Okay so firstly I'd like to admit that a post I wrote oh so several weeks back was a wee bit agro. Don't worry it wasn't honestly meant to cause offense but I do wish to apologise once more. Whoops. Thanks though to my lecturer for actually being all cool bananas about it by giving me the heads up.
Anywho.
Update!!
First Assignment for Design Psychology came back this week. I believe I received a B- for my project. There were some very fair and helpful comments. Which I am now trying to apply towards Assignment two. I have to admit compared to last year I am doing oddly better. Guess it comes down to being more organised and on to it. Though admittedly I did start half way through the year and had no clue how things worked at the Te Aro campus so I'm just thankful I passed. As I promised the Dean of Students I'm upping my game. And it's paying off.
In contrast to Design Psych, my first assignment for Design as Inquiry came back as a B+ which I found out today during my tutorial. Not bad I think. Still I wish that we had gotten the results back before taking on the next assignment as those comments are important for me as a student to not make the same mistakes. But I'm sure it'll be all good. If not then I'll learn from those mistakes and do better.
AHHH
So
Back to Design Psych. My main interest.
Assignment two. Oh I am sorry about you. I honestly admit that I did start it a bit late. But I did explain why to my tutor and I think he was all good about it. But I've done some more work and have found a bunch of sources. So you know.. Take some baby steps. Be thorough and really make this one count.
I've decided to really look into the psychology of Colour. Not sure what angle to approach from but will discuss with my tutor tomorrow.
Now to address another issue.
Okay so as I have tried to make everyone at Uni (who's important and controls the fate of my education) aware of is that I am well in limbo at the moment. And by limbo I mean that I have had a massive ear infection/issue for the past 6 months and it has really caused havoc with my usual self. Pain without gain. Fun! After a recent visit with my Doctor she sort of concluded that if after a week or so I don't respond to my latest round of treatment I should seriously consider going to a specialist. Yeah it has come to that point. Why? I don't honestly know... I don't have a medical certificate on my wall. In fact all I have is a poster of Duke Nukem Forever. Well I lie. I do have some certificates and other stuff but that's not the point.
The point is that medically speaking I am a mystery according to my awesome Doctor. Which doesn't help with my uni work as we the pain medication I'm on I can't feasibly do any of the workshop lessons. Meaning that if I have to build stuff I can't. Which is a bit of a hinderance if in the group project they decide to build stuff.
Okay I'm done for the evening.. I need sleep. Tomorrow. My last class of the week. Then to blaze on with the assignment. BRING IT!
Showing posts with label Design Psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Design Psychology. Show all posts
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Take back?
After my little rage at this project I took a much needed break from reality and have come back to it stronger than ever.
I have this tune in mind. It keeps me so grounded. So tomorrow. I shall have two, maybe three pieces of sound to experiment with. The first is a nature based sound. Using what was in Garageband to create a mixture of waves and birds. It sounds quite peaceful. The second is a piano version of this tune that calmed me down. And the possible third is a heavily mixed version of that tune.
Why Three?
Simply put, it's for me to gauge what is overly peaceful to others. I am working on a fourth possible tune which will basically be a heart..beat.
So what's left to do?
Experiment tomorrow. Gotta get some people to text out my stuff.
Formulate this poster with the steps.
Tick everything off the list
Hand in on Sunday.
Boom.
Oh and then the presentation...
Whatever.
Sounds good?
I have this tune in mind. It keeps me so grounded. So tomorrow. I shall have two, maybe three pieces of sound to experiment with. The first is a nature based sound. Using what was in Garageband to create a mixture of waves and birds. It sounds quite peaceful. The second is a piano version of this tune that calmed me down. And the possible third is a heavily mixed version of that tune.
Why Three?
Simply put, it's for me to gauge what is overly peaceful to others. I am working on a fourth possible tune which will basically be a heart..beat.
So what's left to do?
Experiment tomorrow. Gotta get some people to text out my stuff.
Formulate this poster with the steps.
Tick everything off the list
Hand in on Sunday.
Boom.
Oh and then the presentation...
Whatever.
Sounds good?
