Selected Publications
Tran, B., Zhu, Y., Liang, X., Schwoebel, J. W., & Warrenburg, L. A. (2022). Speech tasks relevant to sleepiness determined with deep transfer learning. In ICASSP 2022-2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (pp. 6937-6941). IEEE.
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Warrenburg, L. A., Centa, N., Li, X., Park, H., Sari, D., & Xie, F. (2021). Sonic intimacy in the music of Billie Eilish and recordings of ASMR. In Proceedings of the Future Directions of Music Cognition Conference (pp. 139-144). Virtual.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2021). The PUMS database: A corpus of previously-used musical stimuli in 306 studies of music and emotion. Empirical Musicology Review, 16(1), 145-150.
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Access the PUMS database here
Schwoebel, J. W., Schwartz, J., Warrenburg, L. A., Brown, R., Awasthi, A., New, A., Butler, M., Moss, M., & Pissadaki, E. K. (2021, pre-print). A longitudinal normative dataset and protocol for speech and language biomarker research. MedRxiv.
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*Fink, L., *Warrenburg, L. A., Howlin, C., Randall, W., +Hansen, N. C., & +Wald-Fuhrmann, M. (2021).Viral tunes: Changes in musical behaviours and interest in coronamusic predict socio-emotional coping during COVID-19 lockdown. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8(180).
*+ indicates equal contribution
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). People experience different emotions from melancholic and grieving music. Music & Science, 3, 1-23.
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Warrenburg, L. A., Reymore, L., & Shanahan, D. (2020). The communication of melancholy, grief, and fear in dance with and without music. Human Technology, 16(3), 283-309.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). Redefining sad music: Music’s structure suggests at least two sad states. Journal of New Music Research, 49(4), 373-386.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). Comparing musical and psychological emotion theories. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 30(1), 1-19.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). Choosing the right tune: A review of music stimuli used in emotion research. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 37(3), 240-258.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2019). Subtle semblances of sorrow: Exploring music, emotional theory, and methodology. Dissertation, The Ohio State University.
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Warrenburg, L. A., & Huron, D. (2019). Fitness and musical taste: Do physically fit listeners prefer more stressful music? Empirical Musicology Review, 13(1-2), 21-38.
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Warrenburg, L. A., & Way, B. (2018). Acetaminophen blunts emotional responses to music. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (pp. 483-488). Montréal, Canada.
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Warrenburg, L. A., & Huron, D. (2018). Tests of contrasting expressive content between first and second musical themes. Journal of New Music Research, 48(1), 21-35.
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Warrenburg, L. A., & Huron, D. (2016). Perception of structural features in first and second musical themes. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (pp. 132-137). San Francisco, CA.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2016). Examining contrasting expressive content in first and second musical themes. Master’s Thesis, The Ohio State University.
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Early-Career Mentor Award, Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC)
The Mentorship Awards recognize non-student SMPC members who excel at mentoring others in achieving their career objectives, providing skill-based and socio-emotional support to students, and promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The Aubrey Hickman Award, Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research (SEMPRE)
This award is offered biennially to a graduate student submitting the best paper to SEMPRE’s international Easter conference.
Graduate Achievement Award in Music Theory, The Ohio State University
Awarded to one graduating student from the Music Theory department.
Distinguished University Fellowship for Graduate Studies
One of the highest offered merit-based awards at OSU, given for academic merit and artistic achievement through a university wide competition without respect to financial need.
Helmholtz Award for Music Psychology, The Ohio State University
Awarded to one student studying Music Cognition.
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, 3rd place in Arts Area
The Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum showcases the innovative and exemplary research being conducted by Ohio State graduate students and postdoctoral scholars across the full range of graduate degree programs and research topics.
Ohio State Energy Partners Award in support of the Music and Science Colloquium and Teaching Series (MASCATS) ($13,500)
Grant offered to create Future Directions of Music Cognition, a seminar series / conference hybrid.
Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences Scholarship in support of the Music and Science Colloquium and Teaching Series (MASCATS) ($3,350)
Grant offered to promote interdisciplinary music and science research, seminars, and teaching workshops from researchers across the U.S. and Canada.
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research Scholarship, “Subtle Semblances of Sorrow: How Emotional Granularity Influences Music and Sadness” ($4,029)
Grant offered to support the research and scholarship of doctoral or terminal master’s degree candidates for their dissertations or theses.
Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences Summer Graduate Research Fellowship Award, “The Effect of Music Listening on Prosocial Behavior” ($4,800)
The goal of this award is to support innovative interdisciplinary research in cognitive and brain sciences.
RITMO Scholarship for the NordicSMC Winter School (10,000 NOK)
Awarded to two participants attending the workshop.
Selected Awards
Selected Presentations
Warrenburg, L. (2022). Changing Careers: What I Wish I’d Known. Panelist, Professional Development Committee, Society for Music Theory, November 11. Virtual.
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Warrenburg, L. (2021). Using statistics in applied social science work. Lecture (45 minutes), Statistics Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, October 28. Virtual.
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Warrenburg, L. (2021). The way forward in music & emotion research. Invited Lecture (30 minutes), Psychology Department, University of California, San Diego, October 11. Virtual.
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Warrenburg, L. (2021). Non-academic careers for people with music PhDs. Invited Lecture (90 minutes), Music Department, Princeton University, September 22. Virtual.
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Reymore, L. & Warrenburg, L. (2021). Emotion in music cognition. Invited Lecture (1 hour) at Affective Neuroscience and Psychophysiology (ANaP) Laboratory, University of Göttingen, Germany. July 19. Virtual.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2021). Redefining music and emotion research through the adaptation of emotional granularity. Paper presented at the Future Directions of Music Cognition International Conference [online].
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). Researchers researching research: Hypothesis testing & experimental design in data science, UX, and product management. Invited Lecture (1 hour) at The Erdős Institute’s BootCamp+ Series, Ohio State University, December 8. Virtual.
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Fink, L., Howlin, C., Randell, W., Warrenburg, L. A., Wald-Fuhrann, M., & Hansen, N. C. (2020). Music as a tool for socio-emotional coping during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Paper presented at the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research Autumn Conference [online].
Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). American crooners from 1920 to 2020: Similarities in sonic techniques in the music of Bing Crosby and Billie Eilish. Paper presented at the annual conference of Music Theory Midwest [online].
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Warrenburg, L. A., Centa, N.*, Li, X.*, Park, H.*, Sari, D.*, & Xie. F*. Deciphering emotions evoked through Billie Eilish’s music. Brain. Cognition. Emotion. Music., Canterbury, England [online], May 2020. Poster.
* indicates mentees
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2020). An introduction to music & emotion. Invited Lecture (2 hours) at Michigan State University, April 8. Virtual.
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Warrenburg, L. A., Reymore, L. E., & Shanahan, D. (2019). Multimodal emotion associations in music and dance. Paper presented at the biannual national conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York, NY.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2019). The effect of acetaminophen on music, speech, and natural sounds. Paper presented at the biannual national conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York, NY.
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Warrenburg, L. A. The importance of utilizing emotional granularity in music and emotion research. Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York, NY, August 2019. Poster.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2019). Signifiers of transcendence in moments of Durchbruch in Mahler symphonies 1 and 2. Paper presented at the annual conference of Music Theory Society of New York State, Albany, NY.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2019). Melancholy versus grief: Has research on musical ‘sadness’ conflated two different affective states? Paper presented at the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research Graduate Conference, Cambridge, UK.
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Warrenburg, L. A. & Léveillé Gauvin, H. Assembling a database of validated audio stimuli: Evaluating valence in musical and non-music sounds. Music Informatics Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory Annual conference, Arlington, VA, November, 2017. Poster.
See the poster here. To see more details about the PUMS database, see chapters 3 & 4 of my dissertation
Warrenburg, L. A., & Huron, D. (2016). Perception of structural features in first and second musical themes. Paper presented at the biannual conference of the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, CA.
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Warrenburg, L. A. (2016). Contrasting expressive content in musical themes. Paper presented at the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, Columbus, OH.
This presentation was based on my Master’s thesis.
Warrenburg, L. A., Huron, D., & Libby, L. The effect of music listening on prosocial behavior. Center for Cognitive Brain Sciences Fall Retreat, Sterling, OH, August 2016. Poster.
See the poster here. For the empirical studies that were based on the poster, please see chapter 9 of my dissertation.
Warrenburg, L. A., & Huron, D. Do melodic intervals evoke distinctive qualia? International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, CA, July 2016. Poster.
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Warrenburg, L. A., & Huron, D. (2015). Physical fitness and musical taste: Do physically fit listeners prefer more stressful music? Paper presented at the biannual national conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Nashville, TN.
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