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Fiona is primarily investigating sensorimotor interactions in predictive timing. Her work to date has covered the perceptual improvements associated with sensorimotor synchronization, the importance auditory feedback produced by moving (i.e., tapping) and the role of musical expertise in movement timing and perception. She has also collaborated on projects that demonstrate mutual adaptation in joint motor synchronization and the development of cortical oscillatory activity using EEG. Fiona is currently examining how attention is mediated by metrical accents, motor trajectories associated with timed movements using motion capture technology and the role of various motor effectors in synchronization that impact perception. She is also examining interactions between coupled oscillators using EEG and motor trajectories using motion capture technology in a synchronization task. Fiona completed her Honours B.Sc. in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, specialized in Music Cognition in 2011 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University.
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Awards and Recognitions
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2014-2016)
The Stephen and Tina Wilson Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2013-2014)
Poster Award at Progress in Motor Control Conference, McGill University (July 2013)
Queen Elizabeth Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (2012-2013)
Publications
Presentations
Talks
July 2016. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC). San Francisco, CA.
Manning, F., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Motor effector training and musical expertise heighten temporal detection abilities.
August 2015. Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) Conference. Nashville, TN.
Manning, F., Tardif, M., & Schutz, M. Effector rate limits and stimulus tempo: Exploring interactions with timing perception.
February 2015. Rhythm and Timing Symposium. London, ON.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Metrical context and motor production: Interactions with timing perception.
August 2014. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC). Seoul, South Korea.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Tapping through longer periods of silence improves perceived timing.
September 2013. Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW). Birmingham, UK.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Temporal context mediates the effect of movement on perceived timing.
August 2013. Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) Conference. Toronto, ON.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. The role of expertise in the perception of timing: A reliance on motion.
May 2013. Midwestern Music Cognition Symposium. Columbus, OH.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Timing perception and production in musicians and nonmusicians.
April 2013. ESM/UR/Cornell/Buffalo Music Cognition Symposium: Local Research. Rochester, NY.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Exploring the effects of percussion training on perceived timing.
March 2013. New England Sequencing and Timing (NEST) meeting. Amherst, MA.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Does auditory feedback contribute to the effect of movement on timing perception?
July 2012. Perspectives on Rhythm and Timing (PoRT) workshop. Glasgow, UK.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Tapping variability predicts rhythmic acuity.
February 2012. ESM/UR/Cornell Music Cognition Symposium: Local Research. Rochester, NY.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Movement and timekeeping during silence and sound.
October 2011. Acoustics Week in Canada (AWC). Québec City, QC.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Moving to the beat improves timekeeping in a rhythm perception task.
August 2011. Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) conference. Rochester, NY.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Tapping to hear: How “moving to the beat” improves rhythmic sensitivity.
April 2011. ESM/UR/Cornell Music Cognition Symposium: Local Research. Rochester, NY.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Tapping to the beat improves timing perception.
Posters
July 2016. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC). San Francisco, CA.
Manning F., Paul, B., & Tse, S. The relationship between oscillations during auditory temporal prediction and motor responses in a rhythmic synchronization task.
Siminoski, A., Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Exploring rhythmic synchronization abilities in musicians using training-specific movements.
November 2015. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Manning, F., Siminoski, A., & Schutz, M. Pianists’ keystrokes lead to enhancements in perceived timing.
October 2015. BRAMS: The Next 10 Years Symposium. Montreal, QC.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Symmetrical temporal attention surrounding targets as a consequence of tapping.
July 2015. Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW). Amsterdam, NL.
Manning, F., Cirelli, L., Schutz, M. Tapping to a slow beat encourages mutually adaptive movements.
February 2015. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON.
Tardif, M., Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Motor effector’s tapping rate influences movement’s effect on timing perception.
September 2014. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Tardif, M., Manning, F., Harris, J., & Schutz, M. Timing judgments improve with tapping consistency across effectors in percussionists.
April 2014. Neural Control of Movement (NCM) 24th Annual Meeting. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Manning, F., Harris, J., Schutz, M. Comparing motor effectors that determine perceived timing: A sensorimotor integration task.
February 2014. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON.
Harris, J., Manning, F., Schutz, M. Trained to keep a beat? The role of musical experience in finger tapping.
Tardif, M., Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Better together? Simultaneous and alternating stick tapping in a continuation paradigm.
November 2013. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Tardif, M., Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Tapping into synchrony: Synchronization and continuation tapping with different effectors.
Spinelli, C., Cirelli, L., Ghahremani, A., Manning, F., Marie, C., Bosnyak, D., Fujioka, T., & Trainor, L. Using EEG to measure developmental differences in beat-induced fluctuations of beta band activity in the right auditory cortex
September 2013. Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW). Birmingham, UK.
Cirelli, L., Ghahremani, A., Manning, F., Spinelli, C., Marie, C., Bosnyak, D., Fujioka, T., & Trainor, L. Using EEG with children and adults to measure oscillatory activity in response to isochronous auditory sequences.
August 2013. Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (ACN) Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Spinelli, C., Cirelli, L., Ghahremani, A., Manning, F., Marie, C., Bosnyak, D., Fujioka, T., & Trainor, L. Using EEG to measure developmental changes in oscillatory beta band responses during musical beat processing.
August 2013. Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) Conference. Toronto, ON.
Harris, J., Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Musicians’ movements for timekeeping: A link between tapping and musical experience.
July 2013. Progress in Motor Control IX. Montreal, QC.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Movement timing determines perceived auditory timing in a sensorimotor integration task.
February 2013. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Effects of auditory feedback on tapping and timing perception.
October 2012. McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference. Hamilton, ON.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. The role of auditory feedback in movement timing.
July 2012. 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC)/8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music (ESCOM). Thessaloniki, Greece.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Using body movement to enhance timekeeping.
February 2012. Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON.
Manning, F., & Schutz, M. Tapping is indicative of timekeeping abilities.