Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0771890

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0771890

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Music, Arousal, and Mood: The Role of Loudness and Loudness Change in Cross-Cultural Music Perception. Despite decades of research into perception of Western music there are no studies applying experimental methods to perception of traditional Australian music. This project investigates a parameter present in all auditory events, from animal songs and alarms to music and speech: loudness. Results concerning the universality of loudness change and effects on mood and arousal will be reported to academic and local communities. Understanding how people experience loudness has implications for non-musical uses of sound, eg. more effective uses of loudness in non-verbal auditory warnings. Identifying effects of loudness on arousal and mood is also relevant to research on therapeutic or harmful effects of music and other sounds.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 18-06-2007

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $181,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Indigenous Performing Arts | Music | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Performing Arts and Creative Writing |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Communication Across Languages and Cultures | Indigenous Performing Arts | Music | Performing Arts and Creative Writing | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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