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​Vocalizing together both coordinates group effort and paces one’s own actions, which might be why work songs—which boost morale and make tiresome tasks feel easier—are effective.
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We describe an electrophysiological ‘neuromarker’ that reflects the overlap in brain representations of ‘self’ and ‘other’ when two people act together. Read article here 

Research interests

  • Social interaction through music
  • Musical ensemble coordination
  • Sensorimotor synchronization
  • Performance skills

Keywords: interpersonal coordination, music performance, rhythm and meter, temporal prediction,
​temporal error correction, mental imagery, action simulation, divided attention, neural entrainment, individual differences

Publications: journal articles, book chapters & editorials

In press

​Bishop, L., & Keller, P. E. (in press). Instrumental ensembles. In G. McPherson (Ed.). Oxford handbook of music performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hansen, N. C., & Keller, P. E. (in press). Oxytocin as an allostatic agent in the social bonding effects of music [commentary]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Lenc, T., Merchant, H., Keller, P. E., Honing, H., Varlet, M., & Nozaradan, S. (in press). Mapping between sound, brain and behavior: four-level framework for understanding rhythm processing in humans and non-human primates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Nijhuis, P., Keller, P. E., Nozaradan, S., & Varlet, M. (in press). Dynamic modulation of cortico-muscular coupling during real and imagined sensorimotor synchronisation. NeuroImage. [link]
Todd, N. P. M., Keller, P. E., Govender, S., & Colebatch, J. G. (in press). Effects of stimulus intensity and frequency on the force and timing of sensorimotor synchronisation. Timing & Time Perception. [link]
2021
Colley, I., Varlet, M., MacRitchie, J., & Keller, P. E. (2021). Does movement amplitude of a co-performer affect individual performance in musical synchronisation? Music & Science, 4,​ 1-14. [link]
Liebermann-Jordanidis, H., Novembre, G., Koch, I., & Keller, P. E. (2021). Simultaneous self-other integration and segregation support real-time interpersonal coordination in a musical joint action task. Acta Psychologica, 218, 103348. [link]
Miyata, K., Varlet, M., Miura, A., Kudo, K., & Keller, P. E. (2021). Vocal interaction during rhythmic joint action stabilizes interpersonal coordination and individual movement timing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150, 385-394. [link] [pdf]
Paas, A., Novembre, G., Lappe, C., & Keller, P. E. (2021). Not all errors are alike: Modulation of error-related neural responses in musical joint action. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16, 512–524. [link]
2020
Bouvet, C. J., Bardy, B. G., Keller, P. E., Bella, S. D., Nozaradan, S., & Varlet, M. (2020). Accent-induced modulation of neural and movement patterns during spontaneous synchronization to auditory rhythms. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32, 2260-2271. [link]
Bouvet, C. J., Varlet, M., Dalla Bella, S., Keller, P. E., & Bardy, B. G. (2020). Accent-induced stabilization of spontaneous auditory-motor synchronization. Psychological Research, 84, 2196–2209. [link]
Clayton, M., Jakubowski, K., Eerola, T., Keller, P. E., Camurri, A., Volpe, G., & Alborno, P. (2020). Interpersonal entrainment in music performance: Theory, method, and model. Music Perception, 38, 136–194. [link]
Colley, I., Varlet, M., MacRitchie, J., & Keller, P. E. (2020). The influence of a conductor and co-performer on auditory-motor synchronisation, temporal prediction, and ancillary entrainment in a musical drumming task. Human Movement Science, 72, 102653. [link]
Jakubowski, K., Eerola, T., Blackwood Ximenes, A., Ma, W. K., Clayton, M., & Keller, P. E. (2020). Multimodal perception of interpersonal synchrony: Evidence from global and continuous ratings of improvised musical duo performances. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 30, 159–177. [link] [pdf]
Lenc, T., Keller, P. E., Varlet, M., & Nozaradan, S. (2020). Neural and behavioral evidence for frequency-selective context effects in rhythm processing in humans. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1 (1), tgaa037. [link]
​Su, Y.-H., & Keller, P. E. (2020). Your move or mine? Music training and kinematic compatibility modulate synchronization with self- versus other-generated dance movement. Psychological Research, 84(1), 62-80. [link] [pdf]
