Amy Simmons
Biographic Data
| ID | 5873628 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Simmons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Simmons |
| SIGNATURE | SIMMONS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Music Research The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1614-0468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Co‐Producing Training Resources to Improve Healthcare Experiences for Young Women and Reduce Gendered Health Inequalities
How do native and non-native speakers recognize emotions in the instructor’s voice in educational videos? Exploring the first step of the cognitive-affective model of e-learning for international lear…
The emotional stance of the instructor in an educational video can influence the learning process. For this reason, we checked the first link of the cognitive-affective model of e-learning, namely, whether learners can recognize emotions that an instructor expresses only with their voice. Since English is not the native language for many learners and most instructional videos are produced in English, we tested for possible differences in emotion …
Expertise in Choral Rehearsing
The study of expertise in music teaching describes professional behavior that can inform the practice of novices, experienced teachers, and teacher educators, yet only one peer-reviewed article has analyzed the work of an expert choral conductor (Yarbrough, 2002). Here, we report a case study of the Grammy Award-winning choral conductor Craig Hella Johnson that documents his work across a complete rehearsal cycle that preceded a public performanc…
Focus of Attention Verbalizations in Beginning Band
Although the effects of focus of attention (FOA) on the performance of gross motor skills are now well understood, less is known about the role of FOA in naturalistic classroom settings where learners are engaged in the ongoing acquisition and refinement of complex motor skills. The purpose of this study, the first of its kind, was to explore how music teachers focus learners’ attention on physical actions (internal focus) and on the effects of t…
Effects of Model Performances on Music Skill Acquisition and Overnight Memory Consolidation
This study was designed to investigate the extent to which the presentation of an auditory model prior to learning a novel melody affects performance during active practice and the overnight consolidation of procedural memory. During evening training sessions, 32 nonpianist musicians practiced a 13-note keyboard melody with their left (nondominant) hand in twelve 30-s practice intervals separated by 30-s rest intervals. Participants were instruct…
Distributed Practice and Procedural Memory Consolidation in Musicians’ Skill Learning
This research was designed to determine whether musicians’ learning is affected by the time intervals interposed between practice sessions. Twenty-nine non-pianist musicians learned a 9-note sequence on a piano keyboard in three practice sessions that were separated by 5 min, 6 hr, or 24 hr. Significant improvements in performance accuracy were observed in Session 2 only in the group whose sessions were separated by 24 hr. There were significant …
It's Not How Much; It's How
We observed 17 graduate and advanced-undergraduate piano majors practicing a difficult, three-measure keyboard passage from a Shostakovich concerto. Participants' instructions were to practice until they were confident they could play the passage accurately at a prescribed tempo in a retention test session the following day. We analyzed the practice behaviors of each pianist in terms of numeric and nonnumeric descriptors and ranked the pianists a…
Effects of Sleep on Performance of a Keyboard Melody
Recent research has shown that both the speed and accuracy of novel motor skills improve during sleep in a process called consolidation. Such off-line learning in the absence of practice as yet has been experimentally observed only with learners performing relatively simple tasks. In the experiment we report here, we tested whether experienced learners performing a music skill obtain similar sleep-dependent improvements. Participants learned a 12…
It's Not How Much; It's How
We observed 17 graduate and advanced-undergraduate piano majors practicing a difficult, three-measure keyboard passage from a Shostakovich concerto. Participants' instructions were to practice until they were confident they could play the passage accurately at a prescribed tempo in a retention test session the following day. We analyzed the practice behaviors of each pianist in terms of numeric and nonnumeric descriptors and ranked the pianists a…
Effects of Sleep on Performance of a Keyboard Melody
Recent research has shown that both the speed and accuracy of novel motor skills improve during sleep in a process called consolidation. Such off-line learning in the absence of practice as yet has been experimentally observed only with learners performing relatively simple tasks. In the experiment we report here, we tested whether experienced learners performing a music skill obtain similar sleep-dependent improvements. Participants learned a 12…
Focus of Attention Verbalizations in Beginning Band
