Increasingly, differences between some aspects of the real and virtual worlds feel virtually negligible – with one notable exception. Walking past the bookshelves in the hall, my eye is frequently caught by the spines of books I hope soon to read or re-read. Undeservedly neglected blogs seem to reach out less and I often return to one to find a treasure trove of fascinating reading/watching/listening/testing matter. One such is Music Matters* – a music cognition blog put together by Henkjan Honing of the University of Amsterdam.
This morning’s visit threw up the following topics:
How well would you do as an expert?
Can music cognition save your life?
Although apparently published last week, this study was thrown my way by Hilery Williams last term!
Is beat induction special? (Part 5)
Does rhythm make our bodies move?
* somewhat confusingly, this is also the name of weekly podcast in my feed-reader from the Radio 3 programme of the same name.