Cognition and the temporal arts : investigating audience response to dance using PDAs that record continuous data during live performance

Catherine J. Stevens; Emery Schubert; Rua Haszard Morris; Matt Frear; Johnson Chen; Sue Healey; Colin Schoknecht; Stephen Hansen

Cognition and the temporal arts : investigating audience response to dance using PDAs that record continuous data during live performance

Catherine J. Stevens, Emery Schubert, Rua Haszard Morris, Matt Frear, Johnson Chen, Sue Healey, Colin Schoknecht, Stephen Hansen

MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

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Abstract

If artists and art explore organization of the brain [Zeki, S., Lamb, M., 1994. The neurology of kinetic art. Brain 117, 607ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“636], then investigation of response to artistic performance holds promise as a window to perceptual and cognitive processes. A new instrument for recording real-time audience response ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ the portable Audience Response Facility (pARF) ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ is described. Twenty, hand-held, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) collect responses on customizable skin interfaces. The pARF server transmits the customizable options, synchronizes devices and collects data for export. We report two studies using the pARF that demonstrate respondent agreement of perceived emotion during particular sections of two dance works. Greater agreement was evident in continuous ratings of arousal than valence; arousal appears to be related to surface features of the dance work. Future applications of the pARF to studies of multi-modal perception and cognition are discussed.

Original language	English
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Publication status	Published - 2009

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audiences
broadband communication systems
dance
performance
performing arts
pocket computers

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