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Research Students and Postdocs

University of California, Davis.

Research Associate/Research Assistant Professor in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth, 2000-2004.

 

Joint publications:

 

Janata, P., Birk, J., Van Horn, J.D., Leman, M., Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. (2003). The cortical topography of tonal structures underlying Western music. Science, 298, 2167-2170.

 

Tillmann, B., Janata, P. & Bharucha, J. (2003). Activation of the inferior frontal

cortex in musical priming. Cognitive Brain Research, 16, 145-161.

 

Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. (2003). Online detection of tonal pop-out in modulating contexts. Music Perception, 20, 283-306.

 

Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J. & Bharucha, J. (2003). The costs and benefits of tonal centers for chord processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29: 470-482.

 

Janata, P., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J. (2002). Listening to polyphonic music recruits domain-general attention and working memory circuits. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2, 121-140.

Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon.

Pre-doc and postdoc in Bharucha Lab at Dartmouth, 1998-2002.

 

Joint publications:

 

Janata, P., Birk, J., Van Horn, J.D., Leman, M., Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. (2003). The cortical topography of tonal structures underlying Western music. Science, 298, 2167-2170.

 

Tillmann, B., Bharucha, J. & Bigand, E. (2003). Learning and perceiving musical structures: further insights from artificial neural networks. In R. Zatorre & I. Peretz (Eds.), The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music. Oxford University Press.

 

Tillmann, B., Janata, P. & Bharucha, J. (2003). Activation of the inferior frontal

cortex in musical priming. Cognitive Brain Research, 16, 145-161.

 

Janata, P., Birk, J.L., Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. (2003). Online detection of tonal pop-out in modulating contexts. Music Perception, 20, 283-306.

 

Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J. & Bharucha, J. (2003). The costs and benefits of tonal centers for chord processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29: 470-482.

 

Janata, P., Tillmann, B., & Bharucha, J. (2002). Listening to polyphonic music recruits domain-general attention and working memory circuits. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2, 121-140.

 

Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. (2002). Effect of harmonic relatedness on detection of temporal asynchronies. Perception & Psychophysics, 64, 640-649.

 

Tillmann, B., Bharucha, J., &  Bigand, E. (2001). Implicit learning of regularities in Western tonal music by self-organization. In R.M. French & J.P. Sougne (Eds.), Connectionist Models of Learning, Development and Evolution. Heidelberg: Springer.

 

Tillmann, B., Bharucha, J. & Bigand, E. (2000). Implicit learning of tonality: A self-organizing approach. Psychological Review, 107, 885–913.

 

Tillmann, B. & Bharucha, J. (1999). Perceiving and learning harmonic structure: Some news from MUSACT. International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems, 4, 289-300.

Purchase College.

Ph.D. '07 from Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

Postdoc in Bharucha lab at Tufts, 2007-2011.

 

Joint publications:

 

Bharucha, J, Curtis, M.E. & Paroo, K. (2011). Musical communication as alignment of brain states. In P. Rebuschat, M. Rohrmeier, J.A. Hawkins & I. Cross (Eds.), Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Bharucha, J., Curtis, M.E. & Paroo, K. (2011). Alignment of brain states: Response to commentaries. In P.M. Rebuschat, M. Rohrmeier, P.A. Hawkins & I. Cross (Eds.), Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Curtis, M.E. & Bharucha, J. (2010). The minor third communicates sadness in speech, mirroring its use in music. Emotion, 10, 335-348.

 

Curtis, M.E. & Bharucha, J. (2009). Memory and musical expectation for tones in cultural context. Music Perception, 26, 365-375.

 

Bharucha, J., Curtis, M.E. & Paroo, K. (2006). Varieties of musical experience. Cognition, 100, 131-172.

Indiana University.

Worked with Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

 

Joint publication:

 

Bharucha, J., & Todd, P. (1991). Modeling the perception of tonal structure with neural nets. Computer Music Journal, 13, 44-53. [Reprinted in P. Todd & G. Loy (Eds.), I (pp 128-137). Cambridge: MIT Press.]

Clinical psychogist.

Ph.D. '02 from Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

Haskins Laboratory, Yale University.

Ph.D. '94 from Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

 

Joint Publication:

 

Curtis, M.E. & Bharucha, J. (2009). Memory and musical expectation for tones in cultural context. Music Perception, 26, 365-375.

 

Bharucha, J. & Curtis, M.E. (2008). Affective spectra, synchronization and motion: Aspects of the emotional response to music. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 579.

 

Bharucha, J. & Mencl, W.E. (1996). Two issues in auditory cognition: Self-organization of categories and pitch-invariant pattern recognition. Psychological Science, 7, 142-149.

Yasar University, Turkey.

Ph.D. '92 from Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

 

Joint publications:

 

Tekman, H.G. & Bharucha, J. (1998). Implicit knowledge versus psychoacoustic similarity in priming of chords. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 24, 252-260.