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Stuff
Video video video
Ohh yeah half hour early... Man this room is dark.
Okay so apparently I have to video my testing? Wow that kinda derailed my plans. But whatever. Will make plans to test my stuff out on thursday... All I have to do is really get the subjects to listen to what I've created. Simple enough right? Awesome!
Okay so apparently I have to video my testing? Wow that kinda derailed my plans. But whatever. Will make plans to test my stuff out on thursday... All I have to do is really get the subjects to listen to what I've created. Simple enough right? Awesome!
Sound Cloud test
The above widget is to a track that I created this morning. I'm trying to at present create a control track to ascertain the line between peaceful and relaxing sounds v stressful and almost annoying.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Blurring the line between Music and You.
Okay so as you should know by now, my design psychology assignment is all about taking you out of where you are and placing you into a new calmer environment via a photography and some snazzy music. Now you might ask, what sort of music? And the answer would be that it's nothing like Will.i.am's latest single Scream & Shout. Rather it's a carefully timed beat or pulse that should theoretically be able to help ease your tension and relax you. Slowing down that breath and placing you into a nice calm state. Sounds ambitious right?
My tutor today suggested that perhaps natural sounds isn't enough. His statement echoed something similar that I had been thinking about over the past couple days. In order to be successful I need to give myself some more control. By creating the sound and doing some nice sound mixing I can place myself in the position of being in complete control.
As for the context.. I'm still thinking along the lines of a study hardened student who needs a break. But I'm sure it'll change as the project goes along.
My tutor today suggested that perhaps natural sounds isn't enough. His statement echoed something similar that I had been thinking about over the past couple days. In order to be successful I need to give myself some more control. By creating the sound and doing some nice sound mixing I can place myself in the position of being in complete control.
As for the context.. I'm still thinking along the lines of a study hardened student who needs a break. But I'm sure it'll change as the project goes along.
Design Psychology - Heart Beat: Music May Help Keep Your Cardiovascular System in Tune
Music may calm the savage beast or, at least, make the workday seem shorter. A new study now adds cardiovascular health to the list of music's potential benefits, suggesting it can directly trigger physiological changes that modulate blood pressure, heart rate and respiration.
"Music induces a continuous, dynamic—and to some extent predictable—change in the cardiovascular system," said Luciano Bernardi, a professor of medicine at the University of Pavia in Italy and lead author on the paper published in the journalCirculation, in a statement. Understanding the mechanisms of how swelling crescendos and deflating decrescendos affect our physiology, he suggests, could lead to potential new therapies for stroke and other conditions.
Bernardi and his colleagues had previously found that changes in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems mirrored musical tempo. To extend this knowledge to the body's response to changing rhythms, they enlisted 24 volunteers—half experienced singers, the remainder with no musical training.
While participants listened to five random selections of Beethoven, Bach, Puccini and other classical artists as well as a two-minute segment of silence, monitors recorded physiological signals. The researchers found that selections with crescendos, especially those with a series of them (think: Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody), led to proportional constriction of blood vessels and increases in blood pressure, heart rate and respiration. These measures decreased during decrescendos and silent periods. The team also found that "rich" music phrases around 10 seconds long, like those rhythms from famous arias by Verdi, caused heart rate and other parts of the cardiovascular system to synchronize with the music. Both groups experienced this entrainment, although the musicians showed a stronger response.
These results, Bernardi says, indicate that music's effects go beyond a patient's head. "It is not only the emotion that creates the cardiovascular changes," he notes, "but this study suggests that also the opposite might be possible." He believes the boosts in mood—including those pleasurable "chills"—triggered by music might also be a side effect of a physiological reaction.
Connie Tomaino, the executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurological Function in New York City, has seen evidence of this mechanism in her own clinical practice. "The study hints at the possibility that some of these entrainment mechanisms act at the subconscious level," Tomaino says. "There's enough clinical evidence out there that shows this is true." She notes that even people in semivegetative states show respiratory changes when music is played.
Bernardi's study is limited by a small sample size and uniformity between participants—all were healthy Caucasians between the ages of 24 and 26. The authors suggest further research is needed to confirm and generalize their findings to the wider population and to other types of music.
