{"690545":{"#nid":"690545","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mapping the Music Within: Georgia Tech Faculty Win Neuroarts Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech faculty in the School of Music, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/claire-arthur\u0022\u003EClaire Arthur\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/people\/alexandria-smith\u0022\u003EAlexandria Smith\u003C\/a\u003E, have been awarded the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuroartsblueprint.org\/neuroarts-investigator-awards\/award-winners-2026\/\u0022\u003ERen\u00e9e Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Award\u003C\/a\u003E for their project exploring how the brain represents imagined sound. Arthur, a faculty affiliate of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInstitute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society\u003C\/a\u003E (INNS), and Smith will study \u201cmusical imagery\u201d \u2014 the experience of hearing music internally without external sound \u2014 using electroencephalography (EEG) to better understand how people recall and navigate musical structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir project, \u003Cem\u003EThe Music Within: Neural Markers of Imagined Sound and Memory\u003C\/em\u003E, brings together cognitive science and musical improvisation to compare brain activity across listening, silence, and imagination. The work has the potential to inform new approaches in health, accessibility, and imagery-based therapies, particularly for individuals with limited ability to produce music physically.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdministered by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuroartsblueprint.org\/\u0022\u003ENeuroArts Blueprint Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E, the award supports interdisciplinary collaborations at the intersection of science and the arts to better understand how aesthetic experiences shape brain function and wellbeing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/feature\/arthur-and-smith-map-imagined-sound-neuroarts\u0022\u003ERead the full story here \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo School of Music faculty have received a national neuroarts award to study how the brain perceives and navigates imagined music.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two School of Music faculty have received a national neuroarts award to study how the brain perceives and navigates imagined music."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2026-05-29 13:50:38","changed_gmt":"2026-05-29 13:58:06","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680371":{"id":"680371","type":"image","title":"feature.ClaireArthurAlexandriaSmith_1.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EClaire Arthur and Alexandria Smith\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1780062648","gmt_created":"2026-05-29 13:50:48","changed":"1780062648","gmt_changed":"2026-05-29 13:50:48","alt":"Claire Arthur and Alexandria Smith","file":{"fid":"264627","name":"feature.ClaireArthurAlexandriaSmith_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/29\/feature.ClaireArthurAlexandriaSmith_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/29\/feature.ClaireArthurAlexandriaSmith_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":309860,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/05\/29\/feature.ClaireArthurAlexandriaSmith_1.jpg?itok=8QcT59JL"}}},"media_ids":["680371"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/feature\/arthur-and-smith-map-imagined-sound-neuroarts?utm_source=newsletter\u0026utm_medium=email\u0026utm_content=Musical%20Imagery%3A%20Faculty%20Receive%20Award%20to%20Map%20Imagined%20Sound\u0026utm_campaign=may_2026_research_horizons","title":"Arthur and Smith Map Imagined Sound with Neuroarts"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.org\/news\/renee-fleming-neuroarts-investigator-awards-2026\/","title":"Announcing 10 Ren\u00e9e Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards"}],"groups":[{"id":"66220","name":"Neuro"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"194568","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193656","name":"Neuro Next Initiative"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAudra Davidson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EResearch Program Communications Manager\u003Cbr\u003EInstitute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}