ArticleRoyal Society open science2015
The E-music box: an empirical method for exploring the universal capacity for musical production and for social interaction through music.
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- Empathic perspective taking promotes interpersonal coordination through music.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
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- Dynamic neural processing of self-other synchronization error in interpersonal coordination.iScience · 2025Article
- Beyond perfect synchrony: shared interpersonal rhythmic timing enhances self-other merging judgements.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Improvisation is a novel tool to study musicality.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The Groove Enhancement Machine (GEM): A Multi-Person Adaptive Metronome to Manipulate Sensorimotor Synchronization and Subjective Enjoyment.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Effects of pitch and tempo of auditory rhythms on spontaneous movement entrainment and stabilisation.Psychological research · 2020Article
- Creating Time: Social Collaboration in Music Improvisation.Topics in cognitive science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Humans are assumed to have a natural-universal-predisposition for making music and for musical interaction. Research in this domain is, however, typically conducted with musically trained individuals, and therefore confounded with expertise. Here, we present a rediscovered and updated invention-the E-music box-that we establish as an empirical method to investigate musical production and interaction in everyone. The E-music box transforms rotatory cyclical movements into pre-programmable digital musical output, with tempo varying according to rotation speed. The user's movements are coded as continuous oscillatory data, which can be analysed using linear or nonlinear analytical tools. We conducted a proof-of-principle experiment to demonstrate that, using this method, pairs of non-musically trained individuals can interact according to conventional musical practices (leader/follower roles and lower-pitch dominance). The results suggest that the E-music box brings 'active' and 'interactive' musical capacities within everyone's reach. We discuss the potential of this method for exploring the universal predisposition for music making and interaction in developmental and cross-cultural contexts, and for neurologic musical therapy and rehabilitation.
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