Timmers, R., MacRitchie, G., Schabrun, S. M., Thapa, T., Varlet, M., & Keller, P. E. (2020). Neural multimodal integration underlying synchronization with a co-performer in music: influences of motor expertise and visual information. Neuroscience Letters, 721, 134803. [link] [pdf]
Trapp, S., Havlicek, O., Schirmer, A., & Keller, P. E. (2020). When the rhythm disappears and the mind keeps dancing: Sustained effects of attentional entrainment. Psychological Research , 84(1), 81-87.  [link] [pdf]
Varlet, M., Nozaradan, S., Nijhuis, P., & Keller, P. E. (2020). Neural tracking and integration of 'self' and 'other' in improvised interpersonal coordination. NeuroImage, 206, 116303. [link]
Varlet, M., Nozaradan, S., Trainor, L., & Keller, P. E. (2020). Dynamic modulation of beta band cortico-muscular coupling induced by audio-visual rhythms. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1 (1), tgaa043. [link]
​Varlet, M., Williams, R., & Keller, P. E. (2020). Effects of pitch and tempo of auditory rhythms on spontaneous movement entrainment and stabilisation. Psychological Research, 84, 568-584. [link]
2019
​Bouvet, C. J., Varlet, M., Dalla Bella, S., Keller, P. E., Zelic, G., & Bardy, B. G. (2019). Preferred frequency ratios for spontaneous auditory-motor synchronization: Dynamical stability and hysteresis. Acta Psychologica, 196, 33-41. [link]
Harry, B., & Keller, P. E. (2019). Tutorial and simulations with ADAM: an adaptation and anticipation model of sensorimotor synchronization. Biological Cybernetics, 113(4), 397-421. [link] [pdf]
Mills, P. F., Harry, B., Stevens, C. J., Knoblich, G., & Keller, P. E. (2019). Intentionality of a co-actor influences sensorimotor synchronisation with a virtual partner. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(6), 1478-1492. [pdf]
Novembre, G., Mitsopoulos, Z., & Keller, P. E. (2019). Empathic perspective taking promotes interpersonal coordination through music. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 12255. [link]
Wolf, T., Vesper, C., Sebanz, N., Keller, P. E., & Knoblich, G. (2019). Combining phase advancement and period correction explains rushing during joint rhythmic activities. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 9350. [link]
​Zelic, G., Nijhuis, P., Charaf, S. A., Keller, P. E., Davis, C., Kim, J., & Varlet, M. (2019). The influence of pacer-movement continuity and pattern matching on auditory-motor synchronisation. Experimental Brain Research, 237, 2705–2713. [link]
2018
Bianco, R., Novembre, G., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2018). Musical genre-dependent behavioural and EEG signatures of action planning. A comparison between classical and jazz pianists. NeuroImage, 169, 383-394. [link]
Colley, I., Keller, P. E., & Halpern, A. (2018). Working memory and auditory imagery predict sensorimotor synchronization with expressively timed music. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71, 1781–1796. [link] [pdf]
​Colley, I., Varlet, M., MacRitchie, J., & Keller, P. E. (2018). The influence of visual cues on temporal anticipation and movement synchronization with musical sequences. Acts Psychologica, 191,​ 190-200. [link] [pdf]
​Eerola, T., Jakubowski, K., Moran, N., Keller, P. E., & Clayton, M. (2018). Shared periodic performer movements coordinate interactions in duo improvisations. Royal Society Open Science, 5(2), 171520. [link]
Etani, T., Marui, A., Kawase, S., & Keller, P. E. (2018). Optimal tempo for groove: Its relation to directions of body movement and Japanese nori. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00462 [link]
Lappe, C., Lappe, M., & Keller, P. E. (2018). The influence of pitch feedback on learning of motor -timing and sequencing: A piano study with novices. PLoS ONE, 13(11), e0207462. [link]
Lenc, T., Keller, P. E., Varlet, M., & Nozaradan, S. (2018). Neural tracking of the musical beat is enhanced by low-frequency sounds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 8221-8226. [link]
MacRitchie, J., Herff, S., Procopio, A., & Keller, P. E. (2018). Negotiating between individual and joint goals in ensemble musical performance. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71, 1535-1551.​​ [link]
Miyata, K., Varlet, M., Miura, A., Kudo, K., & Keller, P. E. (2018). Interpersonal visual interaction induces local and global stabilisation of rhythmic coordination. Neuroscience Letters, 682, 132-136. [link]
​Novembre, G., & Keller, P. E. (2018). Music and action. In R. Bader (Ed.). Springer handbook of systematic musicology (pp. 523-537). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
​Nozaradan, S., Keller, P. E., Rossion, B., & Mouraux, A. (2018). EEG frequency-tagging and input–output comparison in rhythm perception. Brain Topography, 31, 153–160. [link] REVIEW
