Publications

@article{Morgan2015,
title = {Using affective and behavioural sensors to explore aspects of collaborative music making},
author = { Evan Morgan and Hatice Gunes and Nick Bryan-Kinns},
url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1071581915000853},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.05.002},
issn = {10715819},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-01},
journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies},
volume = {82},
pages = {31--47},
publisher = {Elsevier},
abstract = {textcopyright 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Our research considers the role that new technologies could play in supporting emotional and non-verbal interactions between musicians during co-present music making. To gain a better understanding of the underlying affective and communicative processes that occur during such interactions, we carried out an exploratory study where we collected self-report and continuous behavioural and physiological measures from pairs of improvising drummers. Our analyses revealed interesting relationships between creative decisions and changes in heart rate. Self-reported measures of creativity, engagement, and energy were correlated with body motion; whilst EEG beta-band activity was correlated with self-reported positivity and leadership. Regarding co-visibility, lack of visual contact between musicians had a negative influence on self reported creativity. The number of glances between musicians was positively correlated with rhythmic synchrony, and the average length of glances was correlated with self-reported boredom. Our results indicate that ECG, motion, and glance measurements could be particularly suitable for the investigation of collaborative music making.},
keywords = {Affect, Collaboration, Creativity, Improvisation, Music, Psychophysiology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@inproceedings{Morgan2014,
title = {Instrumenting the Interaction : Affective and Psychophysiological Features of Live Collaborative Musical Improvisation},
author = { Evan Morgan and Hatice Gunes and Nick Bryan-Kinns},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-01-01},
booktitle = {14th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME14)},
address = {London},
keywords = {Affect, Creativity, Improvisation, Music, Psychophysiology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}

@inproceedings{Morgan2013c,
title = {Measuring affect for the study and enhancement of co-present creative collaboration},
author = { Evan Morgan and Hatice Gunes and Nick Bryan-Kinns},
doi = {10.1109/ACII.2013.115},
isbn = {9780769550480},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings - 2013 Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013},
pages = {659--664},
abstract = {Affective computing research has tended to focus on the recognition of emotional states in individuals, with the intention of enhancing human-computer interaction. In this paper we advocate the need for a shift of attention towards emotional communication between people. To contextualise our views we discuss the ways in which rapid technological advances have impacted society and human psychology over the last decade. By outlining our doctoral research topic, we then highlight how affective computing based research could help us understand and enhance co-present human-human interactions. We are especially interested in studying situations where the interaction is directed towards collaborative creativity, as there is little existing work in this area and we see great potential for real-world applications to stem from our research. textcopyright 2013 IEEE.},
keywords = {Affect, Collaboration, Creativity, Emotion, Music, Physiology, Social signals},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}