Publications & Presentations

Title Publication/Conference Authors Date
Investigating the Relationship Between Musical Sophistication & Perceived Rhythmic Complexity Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference 2025 (Vancouver, Canada) Leigh VanHandel Spencer Dai, Katherine Hsu
When to Disturb? On Syncopation and Perceived Rhythmic Complexity Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference 2025 (Vancouver, Canada) CC Liang, Leigh VanHandel
Language and Complexity Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference 2025 (Vancouver, Canada) Leigh VanHandel Betty Bao, Katherine Hsu, Meera Thomas
The Role of Density, Variability, and Syncopation in Perceived Rhythmic Complexity Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference 2025 (Vancouver, Canada) Leigh VanHandel Konrad van Heukelom
Listening to trees in the forest: Attentional set influences how semantic and acoustic factors interact in auditory perception Attention, Perception & Psychophysics James Enns Veronica Dudarev, Jamie Kai, Noor Brar
GRuMPy: A Flexible Program for Rhythm Generation and Quantitative Analysis Society for Music Perception and Cognition 2024 (Banff, Canada) Leigh VanHandel Anika Jahagirdar
Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in the Perception of Rhythmic Complexity: An Investigation of English and Chinese Speakers Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference 2024 (Vancouver, Canada) Leigh VanHandel Tania Cheng, Yewon Hong
The Role of Variability in Perceived Rhythmic Complexity Society for Music Perception and Cognition 2024 (Banff, Canada) Leigh VanHandel
Not Just Syncopation: Rhythmic Complexity is … Complex. Society for Music Theory 2024 (Jacksonville, FL) Leigh VanHandel
Variability Follow-up Study: An Expansion on “Not Just Syncopation: Rhythmic Complexity is ... Complex” by VanHandel (2024) Research Project for Cognitive Systems (COGS) 402 (Vancouver, Canada) Leigh VanHandel Konrad van Heukelom

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