Tomas Edward Matthews

The paper investigates affective responses to rhythmic and harmonic complexity in Chinese and Danish listeners, finding universal patterns in rhythmic sensitivity and cultural differences in harmonic responses.

This study identifies two modes of attention—rhythmic and continuous—through behavioral experiments and a coupled oscillators model, showing rhythmic mode operates at ~1.5 Hz in long auditory streams.

This study examines how dopamine dysregulation in Parkinson's disease affects the pleasurable urge to move to musical rhythms, finding a flattened response in patients compared to controls.

This study investigates how rhythmic and harmonic complexity influence the sensation of groove, finding that rhythm has an inverted U-shaped effect while harmony modulates rhythm's impact on pleasure and movement desire.