SYNCHRONISATION IN DYNAMIC LOADING DUE TO MULTIPLE PEDESTRIANS AND OCCUPANTS OF VIBRATION-SENSITIVE STRUCTURES
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Psychology
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Booth AJ
(2015)
Early, but not late visual distractors affect movement synchronization to a temporal-spatial visual cue.
in Frontiers in psychology
Brownless B
(2014)
Stepping to the Beat Improves Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Gait in Stroke Patients with Hemiparesis: A Proof of Concept Case Study of a Home-based Training Intervention
in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Elliott M
(2016)
Modelling single-person and multi-person event-based synchronisation
in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
Elliott MT
(2014)
Moving in time: Bayesian causal inference explains movement coordination to auditory beats.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Endo S
(2014)
Interaction between physiological and subjective states predicts the effect of a judging panel on the postures of cellists in performance.
in Frontiers in psychology
Honisch JJ
(2016)
Cue properties change timing strategies in group movement synchronisation.
in Scientific reports
Maij F
(2017)
Afferent motor feedback determines the perceived location of tactile stimuli in the external space presented to the moving arm.
in Journal of neurophysiology
Sofianidis G
(2015)
Interaction between interpersonal and postural coordination during frequency scaled rhythmic sway: the role of dance expertise.
in Gait & posture
Sofianidis G
(2014)
Can dancers suppress the haptically mediated interpersonal entrainment during rhythmic sway?
in Acta psychologica
Sofianidis G
(2012)
Somatosensory driven interpersonal synchrony during rhythmic sway.
in Human movement science
| Description | Synchronisation between members of a group swaying, walking or playing musical instruments can be accounted for in terms of linear phase correction models in which the time to the next movement is adjusted according to the discrepancy between own and other's current movement. |
| Exploitation Route | The sensitivity to others' timing of movement determines the degree of synchronisation evident in a group and the loading this places on support structures. |
| Sectors | Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | The project was demonstrated at the British Psychology Society stand in the Big Bang Festival in 2012 and 2013. A press release associated with a major pubication (enesmble timing model and data from two internatinoal quartets) https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2013.1125 led to broadcast interviews with articles on media websites http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25934323 and http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/quartet-hierarchy-study/. The methods developed in the project were appplied to rehabiltiation of walkling in stroke participants (funded by the Stroke Association). The model of ensemble timing was the subject of industrial collaboration with web based audio workstation devleoper Semantic Audio and web based chamber music practice app PartPlay which culminated with a successful follow-on EPSRC grant applciatoin (ARME). The ensemble timing model has also been presented at the international Rhythm Perception and Prodcution workshop in Oslo (2021) and features iin a new book chapter written for a wider audience (2022, In Press) |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | Augmented Reality Musical Ensemble (ARME) |
| Amount | £1,183,466 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V034987/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | Big Bang Science Fair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Invited to run a the 'Big Bounce' demo on the British Psychological Society's stand at the Big Bang Science fair. Demonstrated how we measure timing and coordination in groups to school children (ranging from primary through to secondary age). They took part in a fun task that involved bouncing up and down together while wearing accelerometers. We were able to measure and report who was the winner based on their timing accuracy to the rest of the group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| URL | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/22Mar12-big-bang.aspx |
| Description | Hidden hierarchy in string quartets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Scientists have come up with a way to reveal the pecking order within a string quartet. A team from the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Birmingham found that analysing how individual musicians vary their timing to follow the rest of the group can indicate a hierarchy. They say it shows some quartets have a clear leader to ensure perfect harmony. However, in other "democratic" quartets the musicians all follow each other, playing an equal role. Prof Alan Wing, from the University of Birmingham, UK, said of the study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface: "In one quartet, it was as if there was an autocracy. In the other, it was more like a democracy." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25934323 |
| Description | Presentation of talk "Synchronisation in a virtual quartet" at hybrid meeting Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop 2021 Oslo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk Synchronisation in a virtual quartet authored by Alan Wing, Ryan Stables, Mark Elliott, Maria Witek and Massimiliano Di Luca was presented as a video at a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting of the Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop 2021 in Oslo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/news-and-events/events/conferences/2021/RPPW/videos/talks/81-wing.m... |
| Description | Quartet hierarchy study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Think the first violin is the leader of the string quartet? It's not always the case, according to a new study from the Universities of Birmingham, Münster and the Royal Academy of Music published today in the Royal Society Journal, Interface |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/quartet-hierarchy-study/ |
| Description | Synchronisation skill in beatmatching |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Beatmatching", the art of seamlessly blending one song into the next, is key to DJ perfromance. After a practical demonstration, Dr Mark Elliott, a research fellow at Birmingham University's School of Psychology, explains the science of synchronisation that lies behind the art |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-27498611/the-dj-s-art-of-beatmatching |