​Nozaradan, S., Schönwiesner, M., Keller, P. E., Lenc, T., & Lehmann, A. (2018). Neural bases of rhythmic entrainment in humans: Critical transformation between cortical and lower-level representations of auditory rhythm. European Journal of Neuroscience, 47, 321-332. [link] [pdf]
​Varlet, M., Williams, R., Bouvet, C., & Keller, P. E. (2018). Single (1:1) vs. double (1:2) metronomes for the spontaneous entrainment and stabilisation of human rhythmic movements. Experimental Brain Research, 236, ​3341–3350. [link]
2017
Dalla Bella, S., Benoit, C.-E., Farrugia, N., Keller, P. E., Obrig, H., Mainka, S. & Kotz, S.A. (2017). Gait improvement via rhythmic stimulation in Parkinson’s disease is linked to rhythmic skills. Scientific Reports, 7, 42005. [link]
Keller, P. E., König, R., & Novembre, N. (2017). Simultaneous cooperation and competition in the evolution of musical behavior: Sex-related modulations of the singer’s formant in human chorusing. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:1559. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01559  [link]
​MacRitchie, J., Varlet, M., & Keller, P. E. (2017). Embodied expression through entrainment and co-representation in musical ensemble performance. In M. Lesaffre, M., P.-J. Maes, & M. Leman. (Eds.). The Routledge companion to embodied music interaction (pp. 150-159). New York: Routledge. [link] [pdf] REVIEW
Miyata, K., Varlet, M., Miura, A., Kudo, K., & Keller, P. E. (2017). Modulation of individual auditory-motor coordination dynamics through interpersonal visual coupling. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16220. [link]
Novembre, G., Knoblich, G., Dunne, L., & Keller, P. E. (2017). Interpersonal synchrony enhanced through 20 Hz phase-coupled dual brain stimulation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 662-670. ​ [link]
Varlet, M., Novembre, G., & Keller, P. E. (2017). Dynamical entrainment of corticospinal excitability during rhythmic movement observation: a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation study. European Journal of Neuroscience, 45, 1465-1472.  [link]
Varlet, M., Wade, A., Novembre, G., & Keller, P. E. (2017). Investigation of the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on self-paced rhythmic movements. Neuroscience, 350, 75-84. ​[link] [pdf]
​Wöllner, C., & Keller, P.E. (2017). Music with others: Ensembles, conductors, and interpersonal coordination. In R. Timmers & R. Ashley (Eds.). Routledge companion to music cognition (pp. 313-324). New York: Rutledge. REVIEW
2016
Bianco, R., Novembre, G., Keller, P.E., Friederici, A.D., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2016). Syntax in action has priority over movement selection in piano playing. An ERP study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28, 41-54. [link] [pdf]
Bianco, R., Novembre, G., Keller, P.E., Kim, S.G., Scharf, F., Friederici, A.D., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2016). Neural networks for harmonic structure in music perception and action. NeuroImage, 142, 454–464. [link]
Hall, J.M., Martens, K.A., Walton, C.C., O’Callaghan, C., Keller, P.E., Lewis, S.J.G., & Moustafa, A.A. (2016).  Diffusion alterations associated with Parkinson’s disease symptomatology: a review of the literature. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 33, 12-26. [link] REVIEW
Hove, M.J., Stelzer, J., Nierhaus, T., Thiel, S., Gundlach, C., Margulies, D., Turner, R., Keller, P.E., & Merker, B. (2016). Brain network reconfiguration and perceptual decoupling during an absorptive state of consciousness. Cerebral Cortex, 26, 3116-3124. [link]
Keller, P.E., Novembre, G., & Loehr, J. (2016). Musical ensemble performance: Representing self, other, and joint action outcomes. In E.S. Cross & S.S. Obhi (Eds.), Shared representations: Sensorimotor foundations of social life (pp. 280-310). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pdf] REVIEW
Novembre, G., Sammler, D., & Keller, P.E. (2016). Neural alpha oscillations index the balance between self-other integration and segregation in real-time joint action. Neuropsychologia, 89, 414–425. ​[link]
Nozaradan, S., Peretz, I., & Keller, P.E. (2016). Individual differences in rhythmic cortical entrainment correlate with predictive behavior in sensorimotor synchronization. Scientific Reports, 6, 20612. [link]
Schwartze, M., Keller, P.E., & Kotz, S.A. (2016). Spontaneous, synchronized, and corrective timing behavior in cerebellar lesion patients. Behavioural Brain Research, 312, 285–293. ​[link]
2015
D’Ausilio, A., Novembre, G., Fadiga, L., & Keller, P.E. (2015). What can music tell us about social interaction? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, 111–114. [link] [pdf] REVIEW
