The Warburg Dance Movement Library—The Wadamo Library
A Validation Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11709473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia F Christensen (0000-0003-0381-5101, The Warburg Institute, University of London, UK, corresponding author), Anna Lambrechts (0000-0002-0497-1475, University of London), Manos Tsakiris (0000-0001-7753-7576, University of London) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-57 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perception (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0301-0066 • E-ISSN: 1468-4233 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0301006618816631 |
| PMID | 30558474 |
| OpenAlex | W2903722088 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 78 |
The Warburg Dance Movement Library is a validated set of 234 video clips of dance movements for empirical research in the fields of cognitive science and neuroscience of action perception, affect perception and neuroaesthetics. The library contains two categories of video clips of dance movement sequences. Of each pair, one version of the movement sequence is emotionally expressive (Clip a), while the other version of the same sequence (Clip b) is not expressive but as technically correct as the expressive version (Clip a). We sought to complement previous dance video stimuli libraries. Facial information, colour and music have been removed, and each clip has been faded in and out. We equalised stimulus length (6 seconds, 8 counts in dance theory), the dancers’ clothing and video background and included both male and female dancers, and we controlled for technical correctness of movement execution. The Warburg Dance Movement Library contains both contemporary and ballet movements. Two online surveys ( N = 160) confirmed the classification into the two categories of expressivity. Four additional online surveys ( N = 80) provided beauty and liking ratings for each clip. A correlation matrix illustrates all variables of this norming study (technical correctness, expressivity, beauty, liking, luminance, motion energy)
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |