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fMRI-Compatible Cello

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John Sullivan

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Project Description

This project focuses on developing an MR-compatible cello interface that can be used inside MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanners. The optically-sensed electro-acoustic cello allows neuroscientists studying motor learning of musical tasks to perform functional scans of a subject’s brain while synchronizing the scanner, auditory and visual stimuli, and auditory feedback with the cellist’s instrumental gestures, such as fingering, bow speed, and bow pressure.

MR-compatible cello

A 5-minute video describing this research and its applications is available on Youtube.


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External Participants:

  • Christopher Steele
  • Melanie Segado
  • Virginia Penhune (Concordia University)
  • Robert Zatorre (Montreal Neurological Institute)

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