Hadley, L., Novembre, G., Keller, P.E., & Pickering, M.J. (2015). Causal role of motor simulation in turn-taking behaviour. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 16516-16520. ​[link] [pdf]
Hove, M.J., & Keller, P.E. (2015). Impaired movement timing in neurological disorders: Rehabilitation and treatment strategies. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1337, 111-117. [pdf]
Jacoby, N., Tishby, N., Repp, B.H., Ahissar, M., & Keller, P.E. (2015). Parameter estimation of linear sensorimotor synchronization models: Phase correction, period correction and ensemble synchronization. Timing & Time Perception, 3, 52-87. [pdf]
Jacoby, N., Keller, P.E., Repp, B.H., Ahissar, M., & Tishby, N. (2015). Lower bound on the accuracy of parameter estimation methods for linear sensorimotor synchronization models. Timing & Time Perception, 3, 32-51. [pdf]
Mills, P.F., van der Steen, M.C., Schultz, B.G., & Keller, P.E. (2015). Individual differences in temporal anticipation and adaptation during sensorimotor synchronization. Timing & Time Perception, 3, 13-31. [pdf]
Moran, N., Hadley, L., Bader, M., & Keller, P.E.  (2015). Perception of ‘back-channeling’ nonverbal feedback in musical duo improvisation. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130070. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130070 [link]
Novembre, G., Varlet, M., Muawiyath, S., Stevens, C.J., & Keller, P.E. (2015). The E-Music Box: an empirical method for exploring the universal capacity for musical production and for social interaction through music. Royal Society Open Science, 2, 150286. [link]
van der Steen, M.C., Jacoby, N., Fairhurst, M.T., & Keller, P.E. (2015). Sensorimotor synchronization with tempo-changing auditory sequences: Modeling temporal adaptation and anticipation. Brain Research, 1626, 66-87. [pdf]
van der Steen, M.C., Schwartze, M., Kotz, S.A., & Keller, P.E. (2015). Modeling effects of cerebellar and basal ganglia lesions on adaptation and anticipation during sensorimotor synchronization. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1337, 101–110. [pdf]
2014
Engel, A., Hijmans, B.S., Cerliani, L., Bangert, M., Nanetti, L., Keller, P.E., & Keysers, C. (2014). Inter-individual differences in audio-motor learning of piano melodies and white matter fiber tract architecture. Human Brain Mapping, 35, 2483–2497. [pdf]
Fairhurst, M.T., Janata, P., & Keller, P.E. (2014). Leading the follower: an fMRI investigation of dynamic cooperativity and leader-follower strategies in synchronization with an adaptive virtual partner. NeuroImage, 84, 688–697. [pdf]
Hove, M.J., Balasubramaniam, R., & Keller, P.E. (2014). The time course of phase correction: A kinematic investigation of motor adjustment to timing perturbations during sensorimotor synchronization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 40, 2243-2251. [pdf]
Keller, P.E. (2014). Ensemble performance. In Thompson, W.F. (Ed.). Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia (pp. 396-399). New York: Sage Publications Inc. [pdf]
Keller, P.E. (2014). Ensemble performance: Interpersonal alignment of musical expression. In D. Fabian, R. Timmers, & E. Schubert (Eds.), Expressiveness in music performance: Empirical approaches across styles and cultures (pp. 260-282). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [pdf] REVIEW
Keller, P.E. (2014). Synchronization. In Thompson, W.F. (Ed.). Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia (pp. 1088-1091).  New York: Sage Publications Inc. [pdf]
Keller, P.E., Novembre, G., & Hove, M.J. (2014). Rhythm in joint action: Psychological and neurophysiological mechanisms for real-time interpersonal coordination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 369, 20130394. [link] [PDF] REVIEW
Novembre, G., & Keller, P.E. (2014). A conceptual review on action-perception coupling in the musicians’ brain: What is it good for? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:603. [link] REVIEW
Novembre, G., Ticini, L.F., Schütz-Bosbach, S., & Keller, P.E. (2014). Motor simulation and the coordination of joint actions in real time. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9,1062-1068. [pdf]
Ragert, M., Fairhurst, M.T., & Keller, P.E. (2014). Segregation and integration of auditory streams when listening to multi-part music. PLOS ONE  9(1): e84085. [link]
Sevdalis, V., & Keller, P.E. (2014). Know thy sound: Perceiving self and others in musical contexts. Acta Psychologica, 152, 67-74. [pdf] REVIEW
van der Steen, M.C., van Vugt, F.T., Keller, P.E., & Altenmüller, E. (2014). Basic timing abilities stay intact in patients with musician’s dystonia. PLOS ONE 9(3): e92906. [link]

