Helena Rodrigues

• Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

The relationship between music and body movement has been investigated from different perspectives. In the emerging field of crossmodal correspondences (SPENCE - PARISE 2012), known for elucidating the different mechanisms of interaction and combination between sensory modalities, this topic has recently gained prominence. However, some aspects of...

Motherese has been studied particularly in its prosodic features. The scientific literature has underlined the importance of this type of communication on the infants’ vocal responsiveness. However, we still know little about the role of motherese on preterm infants’ vocal responsiveness. We intend to know the prosodic and communicative characteris...

Tonal or melodic contours of maternal voice directed to infants play a role in infants’ self-regulation and vocal responsiveness. However, we are unaware about melodic contours of maternal humming directed to preterm infants and its role for infants’ vocal responsiveness. We aimed (1) to identify the melodic contours (sinusoidal, bell-shaped, U-sha...

The literature reports the benefits of multimodal interaction with the maternal voice for preterm dyads in kangaroo care. Little is known about multimodal interaction and vocal modulation between preterm mother–twin dyads. This study aims to deepen the knowledge about multimodal interaction (maternal touch, mother’s and infants’ vocalizations and i...

This article analyses and reflects upon a community music project that occurred in 2016 in Portugal. It involved a community of people with disabilities and a group of artists from different fields. The project’s promotors aimed to create a space in which differences were abated, social well-being was nourished and individual desires were fostered....

Music theater performances (MTPs) in the early years provide stimulating environments for babies and their caregivers and have spawned intriguing questions about babies’ ability to be engaged in different modalities of art. The aim of this study was to assess babies’ engagement in an MTP designed for children aged 0–3. A video microanalysis of reco...

The Kiki-Bouba Effect refers to one of the first tests involving the correspondence between perceptual senses developed in the context of Gestalt psychology. The link between the words kiki and bouba and two images in different forms has provided evidence of a connection between linguist/sonorous and visual stimuli, demonstrating the human capacity...

REVISTA DE EDUCAÇÃO MUSICAL (2009 - APEM) RESUMO_______No âmbito da sua filosofia de base, caracterizada por uma forte intervenção educativa associada à criação artística, a Companhia de Música Teatral concebeu o projecto artístico-formativo "Grande Bichofonia". Este projecto centrou-se na identificação de dois pontos críticos relativos à lecciona...

The use of metaphorical language is a common strategy in music teaching. Nevertheless, there is a lack of scientific knowledge about this subject. Inspired by earlier studies on cognitive feedback, emotion, and performance, an experiment was designed in order to test the metaphorical impact in the improvement of musical emotional communication. Two...