title: The sound of actions: a new tool to study music perception in young children.
abstract: In this work we describe a new sensing technique to study auditory preferences in young children based on the interaction between perception and action. Manipulation is assessed thanks to a novel device instrumented with a magneto-inertial sensing core. This system allows estimating the manipulation in terms of angular displacements with errors lower than Io. The laboratory validation is presented and discussed in details. Moreover, a pilot trial on two children aged 34 and 35 months is reported to evaluate the appropriateness of the technology to the experimental aims. Preliminary results foster the application of this method to investigate music preferences in young listeners.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Perna
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Formica
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Focaroli
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taffoni
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D010898:Pitch Perception; D013018:Sound Spectrography