What Sound Is This Gesture?
3,150 views · Published 29 January 2016 · 2:08 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: Inside Science · 2016 · Science & Technology
Trying to describe a sound using only words is difficult. The researchers at the Institut De Recherche Et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris, France, a place that studies the science of music, discovered that people have a much easier time demonstrating a sound using their voices and gesturing. At the recent Acoustical Society of America meeting held in Jacksonville, Florida, the researchers presented their findings about: What do people use gestures for when they are imitating sounds and what information do these gestures convey?
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