Teaching Staff

The Music Mind and Brain core team

Dr Lauren Stewart, co-director of the Music, Mind and Brain programme (on maternity leave until June 2012). 
Research interests: Congenital Amusia, Learning and Expertise, Neuroimaging

Dr Daniel Müllensiefen, co-director of the Music, Mind and Brain programme.
Research interests: Musical Memory, Similarity Perception, Computational Modelling

Dr Pam Heaton, Reader in Psychology.
Research Interests: Music and Developmental Disorders, Autism

Dr Joydeep Bhattacharya, Reader in Psychology.
Research Interests: Neuronal Synchrony and Cross-Modality of Music Perception, EEG

Rory Allen, Visiting Tutor.
Research Interests: Music, Emotions and Autism, Quantitative Techniques

Dr Joyce Chen, Deptartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

Professor  Annabel  J. Cohen, Director of the Auditory Perception & Music Cognition Research & Training Laboratory, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Dr Cohen obtained her undergraduate degree at McGill University, where she first became interested in music perception. She went on to receive both her MA and PhD  in the psychology of music at Queen’s University, Ontario, studying the effects of tonality on the ability to recognise melodies that have been transposed. She is a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. Her recent research projects look at the acquisition of music grammar and the effects of music in film. She serves as an editor journals such as Canadian Acoustics, Musicae Scientae, Psychomusicology, Psychology of Music, Music Perception, and Music and the Moving Image. 

Prof Ian Cross, Director of the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge

Dr Helen Daynes, Music Department, Kings's College London.

Helen studied music as an undergraduate at the University of Hull , followed by a Masters degree in Music Psychology at Keele University . She went on to complete her PhD on Perceptual and Emotional Responses to Tonal and Atonal Music at the University of Hull , supervised by Dr Elaine King. She currently is a postdoctoral research  fellow with Professor Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, investigating the notion of Shaping Music in Performance, as part of the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP).

Dr Simon Durrant, Research Associate, Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit, Manchester University.
Simon completed his first degree in Music at the University of Durham followed by an MA and PhD in the Psychology of Music at Sheffield University under the supervision of Eric Clarke.  Between 2002 and 2003, he was a Research Fellow under David Huron in the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory at Ohio State University. Simon is currently a research associate in the Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit at the University of Manchester investigating sleep and memory.

Jamie Forth, Research Fellow, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jamie studied music and electro acoustic composition at City University, London, after which he worked on an RCUK funded project, ‘SerenA’, aimed at developing novel technologies for facilitating innovation and serendipity within research. He currently works within the Intelligent Sound and Music Systems research group (Department of Computing, Goldsmiths), using computational methods to investigate pattern discovery and conceptual representation.

 

Dr Bruno Gingras, Research Fellow, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London

Dr Jessica Grahn, Research Fellow, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

Dr Alinka Greasley, Lecturer in Music, University of Leeds

Dr Mick Grierson, Lecturer, department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London

Dr Manon Grube, Research Associate, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

Prof Andrea R. Halpern, Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University, USA

Prof David Hargreaves, Professor of Education, University of Roehampton

Prof David Huron: Professor of Music and Head of the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Lab, University of Ohio, USA

Dr Stefan Koelsch, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Sussex

Dr Alexandra Lamont, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Keele University

Dr Karen Mattock, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University.
Karen obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Wollongong andher PhD in Psychology from MARCS, University of Western Sydney. Prior to joining Lancaster in 2007 she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research in Language Mind and Brain and School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Canada. Karen is currently a Research Council U.K Fellow at the Department of Psychology and Centre for Human Development & Learning at Lancaster University, U.K.

Dr Josh McDermott - Research Associate, Center for Neural Science & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University.
Dr McDermott received his undergraduate degree in Brain and Cognitive Science from Harvard University. He then attended UCL and completed his MPhil in Computational Neuroscience. He undertook his PhD in Brain and Cognitive Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as an editor for Nature. Previous research includes auditory perception and cognition, and auditory scene analysis. His current research interest lies primarily in hearing and sound, looking at computational audition, natural sounds and music perception.

Prof Steven Mithen, Professor of Archeology, University of Reading

Prof Adam Ockelford, Professor of Education, Roehampton University.
Adam attended the Royal Academy of Music when he first became interested in working with children with complex needs, a number of whom, he noticed, had special musical abilities.  This sparked his interest in how musicality develops, even without formal musical training and he pursued this question through a PhD in Music at Goldsmiths University of London.  He is currently a Professor at the School of Eduction, Roehampton and Secretary of the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research ('SEMPRE'), as well as Chair of Soundabout, a charity supporting music provision for young people with complex needs.