Meanwhile, Tomaino finds Bernardi's study "really nicely supports previous inferences" into the science of music. (She is a consultant for a new documentaryairing tonight on PBS called "The Music Instinct: Science and Song," featuring an array of musicians including jazz, pop and rap and how they affect human mind and body.) She points to a paper published earlier this year that found a developing fetus is already equipped with the ability to distinguish changes in sound patterns, presumably in order to interpret and learn from the world around them. "We're prewired to be receptive to rhythm," Tomaino says. So, scaramouch, do the fandango.
"Music induces a continuous, dynamic—and to some extent predictable—change in the cardiovascular system," said Luciano Bernardi, a professor of medicine at the University of Pavia in Italy and lead author on the paper published in the journalCirculation, in a statement. Understanding the mechanisms of how swelling crescendos and deflating decrescendos affect our physiology, he suggests, could lead to potential new therapies for stroke and other conditions.
Bernardi and his colleagues had previously found that changes in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems mirrored musical tempo. To extend this knowledge to the body's response to changing rhythms, they enlisted 24 volunteers—half experienced singers, the remainder with no musical training.
While participants listened to five random selections of Beethoven, Bach, Puccini and other classical artists as well as a two-minute segment of silence, monitors recorded physiological signals. The researchers found that selections with crescendos, especially those with a series of them (think: Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody), led to proportional constriction of blood vessels and increases in blood pressure, heart rate and respiration. These measures decreased during decrescendos and silent periods. The team also found that "rich" music phrases around 10 seconds long, like those rhythms from famous arias by Verdi, caused heart rate and other parts of the cardiovascular system to synchronize with the music. Both groups experienced this entrainment, although the musicians showed a stronger response.
These results, Bernardi says, indicate that music's effects go beyond a patient's head. "It is not only the emotion that creates the cardiovascular changes," he notes, "but this study suggests that also the opposite might be possible." He believes the boosts in mood—including those pleasurable "chills"—triggered by music might also be a side effect of a physiological reaction.
Connie Tomaino, the executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurological Function in New York City, has seen evidence of this mechanism in her own clinical practice. "The study hints at the possibility that some of these entrainment mechanisms act at the subconscious level," Tomaino says. "There's enough clinical evidence out there that shows this is true." She notes that even people in semivegetative states show respiratory changes when music is played.
Bernardi's study is limited by a small sample size and uniformity between participants—all were healthy Caucasians between the ages of 24 and 26. The authors suggest further research is needed to confirm and generalize their findings to the wider population and to other types of music.
Meanwhile, Tomaino finds Bernardi's study "really nicely supports previous inferences" into the science of music. (She is a consultant for a new documentaryairing tonight on PBS called "The Music Instinct: Science and Song," featuring an array of musicians including jazz, pop and rap and how they affect human mind and body.) She points to a paper published earlier this year that found a developing fetus is already equipped with the ability to distinguish changes in sound patterns, presumably in order to interpret and learn from the world around them. "We're prewired to be receptive to rhythm," Tomaino says. So, scaramouch, do the fandango.
Sourced (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=music-therapy-heart-cardiovascular)
Monday, 11 March 2013
Project - Relax
For my project my initial plan is to create an audiovisual consisting of a picture (or series of pictures) and some natural sound that is possibly going to be recorded using my D5200. The reason I've chosen to do this is because in the recent week I was in Kaitoke and one of the things that calmed me down immensely was being surrounded by nature. I'm hoping to replicate this in the first assignment.
I'm still deciding whether to use photographs or video. But will try for both. I'll upload what I've done tomorrow night or Wednesday. Presenting both the static and motion videos on youtube.com
The previous post was an example of the sound of waves that I found on youtube.
As for now that's all I'm doing tonight.
I'm still deciding whether to use photographs or video. But will try for both. I'll upload what I've done tomorrow night or Wednesday. Presenting both the static and motion videos on youtube.com
The previous post was an example of the sound of waves that I found on youtube.
As for now that's all I'm doing tonight.
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