Kate Stevens
@katestevartssci.bsky.social
Music, dance, human-technology interaction, cognitive science, artscience, prof. MARCS Institute Director. Westmead Campus Provost.
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New paper in @plosone.org from Anthony Chmiel, Roger Dean @katestevartssci.bsky.social Jen Macritchie, from our ARC DP that looked at older adult musical sophistication over 12 months of training & 6 month follow up. Improvisation led to the biggest gains: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Objective demonstration and quantitation of musical learning in older adult novices across a 12-month online study
This work aimed to objectively (mainly computationally) measure the extent to which 68 older adult novices developed specific musical abilities. The participants learned aural and keyboard performance...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
New paper in @plosone.org from Anthony Chmiel, Roger Dean @katestevartssci.bsky.social Jen Macritchie, from our ARC DP that looked at older adult musical sophistication over 12 months of training & 6 month follow up. Improvisation led to the biggest gains: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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🚨 New advance online publication in #MusicPerception! “Instrument Timbre Combinations Influence the Relative Prominence of Perceptual Layers in Orchestral Music,” by Manda Fischer and Stephen McAdams. online.ucpress.edu/mp/article-a...
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February 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🚨 New advance online publication in #MusicPerception! “Instrument Timbre Combinations Influence the Relative Prominence of Perceptual Layers in Orchestral Music,” by Manda Fischer and Stephen McAdams. online.ucpress.edu/mp/article-a...
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#musicscience
Playful public lecture, for sure, thankyou Prof Hirsh-Pasek for visiting @marcsinstitute.bsky.social
This evening's Anne Cutler Public Lecture on #ActivePlayfulLearning kicked off with a fun, competitive ball toss! 🏐 This activity set the stage for an insightful talk on the power of #play. How can we incorporate meaningful guided play into our everyday environments to help children learn better? ✨
February 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Playful public lecture, for sure, thankyou Prof Hirsh-Pasek for visiting @marcsinstitute.bsky.social
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#PhD #Scholarship Opportunity: Unlocking Person Identity Codes in the Human Brain 🧠 | Explore the extraordinary abilities of Super-Recognisers & contribute to the advancement of person identification technologies worldwide. #Neuroscience | Applications close 31 Jan 2025. | tinyurl.com/45c4m3kk
Unlocking person identity codes in the human brain | Western Sydney University
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December 9, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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✈️ This week, we welcomed our final #International #VisitingFellow for 2024 and bid farewell to three others - just in time to announce that applications for 2025 scheme are now open! Apply to come and visit for 2-3 months. PhD Candidates & ECRs welcome. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3ztnrufd
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 AM
✈️ This week, we welcomed our final #International #VisitingFellow for 2024 and bid farewell to three others - just in time to announce that applications for 2025 scheme are now open! Apply to come and visit for 2-3 months. PhD Candidates & ECRs welcome. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3ztnrufd
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Researchers from Western Sydney University were proud to be involved in the #Westmead Research & Innovation Conference organised by Westmead Research Hub! We shared our work on equity in research, #communication apps for culturally diverse residents in #agedcare, & #VR for adults with disabilities.
September 20, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Researchers from Western Sydney University were proud to be involved in the #Westmead Research & Innovation Conference organised by Westmead Research Hub! We shared our work on equity in research, #communication apps for culturally diverse residents in #agedcare, & #VR for adults with disabilities.
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Only a few tickets left! AMPlify session THIS Wednesday! Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...
August 5, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Only a few tickets left! AMPlify session THIS Wednesday! Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...
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🌏 Meet Almudena Ramírez Haro, MARCS PhD candidate whose dedication led her to pursue her research dream across continents. Almudena actively participates in committees, building relationships and raising awareness on key #academic issues. ✨ Read more: tinyurl.com/2ej5rt2u
July 19, 2024 at 2:58 AM
🌏 Meet Almudena Ramírez Haro, MARCS PhD candidate whose dedication led her to pursue her research dream across continents. Almudena actively participates in committees, building relationships and raising awareness on key #academic issues. ✨ Read more: tinyurl.com/2ej5rt2u
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How will #MusicScience impact society in the next decade? Prof Roger Dean shares his views on the future of music research (Watch video: tinyurl.com/2e2hw8vy) ✨ Read more about Prof Dean’s outstanding 50-year research journey: tinyurl.com/jcfuv7y2 #interdisciplinaryreserach
Music Science in the next decade
"How will #MusicScience impact society in the next decade?" Join us as Professor Roger Dean, a distinguished composer, improviser, and Professor of Sonic Com...
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July 16, 2024 at 2:45 AM
How will #MusicScience impact society in the next decade? Prof Roger Dean shares his views on the future of music research (Watch video: tinyurl.com/2e2hw8vy) ✨ Read more about Prof Dean’s outstanding 50-year research journey: tinyurl.com/jcfuv7y2 #interdisciplinaryreserach
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Ian Cross explains in his #ESCOM keynote how dominance and power has influenced (too much) our views on music and social interaction as it is an exception compared to affiliative mechanisms. He pools evidence from a wide range of disciplines. 1/2 #ESCOM12York #musicscience #musicpsychology
July 4, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Ian Cross explains in his #ESCOM keynote how dominance and power has influenced (too much) our views on music and social interaction as it is an exception compared to affiliative mechanisms. He pools evidence from a wide range of disciplines. 1/2 #ESCOM12York #musicscience #musicpsychology
Free Vol 41 Issue 5 thanks @ucpress.bsky.social Happy #musicscience Conference Season! 41-5 eg #memory & speech to song illusion – Kubit #EEG - González #lexical tone #perception – Choi #jazz piano training & #older adults - Bugos #AI & musicking – Berkowitz online.ucpress.edu/mp
Music Perception | University of California Press
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June 12, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Free Vol 41 Issue 5 thanks @ucpress.bsky.social Happy #musicscience Conference Season! 41-5 eg #memory & speech to song illusion – Kubit #EEG - González #lexical tone #perception – Choi #jazz piano training & #older adults - Bugos #AI & musicking – Berkowitz online.ucpress.edu/mp