2013

Fairhurst, M.T., Janata, P., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Being and feeling in sync with an adaptive virtual partner: Brain mechanisms underlying dynamic cooperativity. Cerebral Cortex, 23, 2592-2600. [pdf]
Hove, M.J., Fairhurst, M.T., Kotz, S.A., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Synchronizing with auditory and visual rhythms: An fMRI assessment of modality differences and modality appropriateness. NeuroImage, 67, 313-321. [pdf]
Keller, P.E. (2013). Musical ensemble performance: A theoretical framework and empirical findings on interpersonal coordination. In A. Williamon & W. Goebl (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science (pp. 271-285). Brussels, Belgium: European Association of Conservatoires (AEC). [pdf] REVIEW 
Nowicki, L., Prinz, W., Grosjean, M., Repp, B.H., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Mutual adaptive timing in interpersonal action coordination. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 23, 6-20. [pdf]
Pecenka, N., Engel, A., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Neural correlates of auditory temporal predictions during sensorimotor synchronization. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:380. [link]   
Ragert, M., Schroeder, T., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Knowing too little or too much: The effects of familiarity with a co-performer’s part on interpersonal coordination in musical ensembles. Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 4:368. [link]
Repp, B.H., London, J., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Systematic distortions in musicians' reproduction of cyclic three-interval rhythms. Music Perception, 30, 291-305. [pdf]   
Sammler, D., Novembre, G., Koelsch, S., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Syntax in a pianist's hand: ERP signatures of "embodied" syntax processing in music. Cortex, 49, 1325–1339. [pdf]
Schultz, B.G., Stevens, C.J., Keller, P.E., & Tillmann, B. (2013). A sequence identification measurement model to investigate the implicit learning of metrical temporal patterns. PLOS ONE 8(9): e75163. [link]
Schultz, B.G., Stevens, C.J., Keller, P.E., & Tillmann, B. (2013). The implicit learning of metrical and non-metrical temporal patterns. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66, 360-380. [pdf]    
Stevens, C.J., Keller, P.E., & Tyler, M.D. (2013). Tonal language background and detecting pitch contour in spoken and musical items. Psychology of Music, 41, 59-74. [link]
Stupacher, J., Hove, M.J., Novembre, G., Schütz-Bosbach, S., & Keller, P.E. (2013). Musical groove modulates motor cortex excitability: A TMS investigation. Brain and Cognition, 82, 127-136. [pdf]
Uhlig, M., Fairhurst, M.T., & Keller, P.E. (2013). The importance of integration and top-down salience when listening to complex multi-part musical stimuli. NeuroImage, 77, 52-61. [pdf]
Van der Steen, M.C. & Keller, P.E. (2013). The ADaptation and Anticipation Model (ADAM) of sensorimotor synchronization. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:253. [link]

2012

Engel, A., Bangert, M., Horbank, D., Hijmans, B.S., Wilkens, K., Keller, P.E., & Keysers, C. (2012). Learning piano melodies in visuo-motor or audio-motor training conditions and the neural correlates of their cross-modal transfer. NeuroImage, 63,  966–978. [pdf]
Ishihara, M., Rossetti, Y., Keller, P. E., & Prinz, W. (2012). Horizontal spatial representations of number and time: Continuous number and categorical time lines. In Y. Coello & A. Bartolo (Eds.), Language and action in cognitive neuroscience (pp. 243-269). Hove, UK: Psychology Press. REVIEW
Keller, P.E. (2012). Mental imagery in music performance: underlying mechanisms and potential benefits. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1252, 206–213. [pdf] REVIEW 
Keller, P.E. (2012). Rhythm and time in music epitomize the temporal dynamics of human communicative behavior: The broad implications of London’s Trinity. Empirical Musicology Review, 7, 17-27. [pdf]
Keller, P.E. (2012). What movement force reveals about cognitive processes in music performance. In A. Mornell (Ed.), Art in motion II (pp. 115-153). Frankfurt: Peter Lang. [part1] [part2] REVIEW
Novembre, G., Ticini, L.F., Schütz-Bosbach, S., & Keller, P.E. (2012). Distinguishing self and other in joint action. Evidence from a musical paradigm. Cerebral Cortex, 22, 2894-2903. [pdf]
Phillips-Silver, J., & Keller, P.E. (2012). Searching for roots of entrainment and joint action in early musical interactions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6:26. [link] REVIEW
Repp, B.H., Keller, P.E., & Jacoby, N. (2012). Quantifying phase correction in sensorimotor synchronization: Empirical comparison of three paradigms. Acta Psychologica, 139, 281-290. [pdf]
Repp, B.H., London, J., & Keller, P.E. (2012). Distortions in reproduction of two-interval rhythms: When the “attractor ratio” is not exactly 1:2. Music Perception, 30, 205-223. [pdf]
Sevdalis, V., & Keller, P.E. (2012). Perceiving bodies in motion: expression intensity, empathy, and experience. Experimental Brain Research, 222, 447-453. [pdf]
Wöllner, C., Deconinck, F.J.A., Parkinson, J., Hove, M.J., & Keller, P.E. (2012). The perception of prototypical motion: Synchronization is enhanced with quantitatively morphed gestures of musical conductors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 38, 1390-1403. [pdf]

