Welcome to the Witek Lab! We are based at the Universtiy of Birmingham UK, and study music cognition and philosophy of mind, with a focus on rhythm, timing, body-movement and affect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhythm and timing are musical features that can affect how we feel and how we move. For example, a rhythmic pattern with complex cross-rhythmic tendencies can invite dancing, through the sensation of groove. And when synchronising our movements with others – as when dancing together in a club or playing together in band rehearsal – we can feel as if the boundaries between us and the others start to become blurred. At the Witek Lab, we study the cognitive and socio-affective mechanisms that might explain these experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We use a variety of different methods to study such phenomena, including neuroimaging, neurophysiology, motion-capture, perceptual experiments, qualitative interviews and music analysis. By combining these techniques, we can better understand how processes in the brains, bodies, environments and instruments of musicians and music listeners work together to produce complex temporal and affective musical experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Welcome to the Witek Lab! We are based at the Universtiy of Birmingham UK, and study music cognition and philosophy of mind, with a focus on rhythm, timing, body-movement and affect. Rhythm and timing are musical features that can affect how we feel and how we move. For example, a rhythmic pattern with complex cross-rhythmic … <\/p>\n