Walking on music

Styns, Frederik; Noorden, Leon van; Moelants, Dirk; Leman, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2007.07.007

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“…Such an environment was demonstrated to significantly modify the psychological response with an increase in the stress-responsive hormone cortisol. 30 Unlike numerous studies on healthy adults, [31][32][33] athletes, [34][35][36] and subjects with COPD, 15,18,37,38 perception of exertion, fatigue, and dyspnea was not influenced by music in our population. The absence of an effect on these parameters is surprising.…”

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Influence of Ambient Music on Perceived Exertion During a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Session: A Randomized Crossover Study

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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key element in the treatment of COPD. Music has been shown to have a positive effect on parameters related to a decrease in exercise tolerance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of listening to ambient music on perceived exertion during a pulmonary rehabilitation session for COPD subjects. METHODS: COPD subjects randomly performed a session of pulmonary rehabilitation with or without ambient music. Perceived exertion (Borg scales), anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety Subscale), dyspnea (visual analog scale), and cardiorespiratory parameters were compared at the end of both sessions. RESULTS: Forty-one subjects were analyzed. The characteristics of the COPD subjects were as follows: age, 70.5 ؎ 8.4 y; body mass index, 22.7 ؎ 3.9 kg/m 2 ; and FEV 1 , 38.6 ؎ 12.5 % predicted. Perceived exertion was not modified by ambient music, but anxiety was improved (P ‫؍‬ .02). Dyspnea, fatigue and cardiorespiratory parameters were not influenced by music during a typical session of the pulmonary rehabilitation program. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that perceived exertion during one pulmonary rehabilitation session was not influenced by ambient music. However, a positive effect on anxiety was observed. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01833260.)

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Influence of Ambient Music on Perceived Exertion During a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Session: A Randomized Crossover Study

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“…This tempo, slightly above the resonance frequency of human movement (MacDougall & Moore, 2005;van Noorden & Moelants, 1999), was chosen as a result of findings by Styns et al (2007). In this study, it was revealed that when participants were asked to synchronise their steps while walking to music at different tempi, the biggest differences in step length occurred at a walking cadence of approximately 130 steps per minute.…”

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“…Studies of synchronised body movement in response to metronomes and music reveal the influence of a natural propensity, probably inborn (Honing, Bouwer & Háden, 2014), for frequencies in the vicinity of 2 Hz (Fraisse,1963;Nozaradan, Peretz, Missal & Mouraux, 2011;Nozaradan, Peretz & Mouraux, 2012;Repp & Su, 2013;Styns, van Noorden, Moelants & Leman, 2007;van Noorden & Moelants, 1999). This ability is indicative of resonances (neural or motor-based) (Large & Snyder, 2009;van Noorden & Moelants, 1999) …”

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“…People have for instance been shown to entrain their dance moves to the beat of the music and to increase their levels of entrainment when dancing in combination with increases in the sound pressure level of the beat (Toiviainen, Luck & Thompson, 2010;Van Dyck et al, 2013). Also while walking (Styns et al, 2007), running (Van Dyck et al, 2015) and cycling (Anshel & Marisi, 1978), entrainment with the pulse of the music has been demonstrated.…”

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Body, Sound and Space in Music and Beyond: Multimodal Explorations

Vickers

Hogg²,

Worrall³

2017

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Human interaction with music is based on the capacity to synchronise. In this chapter, we look at the principles behind this capacity and we consider its empowering effect. Synchronisation is central to many new developments in music research that gives body and space a prominent place. The human capacity to synchroniseA regular rhythm in music is a strong driver for establishing a synchronised human rhythm. Typically, a human rhythm tends to go along with the musical rhythm in such a way that a salient feature of the human rhythm matches the timing of a salient feature of the musical rhythm. For example, when we tap our finger on a desk, we can match it with the timing of a metronome tick and, when we walk, we can match the cadence of our footfall with the timing of the beat of the music. Salient moments of the rhythm (tap, footfall, beat) are markers for synchronisation. The performer uses them to establish a synchronised action, while the scientist employs them in order to study this particular type of action.But what are the underlying mechanisms behind music-to-movement synchronisation? And which effects does it generate? The goal of this chapter is to introduce and offer different views on the study of these underlying mechanisms, and to show how being locked to the beat of the music can pave the way for an overall empowerment effect, that is, the feeling that music affords energy and contributes to an increase in autonomy and self-determination. In this chapter, we present some recent theoretical and empirical work that focuses on movement rhythm such as walking, running, cycling and dancing. First, we introduce a theoretical umbrella perspective on synchronisation and embodied interaction with music. Then, we focus on some concrete studies that tell us something about the mechanisms of resonance, entrainment and emulation. Finally, we shed some light on possible empowering effects of music.

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“…Prior research has demonstrated that humans will synchronize physical actions and movements to the tempo of music [31] and has correlated people's preferences for musical tempi with their levels of physical activity [22]. For instance, slow tempi are preferred for minimal to moderate intensity of activity.…”

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Sculpting a Mobile Musical Soundtrack

Hazzard

Benford

Burnett

2015

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We present an in-the-wild project to design and study a mobile musical soundtrack that enhances the experience of visiting a sculpture park. As with soundtracks for films and games, the goal was to enhance the emotional and narrative aspects of the experience while remaining in the background. We describe a compositional approach in which we first established a broad musical landscape before treating specific exhibits with detailed musical trajectories. Our study reveals how our soundtrack dramatically shaped visitors' experiences while they remained largely unaware of its operation. We distil seven experiential factors to be addressed by mobile soundtracks alongside ten compositional guidelines.

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Walking on music

Cited by 243 publications

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Influence of Ambient Music on Perceived Exertion During a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Session: A Randomized Crossover Study

Influence of Ambient Music on Perceived Exertion During a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Session: A Randomized Crossover Study

Body, Sound and Space in Music and Beyond: Multimodal Explorations

Sculpting a Mobile Musical Soundtrack

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