Rohani completed her Medical degree in Cambridge, followed by general medical training in London and specialization in neurology.  She is currently a Clinical Research Fellow at the Dementia Research Centre, Queen Square.

Prof Larry Parsons, Professor of Psychology, University of Sheffield

Dr Katrin Schulze, Research Fellow, Institute of Child Health, University College, London

Prof John Sloboda, Emeritus Professor, School of Psychology, University of Keele

Dr Neta Spiro, Lecturer, Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge

Dr Renee Timmers, Lecturer in Music Psychology, University of Sheffield

Dr Martine Turgeon, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University

Dr Peter Vuust, Assistant Professor, Aarhus University and Royal Academy of Music

Prof Aaron Williamon, Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music, London
Aaron heads the Centre for Performance Science at the Royal College of Music. In addition, Aaron is also a professional trumpeter, performing in various chamber and symphony orchestra in Europe and North America. His current research includes applied psychological and health-related initiatives in regards to music learning and teaching.

Dori Berger, Music Therapist
Lectures taught: Music as a Therapeutic Tool

Toni Brennan, Visting Tutor, Department of Psychology, University of East London
Lectures taught: Introduction to Qualitative Techniques

Dr Gianna Cochini, Lecturer in Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Brain Functions (1), Brain Functions (2), Cortical and Subcortical Structures of the Adult Healthy Brain, Introduction to Neuropsychology, Neurons and Neuro-transmission

Prof John Gruzelier, Profesorial Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Effects of Neurofeedback on Performance

Dr Bruno Gingras, Research Fellow, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Method Session 1: Analysing Sound, Method Session 2: Investigating Rhythm Perception, Method Session 3: An Experiment on Harmonic Tension, Musical Performance Research, Theories on the Origins of Music

Dr Elisabeth Hill, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Brain Development

Dr Alice Jones, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Imaging Genetics

Mats Küssner, Music Department, King's College, University of London
Lectures taught: Introduction to Bibliographic Searching

Joseph Leach, Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Approaches to the Study of Musical Creativity

Dr Chris Lee, Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Fundamentals of Rhythm and Metre Perception, Metre Induction, Wider Perspectives on Rhythm and Metre Perception

Dr Wendy Magee, International Fellow in Music Therapy, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London
Lectures taught: Music as a clinical tool

Manuela Marin, Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Music Cognition Research, Method Session 4: Psychoacoustic Illusions, Method Session 5: Exploring a Musical Priming Paradigm

Dr Marcus Pearce, Research Fellow, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Auditory Grouping, Computational Theories of Music Cognition, Expectation in Music Listening, Timbre Perception

Dr Karin Rosenkranz, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institue of Neurology, University College, London
Lectures taught: Maladaptive Plasticity in Musical Skill Learning

Prof Joseph Sanders, Professor of Oboe, Guildhall School of Music
Lectures taught: Performance Anxiety in the Professional Musician

Dr Mirjam James Schlemmer, Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice.
Mirjam completed her MA at the Technical University Berlin (musicology, psychology), and received her Msc in Music Psychology at Keele University under John Sloboda. She went back to Germany (also Technical University Berlin) for her PhD with Helga de la Motte-Haber on audiovisual  perception. She was also a Research Assistant at the Guildhall School for Music and Drama. Mirjam is currently a Research Associate at the CMPCP.

Dr Jose van Velzen, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Brain Imaging: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Dr Jason Warren,  Institute of Neurology, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Lectures taught: Clinical Disorders of Music and Emotion

Prof Graham Welch, Chair of Music Education, Institute of Education, University of London
Graham holds the Established Chair in Music Education at the Institute of Education. He is also Chair of the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) and President Elect of the International Society for Music Education (ISME).
Lectures taught: Mapping Music in Children with Special Educational Needs.

Prof Geraint Wiggins, Professor of Computational Creativity, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London
Lectures taught: Timbre

Prof Aaron Williamon, Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music, London
Aaron heads the Centre for Performance Science at the Royal College of Music. In addition, Aaron is also a professional trumpeter, performing in various chamber and symphony orchestra in Europe and North America. His current research includes applied psychological and health-related initiatives in regards to music learning and teaching. Lectures taught: Memory in the Musical Performer.

Dr Vicky Williamson, Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Vicky completed her first degree in Psychology at the University of York in 2004 followed by an MA in the Psychology of Music at Sheffield University under the supervision of Prof. Eric Clarke.  She completed her thesis with Profs. Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch investigating the role of music in the working memory model. Following this, she gained an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship which she held at Goldsmiths, University of London where she continues to work with Dr Lauren Stewart studying the cognitive processing abilities of individuals with congenital amusia.
Lecture taught: Memory in Musical Perception (1), Memory in Musical Perception (2), Music and Language.