Experiment

Experiments

Say hello to TuneTwins!

Researchers from the Music Cognition Group are currently working on a series of musical versions of Memory. It’s called TuneTwins. It was developed to help answer some important scientific questions about what we are listening for when we hear music.

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Can you do better than a songbird?

You are invited to participate in a scientific experiment that compares the auditory perceptions of humans and zebra finches. Like the finches, you will get no explicit instructions – just some simple feedback on whether your answer is correct.

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Who’s Got Rhythm?

Some people are very good at hearing rhythm and moving to it, while others have more difficulty dancing to a beat. Take our rhythm experiment to help us find out how we can properly test all the different rhythm abilities that people may have, so we can really answer the question: Who’s got rhythm?

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Music in Language and Nature

Do you hear a melody in everyday sounds, like speech and environmental sounds? Sometimes repetition does magic!

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Hooked on Music - Christmas

What makes the holiday classics classic? Adapted and extended from our 2014 collaboration with the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

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Hooked on Music - Eurovision

Which Eurovision entry got you hooked? Adapted and extended from our 2014 collaboration with the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

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