Abstract
There have been more interest and research towards multisensory aspects of sound as well as vision and movement, especially in the last two decades. An emerging research field related with multisensory research is 'motor imagery', which could be defined as the mental representation of a movement without actual production of muscle activity necessary for its execution. Emphasizing its close relationship and potential future use in new digital musical instruments (DMI) practice and reviewing literature, this paper will introduce fundamental concepts about motor imagery (MI), various methods of measuring MI in different configurations and summarize some important findings about MI in various studies. Following, it will discuss how this research area is related to DMI practice and propose potential uses of MI in this field.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 107-110 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | 15th International conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 2015 - Baton Rouge, United States Duration: 31 May 2015 → 3 Jun 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015, Steering Committee of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Digital musical instruments
- Embodiment
- Mental image
- Motor imagery
- Multisensory processing