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Kathleya Afanador
Co-founder and Choreographer 		Arts America:Enjoying the Best Art Museums, Theater, Classical Music, Opera, Jazz, Dance, Film, and Summer Festivals in America
    Executive Editor Jeffrey Compton; Associate Editors Norma Foote, Sean Kent, and Brooke Pierce; Contributing Editors: Kathleya Afanador (Dance), Patrick Allen (Classical Music), Tiffany DuMouchelle (Classical Music), Kara Mason (Visual Arts), Alex Riccomini (Visual Arts), Mark Sanderlin (Jazz), and Melissa Somosky (Film). Website Consultant: John Broughton.
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On Cross-Modal Perception of Musical Tempo and the Speed of Human Movement (book chapter)
    Kathleya Afanador, Todd Ingalls, Ellen Campana, Dilip Swaminathan, Harvey Thornburg, Jodi James, Jessica Mumford, Gang Qian, and Stjepan Rajko
    In Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Computer Music Modeling and Retreival, vol. 4969/2008 (235-245). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
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Effects of Sound on Perceived Speed of Human Motion (poster presentation)
    Kathleya Afanador, Todd Ingalls, and Ellen Campana
    International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), August 2007; Copenhagen, Denmark
    RISE Symposium, October 2007; Tempe, Arizona


    Abstract

    Studies in crossmodal perception often use very simplified auditory and visual contexts. While these studies have been theoretically valuable, it is sometimes difficult to see how the findings can be ecologically valid or practically valuable. This study hypothesizes that a musical parameter (tempo) may affect the perception of a human movement quality (speed) and finds that although there are clear limitations, this may be a promising first step towards widening both the contexts in which crossmodal effects are studied and the application areas in which the findings can be used.

Parameters of perception: Vision and audition in 20th century music and dance

Capturing Expressive and Indicative Qualities of Conducting Gesture: An Application of Temporal Expectancy Models. (book chapter)
    Dilip Swaminathan, Harvey D. Thornburg, Todd Ingalls, Stjepan Rajko, Jodi James, Ellen Campana, Kathleya Afanador, Randal J. Leistikow
    In Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Computer Music Modeling and Retreival, vol. 4969/2008 (34-55). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
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Response: An applied example of Computational Somatics (presentation)
    Todd Ingalls, Jodi James, Gang Qian, Harvey Thornburg, Ellen Campana, Stjepan Rajko, Dilip Swaminatham, Jessica Mumford, Kathleya Afanador, Shankar Narayanan
    Enactive/07: 4th International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, November 2007; Grenoble, France


Aesthetics, perception, and performance: Crossmodal perception and its applications to real-time computer interactive music-dance systems (in progress)
    Abstract

    This project attempts to bridge psychological research in crossmodal perception with some of the practical and artistic issues involved in creating computer interactive music and dance performance systems. As motion analysis programs increase in sensitivity and sophistication, questions about perception become extremely relevant to decisions about how this technology is used in live performance. How connections between modalities are made in the brain is of particular interest because knowledge about such connections can indicate perceptually effective uses of the technology. To make artistically satisfying work however, it is necessary to go beyond the novelty of simple interactive setups. Thus understanding the subtleties of how people make connections between simultaneously experienced media will be useful in making interactive work that is effective both perceptually as well as artistically. Effects of Sound on Perceived Speed of Human Motion
    by Kathleya Afanador, Todd Ingalls, and Ellen Campana
    Poster presented at International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), August 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark and at RISE Symposium, October 2007, Tempe, AZ.

    Abstract

    Studies in crossmodal perception often use very simplified auditory and visual contexts. While these studies have been theoretically valuable, it is sometimes difficult to see how the findings can be ecologically valid or practically valuable. This study hypothesizes that a musical parameter (tempo) may affect the perception of a human movement quality (speed) and finds that although there are clear limitations, this may be a promising first step towards widening both the contexts in which crossmodal effects are studied and the application areas in which the findings can be used.