César Lima collaborated with The Guardian on a Brain Waves film on music and emotion – this included scanning Billy Bragg’s brain. The film can be seen here and a brief explanation of the experiment here.
The Guardian
NewspaperWe use behavioral methods in our work, often combined with neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI) and peripheral physiological measures (e.g., electromyography).
Our studies seek to understand music perception and cognition, voice perception, and how people process vocal emotional expressions. We study typical participants of all ages and people with clinical conditions.
Vincenzi, M.*, Correia, A. I.*, Vanzella, P., Pinheiro, A. P., Lima, C. F.*, & Schellenberg, E. G.* (2022). Associations between music training and cognitive abilities: The special case of professional musicians. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000481
Neves, L., Correia, A. I., Castro, S. L., Martins, D., & Lima, C. F. (2022). Does music training enhance auditory and linguistic processing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral and brain evidence. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 140, Article 104777
Moreira, H. S., Costa, A. S., Machado, A., Castro, S. L., Vicente, S., & Lima, C. F. (2022). Impaired recognition of facial and vocal emotions in mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28, 48-61.
Sophie Scott and César Lima scanned the opera singer Lesley Garrett (using real-time MRI) for the BBC Four programme Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics. Clips can be seen here and here.
BBC
BroadcasterCésar Lima was asked by Público to comment on the recent work on vocalizations by Cowen et al. (2018, American Psychologist).
Público
NewspaperCésar Lima was interviewed by the New Scientist about our work on emotional vocalizations for the feature Self-mastery Can Be Yours With Three Pillars of Emotional Wisdom.
New Scientist
MagazineOur review paper on auditory perception (Jasmin, Lima, & Scott, 2019) made the cover of Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Nature Reviews
Neuroscience