EDUCATION

• Technical Physics, Technical University Eindhoven, 1963-1970
• PhD in Technical Sciences on the thesis: Temporal Coherence in the Perception of Tone Sequences, Technical University Eindhoven , 1975
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ACTIVITIES

• Current
  • Research on music and movement, especially repetitive movements with the hand of with the whole body (e.g. walking)
  • Development of methods and equipment for measuring body movement
  • Review of the development in the research on temporal coherence in the perception of tone sequences.
  • Supervision of research of master and PhD students
  
  
• Previous
  • Employments
    • Auditory and Movement research, IPEM-University Ghent, 2005
    • Auditory research, MTI-Technical University Eindhoven-2005-present
    • Contract management, Research Programmes European Commission, 1989-2004
    • Ergonomic research, Social Science Research, Dutch PTT, 1981-1989
    • Employment research, Dutch Association for and of the Blinds, 1977-1981
    • Auditory research, Post Doctoral Fellow, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, 1975-1976
  • Memberships
    • Coordinator Werkgemeenschap Muziekperceptie in Nederland 1974-1983
    • Waarnemend lid van Steering Board en Technical Module van DVB Project van de European Broadcasting Union voor de standaardisatie van Digitale TV in Europa, 1992-2004
    • Lid van de wetenschappelijke adviesraad van het NWO zwaartepuntsproject, Music, Mind and Brain, 1996-2003
    • Lid van de Industrial Advisory Board of the Postgraduate Programme User System Interaction, Dept. Technology Management, TU Eindhoven, 2004-heden
    • Lid van Permanent Steering Committee of the Human Factors inTelecom Symposia, 1989-heden
    • Lid in diverse promotiecommissies aan de universiteiten van Nijmegen, Delft en Gent.
  • Organisational activities
    • convener Intn’l Symp on Human Factors in Telecom 1989, Den Haag
    • exhibition manager IST2004, Exhibition of 120 European Projects in Den Haag, Nov 2004
    • convener 10e Intn’l Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop, Alden Biesen, 2-6 July 2005
  • Artistic activities
    • Constructie van diverse computer gestuurde muziekinstrumenten en nieuwe interfaces voor het bespelen van virtuele muziekinstrumenten en optredens daarmee.
    • Lid van het Maciunas Ensemble, uitgave van diverse CDs en begeleidende teksten. 1972-heden

PUBLICATIONS

• Latest Paper:

  Hum Mov Sci. 2007 Sep 30; : 17910985
  Walking on music.
  Frederik Styns , Leon van Noorden , Dirk Moelants , Marc Leman
  The present study focuses on the intricate relationship between human body movement and music, in particular on how music may influence the way humans walk. In an experiment, participants were asked to synchronize their walking tempo with the tempo of musical and metronome stimuli. The walking tempo and walking speed were measured. The tempi of the stimuli varied between 50 and 190 beats per minute. The data revealed that people walk faster on music than on metronome stimuli and that walking on music can be modeled as a resonance phenomenon that is related to the perceptual resonance phenomenon as described by Van Noorden and Moelants (Van Noorden, L., & Moelants, D. (1999). Resonance in the perception of musical pulse. Journal of New Music Research, 28, 43-66).

• Dirk Moelants, Leon van Noorden, (2005) The Influence of Pitch Interval on the Perception of Polyrhythms, Music Perception, 22(3), 425-440.
• Leon van Noorden, Dirk Moelants, (1999) Resonance in the Perception of Musical Pulse, Journal of New Music Research, 28,(1), 43-66
• Leon van Noorden, (1992) De lusten en lasten van een absoluut gehoor, Huismuziek.
• Leon van Noorden, (1991) Temporele Relaties in de Waarneming van Toonreeksen, In G. Ten. Hoopen, PJG Keuss en AAJ Mannaerts (Eds.), Muziekwaarneming (Psychonomische. Publikaties 3), Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse
• Leon van Noorden, (1983) Two Channel Pitch Perception, . In M. Clynes (Ed.), Music, Mind, and Brain: The Neuropsychology of Music (pp.). Plenum: NY
• Piet Vos en Leon van Noorden, (1980) Ritmische en melodische samenhang in de waarneming van toonreeeksen 1, Mens en Melodie, 5, 229-234.
• Leon P.A.S. van Noorden, (1977), Minimum differences of level and frequency for perceptual fission of tone sequences ABAB, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 61(44), 1041-1045
• Leon van Noorden, (1975) Temporal Coherence in the Perception of Tone Sequences Technical University Eindhoven
• Van Noorden, LPAS, (1971), Rhythmic Fission as a function of Tone Rate, IPO Annual Progress Report, 6, p 9-11.
• Van Noorden, L; Ekberg, J, (1990) Integrated Broadband Communication (IBC) requirements of people with special needs, Int. J Rehabilitation Research. 13(2):137-149.
• Leon van Noorden, (1988), Interview met Jerry Hunt over Birome(ZONE): Cube(Frame), Bureau cultuur Gemeente Middelburg
• Leon P.A.S. van Noorden, (1988) A provisional evaluation of a new chord keyboard, the Velotype, In proceedings Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society on Human-computer interaction: psychonomic aspects, Free Univ., Amsterdam, pp. 318 – 333, ISBN:0-387-18901-7 Springer Verlag
• L. van Noorden, (1992) “Image Communication R&D in RACE – 1992 – 1994, Paper to the International Workshop on HDTV’92, November 18-20, Kawasaki, Japan.
• L. van Noorden and M. Griffith, (1996), “ Interactive Digital Multimedia Services Domain in ACTS 1995 – 1998”, International Broadcasting Convention, 12-16 September, Amsterdam.
• F. Guirao, L. van Noorden, E. Badiqué and A de Albuquerque, (1997). “Multimedia R&D – EC Experience,” Paper presented at “EBU Management Broadcasting Research R&D Seminar” Jan 29-29, Munich.
• F. Guirao and L. van Noorden, (1997) “Interactive Multimedia Communications for All”, FICE Forum, March, 10 – 14.
• F. Guirao and L. van Noorden, (1997) “The Work of ACTS in Interactive Distribution and Transmission: Towards, Interoperable, Interactive Multimedia Services” in Proceedings of ECMAST97.
• L. van Noorden, (1997) “Development of Multimedia Services in Europe and the Role of the European Union” invited presentation in Digital Broadcasting/Multimedia symposium, Oct 8,1997, Tokyo.
• L. van Noorden, (1998) “The Work of ACTS in Interactive Multimedia”, presentation at Conference, “Interactive Services over Digital Broadcast and Cable Networks”, 26-27 Oct 1998, London.
• Leon van Noorden, (2001) Involving All in the Design for All, Proceedings of the 2001 EC/NSF workshop on Universal Access, Lisbon.