as a cultural tool; music notation; music teachers’ education; instrumental training; apprentice education; teaching; Western tonal music; learning; musical literacy; agreed; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper;

    Abstract : Abstract Centering on notation is a characteristic of Western tonal music. The printed scores are expected to provide the necessary information on musical expression. In this study, strategically selected contemporary musicians’ ways of under-standing the printed scores are investigated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Tracking selective attention in a musical cocktail

    Author : Cassia Low Manting; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The cocktail party effect refers to mankind’s ability to focus attention on a single sound within noisy or complex auditory environments, in order to extract the most behaviourally-relevant information present. To investigate this cognitive phenomenon in a precise manner, we used frequency-tagging to separate neural auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs), which are specific to the driving frequency of each auditory source, from a neural mix elicited by multiple simultaneous stimuli. READ MORE

  6. 4. Development and training of higher order cognitive functions and their interrelations

    Author : Sissela Bergman Nutley; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Inhibitory functions (IFs) and working memory (WM) are essential for higher order cognitive functions such as non-verbal reasoning (NVR). WM is the ability to temporarily store and process information. IFs involve resisting automatic, inappropriate responses and limiting the interference of information held in WM. READ MORE

  7. 5. Making music mean : on functions of, and knowledge about, narrative music in multimedia

    Author : Johnny Wingstedt; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Music Education; Musikpedagogik;

    Abstract : Narrative media music - music used for narrative purposes in multimedia such as film and computer games - is often, especially for young people, the largest source of daily musical experience. This PhD thesis is based on three articles, in different ways exploring functions of, and knowledge about, narrative media music. READ MORE