2011

Engel, A., & Keller, P.E. (2011). The perception of musical spontaneity in improvised and imitated jazz performances. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:83. [link]
Hach, S., Ishihara, M., Keller, P.E., & Schütz-Bosbach, S. (2011). Hard and fast rules about the body: Contributions of the action stream to judging body space. Experimental Brain Research, 212, 563-574. [pdf]
Kaiser, R., & Keller, P.E. (2011). Music's impact on the visual perception of emotional dyadic interactions. Musicae Scientiae, 15, 270-287. [pdf]   
Keller, P.E., Ishihara, M., & Prinz, W. (2011). Effects of feedback from active and passive body parts on spatial and temporal parameters in sensorimotor synchronization. Cognitive Processing, 12, 127-133. [pdf]
Keller, P.E., & Schubert, E. (2011). Cognitive and affective judgements of syncopated musical themes. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 7, 142-156. [pdf]
Keller, P.E., Weber, A., & Engel, A. (2011). Practice makes too perfect: Fluctuations in loudness indicate spontaneity in musical improvisation. Music Perception, 29, 107–112. [pdf]
Novembre, G., & Keller, P.E. (2011). A grammar of action generates predictions in skilled musicians. Consciousness & Cognition, 20, 1232-1243. [pdf]
Pecenka, N., & Keller, P.E. (2011). The role of temporal prediction abilities in interpersonal sensorimotor synchronization. Experimental Brain Research, 211, 505-515. [pdf]
Pfordresher, P.Q., Keller, P.E., Koch, I., Palmer, C., & Yildirim, E. (2011). Activation of learned action sequences by auditory feedback. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 544-549. [pdf]
Repp, B.H., London, J., & Keller, P.E. (2011). Perception-production relationships and phase correction in synchronization with two-interval rhythms. Psychological Research, 75, 227-242. [pdf]
Schwartze, M., Keller, P.E., Patel, A.D. & Kotz, S.A. (2011). The impact of basal ganglia lesions on sensorimotor synchronization, spontaneous motor tempo, and the detection of tempo changes. Behavioural Brain Research. 216, 685-691. [pdf]
Sevdalis, V., & Keller, P.E. (2011). Captured by motion: Dance, action understanding, and social cognition. Brain & Cognition, 77, 231-236. [pdf] REVIEW
Sevdalis, V., & Keller, P.E. (2011). Perceiving performer identity and intended expression intensity in point-light displays of dance. Psychological Research, 75, 423-434. [pdf]
Tillmann, B., Stevens, K., & Keller, P.E. (2011). Learning of timing patterns and the development of temporal expectations. Psychological Research, 75, 243-258. [pdf]

2010 and before

Hove, M.J., & Keller, P.E. (2010). Spatiotemporal relations and movement trajectories in visuomotor synchronization. Music Perception, 28, 15-26. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., & Appel, M. (2010). Individual differences, auditory imagery, and the coordination of body movements and sounds in musical ensembles. Music Perception, 28, 27-46. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., Dalla Bella, S., & Koch, I. (2010). Auditory imagery shapes movement timing and kinematics: Evidence from a musical task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 36, 508-513. [pdf]

Repp, B.H., & Keller, P.E. (2010). Self versus other in piano performance: Detectability of timing perturbations depends on personal playing style. Experimental Brain Research, 202, 101-110. [pdf]

Sevdalis, V., & Keller, P.E. (2010). Cues for self-recognition in point-light displays of actions performed in synchrony with music. Consciousness & Cognition, 19, 617-626. [pdf]

