ORCID Profile
0000-0002-8737-2506
Current Organisation
UNSW Sydney
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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-09-2014
Abstract: The relationship between processing of speech and music was explored here via the linguistic vehicle of lexical tone. People with amusia have been found to be impaired on linguistic tasks we examined whether absolute pitch (AP) possessors have an advantage on linguistic tasks. Participants were 3 groups of monolingual Australian-English speakers: non-AP musicians (musically-trained in iduals who did not possess AP), AP musicians (musically-trained in iduals who were AP possessors), and non-musicians (no musical training). Perceptual discrimination was tested in an AX same–different task for lexical tones presented in three contexts: normal Thai speech, low-pass filtered speech tones, and violin, with processing level manipulated via variation of the interstimulus interval (ISI). Non-musicians showed attenuated pitch discrimination of tones in speech, suggesting speech specialisation. On the other hand, all musicians showed greater accuracy, faster reaction times and less variation in accuracy across stimulus types than non-musicians. Importantly, AP musicians showed greater accuracy than non-AP musicians in the speech context, implying a domain-general advantage due to AP. However, speech-violin accuracy correlations for AP musicians were almost zero at the longer ISI, suggesting less commonality of mechanisms during more extensive processing. Results are discussed in terms of the role of AP in tone language perception.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-01-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-10-2019
DOI: 10.1002/HPJA.205
Abstract: Housing renewal is a common urban housing and development strategy internationally. An intended result is increased social inclusion and well-being of residents through public housing de-concentration. In this study, we examined challenges encountered during the process of housing renewal from the perspectives of community-based staff and volunteers. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with housing and community workers, service managers and community volunteers who were working with residents experiencing housing renewal in an outer metropolitan estate in New South Wales. We analysed the data thematically. Seventeen participants were interviewed in a mix of in idual and group interviews. Housing workers uncovered substantial resident health and social support needs during housing assessments. Promoting access to services and supporting the mental health and social connectedness of residents into the future were seen as key goals and challenges. However, lack of clarity on which services and community resources would exist in the new neighbourhood at the completion of the renewal project made this more difficult, particularly when supporting the social housing residents who were remaining in the changing community. Supporting the mental health and well-being of residents experiencing housing renewal is an important role of community-based workers, volunteers and service providers. This includes facilitating access to health care and other services and promoting social connectedness in the emerging community. Increased clarity on what community resources and services will be available subsequent to redevelopment will assist in these aims. SO WHAT?: Early knowledge of what community resources and services will be in place long term in communities undergoing housing renewal will allow staff and volunteers to better support the health and well-being of residents.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2002
DOI: 10.1177/1321103X020180010601
Abstract: This article outlines an investigation of examiner perceptions of the effects of introducing criteria into music performance assessment procedures at a tertiary conservatorium of music. A qualitative analysis of transcripts of interviews with fifteen conservatorium staff identified key issues relating to the ways experienced examiners use criteria in music performance assessment. In discussing their music performance assessment strategies examiners described holistic and criteria-specific approaches. Some examiners felt using criteria helped them focus on important assessment issues and that criteria were useful for articulating desirable performance characteristics in feedback to students. Other examiners believed criteria-based assessment represented a narrow view which tended to interfere with their holistic assessments of music performance.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-02-2020
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 20-01-2023
DOI: 10.1071/AH22228
Abstract: The purpose of this perspective article is to emphasise the importance of the ‘First 2000 Days’ policy of life from conception to age five, and to propose new directions in which the policy’s implementation could be extended for the benefit of children and families. The proposed approach highlights principles of responsiveness, integration, sustainability and equity, specifying initiatives that embody the kind of innovation each principle aspires to. The article also proposes innovations in data collection and linkages that would strengthen the implementation of first 2000 days policies and frameworks. This perspective proposes a framework that could improve health systems implementation of services in the first 5 years of life, by proposing a well-coordinated continuum of services with integrated physical and digital solutions. This has the potential to transform how the health system monitors and responds to children and families’ needs in the critical early years of life during and beyond the current pandemic.
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