Sonification Embodied Associations

Investigating Auditory Sonification (Melodic and Single Tones) and Visual Real-time Feedback as a Tool for Embodied Associations, and Its Effects on Learning and Balance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

The objective of this study to investigate, if learning and recall of a sequence of body movements (steps that realize a pattern on the ground) can be improved by self-produced music (having particular melodic-structures in relation to the pattern), compared to the same sound (a single tone) for each pattern in persons with multiple sclerosis compared to age and gender matched controls

Inclusion Criteria:

• Time up and Go (TUG) test: 8 sec -- > 21 sec

Exclusion Criteria:

• cognitive impairment hindering the understanding and execution of the experimental procedures,
• pregnancy,
• hearing impairment,
• amusia
• beat deafness,
• colour blindness.