Toiviainen, P., & Keller, P.E. (2010). Special Issue: Spatiotemporal Music Cognition (editorial). Music Perception, 28, 1-2. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., & Rieger, M. (2009). Musical movement and synchronization (editorial). Music Perception, 26, 397-400. [pdf]

Keller, P. E., & Janata, P. (2009). Review of Embodied music cognition and mediation technology by Marc Leman. Music Perception, 26, 289-282. [pdf]

Pecenka, N., & Keller, P.E. (2009). Auditory pitch imagery and its relationship to musical synchronization. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169, 282-286. [pdf]

Pecenka, N., & Keller, P. E. (2009). The relationship between auditory imagery and musical synchronization abilities in musicians. In Jukka Louhivuori, Tuomas Eerola, Suvi Saarikallio, Tommi Himberg, & Päivi-Sisko Eerola (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM 2009) (pp. 409-414). Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, Finland. [pdf]

Sevdalis, V., & Keller, P.E. (2009). Self-recognition in the perception of actions performed in synchrony with music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169, 499-502. [pdf]

Keller, P.E. (2008). Joint action in music performance. In F. Morganti, A. Carassa, & G. Riva (Eds.), Enacting intersubjectivity: A cognitive and social perspective to the study of interactions (pp. 205-221). Amsterdam: IOS Press. [pdf] REVIEW
  
Keller, P.E., & Koch, I. (2008). Action planning in sequential skills: Relations to music performance. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 275-291. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., & Repp, B.H. (2008). Multilevel coordination stability: Integrated goal representations in simultaneous intra-personal and inter-agent coordination. Acta Psychologica, 128, 378-386. [pdf]

Petocz, A., Keller, P.E., & Stevens, C. (2008). Auditory warnings, signal-referent relations and natural indicators: Re-thinking theory and application. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14, 165-178. [pdf] REVIEW

Repp, B.H., & Keller, P.E. (2008). Sensorimotor synchronization with adaptively timed sequences. Human Movement Science, 27, 423-456. [pdf]

Repp, B.H., London, J., & Keller, P.E. (2008). Phase correction in sensorimotor synchronization with non-isochronous sequences. Music Perception, 26, 171-175. [pdf]

Ishihara, M., Keller, P.E., Rossetti, Y., & Prinz, W. (2008). Horizontal spatial representations of time: Evidence for the STEARC effect. Cortex, 44, 454-461. [pdf]

Hove, M.J., Keller, P.E., & Krumhansl, C.L. (2007). Sensorimotor synchronization with chords containing tone-onset asynchronies: The role of P-centers. Perception & Psychophysics, 69, 699-708. [pdf]

Keller, P.E. (2007). Musical ensemble synchronisation. In E. Schubert, K. Buckley, R. Eliott, B. Koboroff, J. Chen, & C. Stevens (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Communication Science (pp. 80-83). Sydney, Australia. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., Knoblich, G., & Repp, B.H. (2007). Pianists duet better when they play with themselves: On the possible role of action simulation in synchronization. Consciousness & Cognition, 16, 102-111. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., & Koch, I. (2006a). Exogenous and endogenous response priming with auditory stimuli. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 2, 269-276. [link]

Keller, P.E., & Koch, I. (2006b). The planning and execution of short auditory sequences. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 711-716. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., Wascher, E., Prinz, W., Waszak, F., Koch, I., & Rosenbaum, D.A. (2006). Differences between intention-based and stimulus-based actions. Journal of Psychophysiology, 20, 9-20. [pdf]

Thompson, W.F., Dalla Bella, S., & Keller, P.E. (2006). Music performance (editorial). Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 2, 99-102. [link]

Keller, P.E., & Burnham, D.K. (2005). Musical meter in attention to multipart rhythm. Music Perception, 22, 629-661. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., & Repp, B.H. (2005). Staying offbeat: Sensorimotor syncopation with structured and unstructured auditory sequences. Psychological Research, 69, 292-309. [pdf]

Repp, B.H., London, J., & Keller, P.E. (2005). Production and synchronization of uneven rhythms at fast tempi. Music Perception, 23, 61-78. [pdf]

Waszak, F., Wascher, E., Keller, P., Koch, I., Aschersleben, G., Rosenbaum, D., & Prinz, W. (2005). Intention-based and stimulus-based mechanisms in action selection. Experimental Brain Research, 162, 346-356. [pdf]

