Previous Honours Thesis Projects

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2022/2023

Student

Ivan Quan


Kat Buchko


Sophia Klassen


Simon Hawke


Ethan McNaughton


Alistair Cranmer

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​River Hua

Project

Assessment of a Modified Temporal Bisection Task with Responses on a Continuous Visual Scale

The Effect of Empathy on Individual Experiences of Groove in Varying Emotional Contexts

Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Identify Distinct Rhythm Perceptions for Commonly Used Rhythmic Tasks

The Cognitive Demand of Synchronizing to the Beat: An fNIRS and Gait Study

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​Beat Perception in Cortical Motor Areas: An fNIRS Study


​Effect of tDCS of the SMA on Groove Perception for High and Low Groove Music 

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2020/2021

Student

Jai Ravipati


Milina Capoccitti


Prisca Hsu


Seung Heyck (Alex) Lee


​Maya da Silva

Project

Comparing Executive Functions in Dancers Versus Aerobic Exercisers: A Study on Older Adults

Music as a Cute to Autobiographical Memory: The Role of Emotion


The Effects of Parkinson’s Disease, Music Training and Dance Training on Beat Perception and Production Abilities

​The effect of contextual interference and feedback on learning composers’ musical styles

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2019/2020

Student

​Duffy Du

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Melissa Ong


​Michael Wang

Project

The Effect of Jittered Intervals and the Role of Supplementary Motor Area (SMA) in Beat Perception
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The Effect of Step Length Instructions While Synchronizing Gait

​The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Beat Perception Within the Supplementary Motor Area

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2018/2019

​Student

Renee-Marie Ragguett

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Cynthia Qi

​Project

Effects of Cue Enjoyment and Beat Perception on Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Using Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation
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Acoustic Characteristics used to Differentiate between Speech and Song

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2017/2018

Student

Kwesi Asantey

Neeraja Dharan

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Megan Fung

Maya Gantar

Ben Shapiro

​Drew Stapley

Project

Temporal Spacing's Effect on Perception of Accented Tones​

​Comparing Beat Perception Test Batteries Using Statistical & Computational Analysis Techniques

Investigating Beat-Based Temporal Processing in Parkinson’s Disease

​Tracking speech and song in adults with dyslexia
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Tracking Attention to Multi-Stream Music with the Auditory Steady State Response

Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Assess Fluctuations in Motor System Excitability While Hearing and Internally Generating a Beat

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2016/2017

Student

Justine Czajka

Jamal Hollader

Garrett Myles

Stephanie Reesor

Sarah Schwanz

Johannes Teselink

Project

Dynamics of Motor System Excitability during Auditory Anticipation

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The Effects of Background Music on Cognition

Re-Evaluating the Beat Alignment Test (BAT) and Proposing New Models

Exploring Neural Entrainment and Beat Perception Through Movement
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​Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to assess Motor System Excitability Fluctuations during Auditory Anticipation and Beat Perception

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2015/2016

​Student

Celina Everling

Sean Gilmore

Daphne Hui
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David Prete

Project

Examining Motor System Excitability During Beat Perception with TMS

Investigating a Beat Network Using Passive Listening and Functional Connectivity

Identifying Ideal Music for Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation: Comparing Subjective Perceptions to Objective Classifications of Groove and Enjoyment
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The Semantic Relationship Between Movement and Enjoyment in Groovy Music: An ERP Study

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2014/2015

​Student

Jerome Iruthayarajah

Frank Man Quoc Tran

Victor Wu

Felicia Zhang

Project

The Effects of Musical Mood and Arousal on Executive Function Performance

The role of the supplementary motor area and the cerebellum in absolute timing

Changes and timing of motor area excitability in beat perception

Rewarding Properties of Music Increases Savings in Sensorimotor Adaptation

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2013/2014

​Student

Angela Marti

Kristina Waclawik

​Sarah Watson

Project

The Effects of Musical Mood and Musical Arousal on Visual Attention

Music-induced Mood Improves Retention in Visuomotor Adaptation

The Effects of Beat and Non-beat Factors on Stride Length in Parkinson’s Disease

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2012/2013

​Student

Sonam Maghera

Steve Shaw

​Karen Stoskopf

Project

Evaluating neural responses to rhythm in Macaca fascicularis

Investigating the Perception of Pitch and Volume Changes in Rhythm

​The Effects of Familiarity on Musical Stream Segregation

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2011/2012

Student

Heather Khey

Anita Paas

Rebecca Woefle 

Project

Beat perception in 3D: A comparative analysis between sight, sound, and touch

​The Influence of Tonality on Rhythmic Perception

Crossed-uncrossed differences of visual and auditory modalities in musicians and non-musicians

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2010/2011

Student 

Paul Armstrong
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​Tram Nguyen
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Ashley Pearl

Project

Music-Dependent Memory: An Example of Context-Dependent Memory or the Consequence of Distraction?
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​The Interaction of Arousal, Musical Context, and Task Difficulty on Recognition​
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Who’s Got the Rhythm?: Individual Differences in Rhythmic Abilities

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