Participants: |
Avrum Hollinger Marcelo M. Wanderley (supervisor) Christopher Steele Virginia Penhune (Concordia University) Robert Zatorre (Montreal Neurological Institute) |
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Funding: |
Concordia University (Penhune) Canadian Foundation for Innovation (Zatorre & Wanderley) NSERC Discovery Grant (Wanderley) CIRMMT student funds (Hollinger) 2007-2008 |
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Project Type: | Collaborative project (CIRMMT, BRAMS - Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound). | |
Time Period: | 2006– (Ongoing.) |
This project focuses on the development of 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 cellists instrumental gestures, such as fingering, bow speed, and bow pressure.