Keller, P.E., & Repp, B.H. (2004). When two limbs are weaker than one: Sensorimotor syncopation with alternating hands. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57A, 1085-1101. [pdf]

Keller, P., & Stevens, C. (2004). Meaning from environmental sounds: Types of signal-referent relations and their effect on recognizing auditory icons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10, 3-12. [pdf]

Koch, I., Keller, P.E., & Prinz, W. (2004). The ideomotor approach to action control: Implications for skilled performance. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2, 362-375. [pdf] REVIEW

Repp, B.H., & Keller, P.E. (2004). Adaptation to tempo changes in sensorimotor synchronization: Effects of intention, attention, and awareness. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57A, 499-521. [pdf]

Stevens, C., & Keller, P. (2001). Detecting contour in short spoken and musical items: A comparison of speakers from tonal and non-tonal languages. Journal of Music Perception and Cognition, 7, 133-143. [pdf]

Keller, P.E. (2001). Attentional resource allocation in musical ensemble performance. Psychology of Music, 29, 20-38. [pdf]

Keller, P. (1999). Attending in complex musical interactions: The adaptive dual role of meter. Australian Journal of Psychology, 51, 166-175. [pdf] REVIEW

Keller, P. (1997). The role of meter in the processing and representation of musical rhythm. Noetica: Open Forum 8. [pdf]   


Edited volumes

Toiviainen, P., & Keller, P.E. (Eds.) (2010). Spatiotemporal music cognition. Special issue of Music Perception, 28.

Keller, P.E., & Rieger, M. (Eds.) (2009). Musical movement and synchronization. Special issue of Music Perception, 26.

Thompson, W.F., Dalla Bella, S., & Keller, P.E. (Eds.) (2006). Music performance. Special issue of Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 2(2-3), 99-237.


Theses

Keller, P. (2001). Adaptive functions of meter in multipart musical rhythm. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New South Wales, Australia. [vol.1] [vol.2]

Keller, P. (1995). The part/whole relationship in musical rhythm: Effects of local rhythm metricality on global rhythm perception. Unpublished honours thesis (Psychology), University of New South Wales, Australia.

Keller, P. (1994). The influence of the development of Janacek's ‘speech-melody’ theory on his opera Jenufa. Unpublished honours thesis (Musicology), University of New South Wales, Australia. [part1] [part2]

Musical Compositions

Silverback (2001)
For solo euphonium and brass ensemble
Written  for Scott Kinmont (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Performed by Scott Kinmont (euphonium) with the Bienen School of Music Brass Ensemble, conducted by Gail Williams.
Recorded live in 2003, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
​[full score] [piano version] [solo part - tenor clef] [solo part - treble clef in B-flat] [brass ensemble parts]
 The Tale of Rumbeard Ray (1992)
For solo trombone & orchestra
Written  for Scott Kinmont (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

​Performed by Scott Kinmont (trombone) with the UNSW Orchestra, conducted by Colin Piper.
Recorded live in 1993, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
​[full score] [piano score] [solo part]
7T Fanfare (2007)
For SATB choir, brass quintet, & percussion
Written for the Grand Opening of the 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig.

Performed by Leipzig Chamber Brass and the MPI Choir.
Recorded live in 2008, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
​[score]
Fanfare for MARCS (1999)
For percussion ensemble
Written  for the opening of the Macarthur Auditory Research Centre, Sydney (MARCS) at the University of Western Sydney (now known as the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development at Western Sydney University) 
Comparison for Brass (1987)
For French horn, euphonium, and trombone

Performed by members of Bondi Brass (formerly Waverley Bondi Beach Band). 
Recorded in 1987, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, Australia. 
[score] [parts]
Hungarian Prelude (1986)
For French horn, euphonium, trombone, and piano 
​
Performed by Mathias Rogala-Koczorowski (horn), Peter Keller (euphonium), Chris Blenkinsopp (trombone), and Andrea Keller (piano). Recorded live in 1986, Waverley College, Sydney, Australia.  
[score]
In Memoriam C.D. (1985)
For solo piano
Performed by Andrea Keller in 1986.
[pdf]
The Vertical Horizon (ca. 1984)
For solo euphonium and piano
Performed by C.B. (euphonium) & A.R. (piano). Recorded live in 1985, Waverley College, Sydney, Australia.
​[score] [solo part]
Bye I'm Going (1991)
Theatre piece for trombone, piano, tape, actor, and three mannequins
Written  for Scott Kinmont (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
​[score]

    Contact

Peter Keller
Professor of Cognitive Science
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
Western Sydney University, Australia
http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/marcs​