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Eugenia Costa-Giomi - The sounds of childhood: analysis of continuous recordings of home soundscapes
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Seminar
Research Seminar presented by the CIRMMT RA3 (Cognition, perception, and movement).
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Sep 15, 2016 from 04:30 PM to 05:35 PM |
Where | A832, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, 527 Sherbrooke St. West. |
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ABSTRACT
Infants learn complex aural communication systems rapidly and seemingly without effort simply through exposure to sounds. However, the way in which they learn to organize auditory information is dependent upon the characteristics of their soundscapes. For example, the type and quantity of infants’ exposure to speech affect their language development and the musical experiences in which they are immersed affects their preferential attention and recognition of music.
We studied infants’ (n=10) language and music environments by analyzing continuous high-fidelity recordings of their home soundscapes captured with a digital language processor that automatically outputs data on selected language parameters. In this presentation, I will present an overview of the findings, and discuss the need to develop a similar automated acoustical analysis for music parameters.
ABOUT EUGENIA COSTA-GIOMI