 

Tekman, H.G. & Bharucha, J. (1992). Time course of chord priming. Perception & Psychophysics, 51, 33-39.

Rowan University.

Ph.D. '89 from Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

 

Joint publications:

 

Bharucha, J. & Stoeckig, K. (1987). Priming of chords: Spreading activation or overlapping frequency spectra? Perception & Psychophysics, 41, 519-524.

 

Bharucha, J., & Stoeckig, K. (1986). Reaction time and musical expectancy: Priming of chords. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 12, 403-410.

Independent Research Professional.

Worked in Bharucha lab as graduate student at Dartmouth.

 

Joint publication:

 

Hubbard, T.L., & Bharucha, J. (1988). Judged displacement in apparent vertical and horizontal motion. Perception & Psychophysics, 44, 211-221.

Pitzer College.

Master's thesis in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

 

Joint publications:

 

Justus, T.C. & Bharucha, J. (2002). Music perception and cognition. In H. Pashler & S. Yantis (Eds.), Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology (3rd Ed). New York: Wiley.

 

Justus, T.C. & Bharucha, J. (2001). Modularity in musical processing: The automaticity of harmonic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 1000-1011.

Brown University.

Research assistant in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth and Tufts, 2002-2007.

 

Joint publications:

 

Bharucha, J., Curtis, M.E. & Paroo, K. (2006). Varieties of musical experience. Cognition, 100, 131-172.

 

Bharucha, J, Curtis, M.E. & Paroo, K. (2011). Musical communication as alignment of brain states. In P. Rebuschat, M. Rohrmeier, J.A. Hawkins & I. Cross (Eds.), Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Bharucha, J., Curtis, M.E. & Paroo, K. (2011). Alignment of brain states: Response to commentaries. In P.M. Rebuschat, M. Rohrmeier, P.A. Hawkins & I. Cross (Eds.), Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Tufts University.

Undergraduate research student in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth, 2001-2002.

 

Joint publication:

 

Tillmann, B., Janata, P., Birk, J. & Bharucha, J. (2008). Tonal centers and expectancy: Facilitation or inhibition of chords at the top of the harmonic hierarchy? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 1031-1043.

Lauren Fontein

InviteUp.

Undergraduate research student in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth, 2002.

University of Pennsylvania.

Undergraduate thesis in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '99.

Google.

Undergraduate thesis in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '99.

Subhobrata Mitra

Notthingham Trent University.

Undergraduate research student in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '93.

 

Joint conference presentations:

 

Bharucha, J.J., McNellis, M. & Mitra, S. (1992, December). Neural Net Modeling of the Perceptual Learning of Raga Structure . Paper presented at the International Workshop on Recent Trends in Speech, Music and Allied Signal Processing, Varanasi, India.

 

Tekman, H.G. Bharucha, J.J. & Mitra, S. (1992, February). Chord Priming Effects in Intonation Judgments with Different Levels of Mistuning. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition, Los Angeles.

Mark McNellis

Undergraduate research student in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '93.

 

Joint conference presentation:

 

Bharucha, J.J., McNellis, M. & Mitra, S. (1992, December). Neural Net Modeling of the Perceptual Learning of Raga Structure . Paper presented at the International Workshop on Recent Trends in Speech, Music and Allied Signal Processing, Varanasi, India.

 

Wellesley College.

Undergraduate thesis in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '90.

 

Joint conference presentation:

 

Bharucha, J.J., & Gleason, T. (1990, November). Speech accompanied by a tone with aligned or misaligned stress. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans.

Upstage Venture.

Undergraduate thesis in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '89.

Hampshire College.

Undergraduate at Dartmouth '89.

FactSet Research Systems.

Undergraduate research assistant in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '85.

 

Joint publications:

 

Bharucha, J. Olney, K.L. & Schnurr, P.P. (1985). Detection of coherence-disrupting and coherence-conferring alterations in text. Memory & Cognition, 13, 573-578.

 

Bharucha, J. & Olney, K.L. (1989). Tonal cognition and artificial intelligence: Priming studies and connectionist modeling. Contemporary Music Review, 4, 341-356.  [Reprinted in McAdams, S. & Deliege, I. (Eds.), Music and the Cognitive Sciences. New York: Harwood. [Translated and published in French as La Musique et les Sciences Cognitives, Brussels: Pierre Mardaga Editions].

Pryor Education Insights LLC.

Undergraduate research student in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth '84.

 

Joint publication:

 

Bharucha, J. & Pryor, J. (1986). Disrupting the isochrony underlying rhythm: An asymmetry in discrimination. Perception & Psychophysics, 40, 137-141.

Vadim Sarma

Undergraduate thesis in Bharucha lab at Dartmouth.

Ian Davis

Undergraduate thesis at Dartmouth.

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