Science of the creative and performing arts group
Investigating the cognitive and neural bases of music, dance and the visual arts.
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We work to understand these domains per se, as well as to provide a window onto perceptual and motor learning processes, creativity, aesthetic appreciation and therapeutic applications.
Our research group investigates the cognitive and neural bases of music, dance and the visual arts. We work to understand these domains per se, as well as to provide a window onto perceptual and motor learning processes, creativity, aesthetic appreciation and therapeutic applications.
Group members
- Dr Manuel Anglada-Tort
- Dr Diana Omigie
- Dr Rebecca Chamberlain
- Dr Stacey Humphries
- Dr Sinead Rocha
- Dr Teemu Toivainen
- Dr Maria Herrojo Ruiz
- Professor Joy Bhattacharya
- Professor Jonny Freeman
Collaborators
Research highlights
Articles
- Anglada-Tort, M., Keller, S., Steffens, J., & M眉llensiefen, D. (2021) . Journal of Advertising Research, 61(1), 95-109
- Bianco, R., Ptasczynski, L. E., & Omigie, D. (2020) Brain and Cognition, 138, 103621
- Chamberlain, R., Berio, D., Mayer, V., Chana, K., Leymarie, F. F., & Orgs, G. (2021). . British Journal of Psychology
- Orlandi, A., Cross, E. S., & Orgs, G. (2020) . Cognition, 205, 104446
- Park, S., Wiliams, L., & Chamberlain, R. (2021) . Empirical Studies of the Arts, 02762374211001811
- Politimou, N., Douglass-Kirk, P., Pearce, M., Stewart, L., & Franco, F. (2021) . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 203, 105020
- Rose, D., M眉llensiefen, D., Lovatt, P., & Orgs, G. (2020) . Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
- Sanfilippo, K. R. M., Stewart, L., & Glover, V. (2021) . Archives of Women's Mental Health, 1-9
Grants/fellowships
- Rebecca Chamberlain has received an APA Division 10 Microgrant to study mindfulness in the museum
- Rebecca Chamberlain is a Co-Investigator on FWF (Austria) PEEK Grant to study the impact of art
- Jonathan Freeman has been appointed as the
- Guido Orgs has been awarded an to understand the contextual, experiential and neurocognitive aspects of liveness
- Lauren Stewart has received ESRC funding to supervise a PhD student (Alice Bowmer) to investigate the role of infant-directed singing in language learning
Research dissemination
- Guido Orgs and Rebecca Chamberlain co-organized the .
- Guido Orgs has organized a three-day symposium,
- Diana Omigie was featured in about music in television
- Lauren Stewart has contributed to children鈥檚 BBC TV show, 鈥極peration Ouch鈥� on music and the brain