Description:
Project Description
This project focuses on developing an MR-compatible cello interface that can be used inside MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanners. The optically-sensed electro-acoustic cello allows neuroscientists studying motor learning of musical tasks to perform functional scans of a subject’s brain while synchronizing the scanner, auditory and visual stimuli, and auditory feedback with the cellist’s instrumental gestures, such as fingering, bow speed, and bow pressure.
A 5-minute video describing this research and its applications is available on Youtube.
IDMIL Participants:
External Participants:
- Christopher Steele
- Melanie Segado
- Virginia Penhune (Concordia University)
- Robert Zatorre (Montreal Neurological Institute)
Research Areas:
Funding:
- Canada foundation for innovation
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)
- NSERC
Publications:
- Hollinger, A., Wanderley, M. M. (2015). The Design, Implementation, and Testing of a Sensorized MRI-Compatible Cello. In IEEE Sensors Journal (pp. 6125-6134).
- Hollinger, A., Wanderley, M. M. (2012). Optoelectronic Acquisition and Control Board for Musical Applications. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2012). Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Hollinger, A., Wanderley, M. M. (2013). MRI-Compatible Optically-Sensed Cello. In IEEE Sensors Conference. IEEE.