Although the effects of focus of attention (FOA) on the performance of gross motor skills are now well understood, less is known about the role of FOA in naturalistic classroom settings where learners are engaged in the ongoing acquisition and refinement of complex motor skills. The purpose of this study, the first of its kind, was to explore how music teachers focus learners’ attention on physical actions (internal focus) and on the effects of t…
Effects of Model Performances on Music Skill Acquisition and Overnight Memory Consolidation
This study was designed to investigate the extent to which the presentation of an auditory model prior to learning a novel melody affects performance during active practice and the overnight consolidation of procedural memory. During evening training sessions, 32 nonpianist musicians practiced a 13-note keyboard melody with their left (nondominant) hand in twelve 30-s practice intervals separated by 30-s rest intervals. Participants were instruct…
Distributed Practice and Procedural Memory Consolidation in Musicians’ Skill Learning
This research was designed to determine whether musicians’ learning is affected by the time intervals interposed between practice sessions. Twenty-nine non-pianist musicians learned a 9-note sequence on a piano keyboard in three practice sessions that were separated by 5 min, 6 hr, or 24 hr. Significant improvements in performance accuracy were observed in Session 2 only in the group whose sessions were separated by 24 hr. There were significant …
Effects of Sleep on Performance of a Keyboard Melody
Recent research has shown that both the speed and accuracy of novel motor skills improve during sleep in a process called consolidation. Such off-line learning in the absence of practice as yet has been experimentally observed only with learners performing relatively simple tasks. In the experiment we report here, we tested whether experienced learners performing a music skill obtain similar sleep-dependent improvements. Participants learned a 12…
It's Not How Much; It's How
We observed 17 graduate and advanced-undergraduate piano majors practicing a difficult, three-measure keyboard passage from a Shostakovich concerto. Participants' instructions were to practice until they were confident they could play the passage accurately at a prescribed tempo in a retention test session the following day. We analyzed the practice behaviors of each pianist in terms of numeric and nonnumeric descriptors and ranked the pianists a…
Distributed Practice and Procedural Memory Consolidation in Musicians’ Skill Learning
This research was designed to determine whether musicians’ learning is affected by the time intervals interposed between practice sessions. Twenty-nine non-pianist musicians learned a 9-note sequence on a piano keyboard in three practice sessions that were separated by 5 min, 6 hr, or 24 hr. Significant improvements in performance accuracy were observed in Session 2 only in the group whose sessions were separated by 24 hr. There were significant …
Effects of Model Performances on Music Skill Acquisition and Overnight Memory Consolidation
This study was designed to investigate the extent to which the presentation of an auditory model prior to learning a novel melody affects performance during active practice and the overnight consolidation of procedural memory. During evening training sessions, 32 nonpianist musicians practiced a 13-note keyboard melody with their left (nondominant) hand in twelve 30-s practice intervals separated by 30-s rest intervals. Participants were instruct…
Focus of Attention Verbalizations in Beginning Band
Although the effects of focus of attention (FOA) on the performance of gross motor skills are now well understood, less is known about the role of FOA in naturalistic classroom settings where learners are engaged in the ongoing acquisition and refinement of complex motor skills. The purpose of this study, the first of its kind, was to explore how music teachers focus learners’ attention on physical actions (internal focus) and on the effects of t…
How do native and non-native speakers recognize emotions in the instructor’s voice in educational videos? Exploring the first step of the cognitive-affective model of e-learning for international lear…
The emotional stance of the instructor in an educational video can influence the learning process. For this reason, we checked the first link of the cognitive-affective model of e-learning, namely, whether learners can recognize emotions that an instructor expresses only with their voice. Since English is not the native language for many learners and most instructional videos are produced in English, we tested for possible differences in emotion …
Expertise in Choral Rehearsing
The study of expertise in music teaching describes professional behavior that can inform the practice of novices, experienced teachers, and teacher educators, yet only one peer-reviewed article has analyzed the work of an expert choral conductor (Yarbrough, 2002). Here, we report a case study of the Grammy Award-winning choral conductor Craig Hella Johnson that documents his work across a complete rehearsal cycle that preceded a public performanc…
Co‐Producing Training Resources to Improve Healthcare Experiences for Young Women and Reduce Gendered Health Inequalities
Psychology (7 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (5 works) · Audiology (4 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Consolidation (business (3 works)