TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wood, Danielle
A1  - Shaki, Samuel
A1  - Fischer, Martin H.
T1  - Turn the beat around: Commentary on "Slow and fast beat sequences are represented differently through space" (De Tommaso & Prpic, 2020, in Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics)
JF  - Attention, perception, & psychophysics : AP&P ; a journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc.
N2  - There has been increasing interest in the spatial mapping of various perceptual and cognitive magnitudes, such as expanding the spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) effect into domains outside of numerical cognition. Recently, De Tommaso and Prpic (Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 2765-2773, 2020) reported in this journal that only fast tempos over 104 beats per minute have spatial associations, with more right-sided associations and faster responses for faster tempos. After discussing the role of perceived loudness and possible response strategies, we propose and recommend methodological improvements for further research.
KW  - Distance effect
KW  - Music cognition
KW  - Pitch
KW  - magnitude association
KW  - Semantic
KW  - congruity effect
KW  - SMARC
KW  - Sound recognition
KW  - Spatial cognition
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02247-8
SN  - 1943-3921
SN  - 1943-393X
VL  - 83
IS  - 4
SP  - 1518
EP  - 1521
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fischer, Martin H.
A1  - Riello, Marianna
A1  - Giordano, Bruno L.
A1  - Rusconi, Elena
T1  - Singing numbers ... in cognitive space - a dual-task study of the link between pitch, space, and numbers
JF  - Topics in cognitive science
N2  - We assessed the automaticity of spatial-numerical and spatial-musical associations by testing their intentionality and load sensitivity in a dual-task paradigm. In separate sessions, 16 healthy adults performed magnitude and pitch comparisons on sung numbers with variable pitch. Stimuli and response alternatives were identical, but the relevant stimulus attribute (pitch or number) differed between tasks. Concomitant tasks required retention of either color or location information. Results show that spatial associations of both magnitude and pitch are load sensitive and that the spatial association for pitch is more powerful than that for magnitude. These findings argue against the automaticity of spatial mappings in either stimulus dimension.
KW  - Auditory pitch
KW  - Dual task
KW  - Mental number line
KW  - SMARC
KW  - SNARC
KW  - Spatial coding
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12017
SN  - 1756-8757
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SP  - 354
EP  - 366
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -