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May 2024: Our publication in Science Advances has received media coverage in UB Now, the New York Times, and other outlets.
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APS Fellows – Peter Pfordresher was named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science in February 2024.
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How music and language are connected in your brain – Peter Pfordresher and Chihiro Honda published an article on the DuoLingo blog in December, 2023.
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Music can help people learn a second language, study suggests. – UBNow features our work on pitch imitation.
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In June 2022, Peter Pfordresher participated in a panel discussion with opera singer Rene Fleming on the topic of Music and the Mind.
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If you think you can’t sing, we have science behind it – Dr. Pfordresher joined Irish news broadcaster Fran Curry on the Tipp Today show to discuss the science behind why people are tone-deaf
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The surprising science behind tone deafness – Dr. Pfordresher joined Irish news broadcaster Pat Kenny to discuss the surprising science behind tone-deafness in a newstalk podcast.
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BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Can I learn to sing in tune? – Dr Pfordresher discusses why are some people are tone deaf – is it a problem in the ears, the throat or the brain? And is singing ability down to raw talent, or can you improve with practice?
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VOCAL MISTUNING AND THE ORIGIN OF MUSICAL SCALES – Science Daily reports on a paper by Peter Pfordresher and Steven Brown that considers a possible link between singing accuracy and spacing of notes in musical scales.
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ONLINE SINGING TEST GAUGES ACCURACY OF PITCH – Dr. Pfordrehser was interviewed by NPR station WBFO concerning the Seattle Singing Accuracy Protocol, from a collaboration with Steven Demorest.
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BAD SINGER – A popular science book by Tim Falconer discusses research on singing accuracy, including research from APAL.
THE BALLAD OF THE TIN EARS – Dr. Pfordrehser, along with several other researchers, were interviewed by Tim Falconer on the CBC radio show “Ideas: with Paul Kennedy”.
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HITTING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – UB Reporter interviews Dr. Pfordresher on his involvement designing the Seattle Singing Accuracy Protocol, a battery of tests aimed at evaluating one’s own singing accuracy.
DR. PETER PFORDRESHER AND SINGING ACCURACY – A look at how the Seattle Singing Accuracy Protocol could help music educators.
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ARTVOICE PODCAST – A podcast interview with Dr. Pfordresher and the lab on our research into poor pitch singing.
TONE DEAFNESS AND BAD SINGING MAY NOT GO HAND IN HAND – Are bad singers truly tone deaf? Scientific American summarizes recent work from our lab.
INVESTIGATING MUSIC AND THE MIND – Meet Dr. Pfordresher and learn about his interest in music psychology.
ZEIT ONLINE – Research on group singing was featured in the German magazine DIE ZEIT. You can read the English translation here.
THE TUNE WRECKERS – Science News features our work on poor pitch singing.