Research themes are linked below with recent publications.
Computational models of performance
How do different analytical models capture human performance? Palmer, 2015; Demos et al, 2019; Palmer & Demos, 2022; Bégel et al, 2022; Demos & Palmer, 2023; Plitchenko et al., 2024.
Deficits in coordination
How do beat-deaf individuals coordinate movement with sound? Phillips-Silver et al, 2011; Palmer et al 2014; Mathias et al, 2016; Slater et al, 2022.
Emotional expression in performance
How do performers and speakers express emotion through movement? Livingstone et al, 2015; Quinto et al, 2014.
Group performance
How do people coordinate their behaviour with a partner? Goebl & Palmer, 2009; Loehr & Palmer, 2011; Palmer & Loehr, 2013; Zamm et al, 2015; Zamm et al, 2016; Schultz et al, 2016; Demos et al, 2017; Tranchant et al, 2022.
Memory retrieval in performance
How does memory retrieval and item selection occur during performance? Palmer & Pfordresher, 2003; Pfordresher et al, 2007; Palmer et al, 2012; Mathias et al, 2015; Van Hedger et al, 2015; Gingras et al, 2016.
Motion capture of action planning
How do performers and speakers prepare and execute actions? Palmer et al, 2009; Dalla Bella & Palmer, 2011; Goebl & Palmer, 2013; Livingstone & Palmer, 2016; Palmer et al, 2019.
Neural correlates of synchronization
How do fmri and electrophysiological measures reflect performers' sequencing behaviors? Palmer et al, 2009; Brown et al, 2013; Mathias et al, 2015; Mathias et al, 2016; Mathias et al, 2019; Scheurich et al, 2019; Mathias et al, 2020; Zamm et al, 2021.
Physiological correlates of performance
How do cardiac and respiratory measures support performance? Wright & Palmer, 2020; Wright & Palmer, 2021; Chew et al, 2021.
Prosody in music and speech
Which aspects of music performance constitute a prosody? Which are shared with speech prosody? Palmer & Hutchins, 2006; Lidji et al, 2011; Pivneva, 2012; Lagrois et al, 2019.
Research summaries
For reviews of music performance, see Palmer, 1997; Palmer, 2005; Palmer, 2013; Maes et al, 2014; Wright et al, 2022.
Temporal coordination in performance
What are the temporal mechanisms that allow people to plan and produce upcoming events? Palmer et al, 2009; Loehr et al, 2011; Loehr & Palmer, 2011; Maes et al, 2015; Scheurich et al, 2018; Scheurich et al, 2020.
