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Aimee is a PhD student in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour. She completed her B.Sc (Hons) in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience, at Bishop’s University. After completing her undergraduate studies, Aimee attended McGill University (2012-2013) as a non-degree seeking student to explore music cognition and obtain research experience. She is the co-founder and co-organizer of the S.P.I.C.E.S funded group The Cerebral Coffeehouse, where she assists in organizing evenings bringing together researchers and the general public to promote dialogue on a variety of topics related to research. Aimee’s current research focuses on music’s ability to convey emotion. Her work to date has investigated the perceptual relationship between musical cues (pitch, timing, mode) and perceived emotion in listeners. She is also interested in examining how performer interpretation influences expressed emotion, as well as how musical expertise affects the process of perceiving conveyed emotion.contact: battcoae@mcmaster.ca
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Publications
Battcock, A. & Schutz, M (2021). Emotion and expertise: How listeners with formal music training use cues to perceive emotion. Psychological Research. pdf
Battcock, A. & Schutz, M (2021). Individualized interpretation: Exploring structural and interpretive effects on evaluations of emotional content in Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier. Journal of New Music Research. pdf
Battcock, A. & Schutz, M. (2019). Acoustically Expressing Affect. Music Perception, 17, 66-91. pdf
Battcock A. & Schutz, M. (2018). Expressivity and emotion: the importance of performer controlled cues. In Parncutt, R., & Sattmann, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of ICMPC15/ESCOM10. Graz, Austria: Centre for Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, (pp. 71-76).
Presentations
August, 2019. Society of Music Perception and Cognition. New York, NY.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Musical training and emotion: Does experience affect perception?
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. The influence of interpretative choices on conveyed musical emotion
November, 2018. Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting. New Orleans, LA.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Performer differences and conveyed emotion: how interpretation shapes listeners perception of emotion.
November, 2018. McMaster Institute for Music and and Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Lamantia, I., Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Personality and perceived musical emotions
July, 2018. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Montreal, QC.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Exploring the Relationship between Structural and Expressive Cues in Emotional Communication.
April, 2018. Grad Research Seminar. Hamilton, ON.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Conveying emotion in music: the role of cues in listener perception.
November, 2017. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Chan, I., Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. The impact of timing on musical emotion.
July, 2017. Society of Music Perception and Cognition. San Diego, CA.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Cue Relationships with Expressed Emotion.
November 2016. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. How pitch, timing and mode contribute to musically expressed emotions.
July, 2016. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco, CA.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Signifying Emotion: Determining the relative contributions of cues to emotional communication.
February 2016. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment. Niagara Falls, ON
Baron, A., Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Striking a Chord: Different Instruments Impact Emotion Perception Ratings.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Mechanisms of Emotion in Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
September 2015. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Labelling Emotion: Perceived Emotion in Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
Gauder, K., Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Digitizing Bach: Visualizing Tempi Recommendations for The Well-Tempered Clavier.
August 2015. Society of Music Perception and Cognition. Nashville, TN.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. The art of interpretation: Exploring the relationship between performers’ decisions and audience reactions.
February 2015. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment. Niagara Falls, ON.
Battcock, A., & Schutz, M. Cueing Emotion: Comparing perceived emotion to piano work interpretations.
September 2014. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Battcock, A., Mitchell, L., & Bacon, B. Evoked emotions in choral singing.
March 2012. 6th Annual Bishop’s Research Week. Sherbrooke, QC.
Battcock, A., Mitchell, L., & Bacon, B. Evoked emotions in choral singing.