You will be taking part in an experiment as part of the "Unravelling our capacity for music" project conducted by Jiaxin Li in collaboration with David John Baker, John Ashley Burgoyne, and Henkjan Honing from the Music Cognition Group (MCG) at the Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam.
As music cognition researchers, we are interested in the core cognitive components of musicality. The purpose of this project is to better understand what people are listening to when they are listening to music. Specifically, we want to know to what extent pitch plays a role in people’s ability to remember familiar music. To do this, we have designed a music game that will allow us to answer questions about musical memory.
Anybody aged 16 or older with sufficient good hearing, natural or corrected, is welcome to participate. Your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) must be able to play audio and stream short audio files online. You should adjust the volume of your device so that it is comfortable for you.
After answering some questions about your background, you will be presented with the game. You will see a set of cards on the screen. On each turn, you can click two cards to listen to the music. Your task is to find all the matching music pairs. Each board either has pairs of identical music or pairs where one of the cards is distorted. If you find a match, you will be awarded points and that pair of cards will be removed from the game. Try to earn more points by clearing the board in fewer turns. Each game will take a few minutes. You are welcome to play the game as many times as you like.
Participating in this research is entirely voluntary. This means you are free to stop taking part in the experiment at any stage without consequences or penalty. Any data collected from this experiment will be stored in a way that it is not possible to personally identify unique individuals. We do not anticipate you will experience any risks or discomfort from participating in our experiment.
The information gathered during this study will only be used for academic research. This includes but is not limited to the publication of findings in academic journals and sharing of results at conferences. We may publish data collected during this study for other researchers in an anonymized format. Any personal information will not be shared with third parties without first obtaining explicit consent.
For further information, please contact Jiaxin Li (jx.li@uva.nl), Lab42, Science Park 900, 1098 XH Amsterdam. If you have any complaints regarding this project, you can contact the Secretary of the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam (commissie-ethiek-fgw@uva.nl).
I have been clearly informed about the research project and I voluntarily consent to participate in this research. I retain the right to revoke this consent without having to provide any reasons for my decision. I am aware that I am entitled to discontinue at any time.