A 1 minute QuickTime movie showing an animation of the melody moving around on the surface of the torus. ~6 MB
A 1 minute excerpt from the melody in mp3 format. 578 KB
The complete original stimulus melody in mp3 format. 9.3 MB
The paper itself from the December 13, 2002 issue of Science magazine.
- Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Van Horn, J.D., Leman, M., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J.J. (2002). The cortical topography of tonal structures underlying Western music. Science. 298:2167-2170.
- The supporting online materials which contain all of the details about the methods.
- An accompanying Perspectives article.
Zatorre, R. & Krumhansl, C.L. (2002) Mental models and musical minds. - A detailed description of the stimulus and validation of the tonality pop-out task.
Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J.J. (in press). Online detection of tonal pop-out in modulating contexts. Music Perception.
News
- NPR Weekend Edition (audio)
- Dartmouth press release
- Los Angeles Times (front page!)
- Sun-Sentinel. Reprint of LA Times article.
- ABC News article
- Scientific American article
- Associated Press (available on multiple sites; this link is to CNN.com.)
- Hartford Courant
- National Post
- TELEPOLIS. In German.
- Sydney Morning Herald article
- The Guardian article
- Canadian Television article (with a video report)
- BBC News article
- The Daily Telegraph
- Austrian Broadcasting. In German.
- Sympatico.ca. In French.
- EurekAlert article