Category Archives: Autumn 2013

IMHSD PhD student, George Low, led this session on the topic of music, disability, and identity. George’s research questions ask: Why are there so few disabled musicians? How does a physical impairment impact on musical identity? How does disability affect … Continue reading →

No reading group meeting for the two November dates, with group members off to conferences in Hull and Oxford, and everyone in the throes of mid-semester madness…

This week’s topic was led by Alec Cooper (PhD student, Music), in preparation for his presentation at the SEMPRE conference on Music and Empathy, 9 November 2014, University of Hull (conference programme here). The reading and materials were based on … Continue reading →

Prof. Justin London (Carleton College, Minnesota / Research Associate, Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge) led the discussion, with reading based on his latest research on cross-cultural perspectives on microtiming. The group read two short papers by Justin … Continue reading →

At the reading group session on Thu 26 Sep, we discussed a topic that’s recently received a lot of discussion in psychological scholarship and research – the issue of replication (of studies, methods, results). Reading: the introductory chapter of this … Continue reading →

Looking forward to the new season of EMPRes reading group meetings! Thu 26 Sep: Replicability in music psychology research Thu 10 Oct: Microtiming in African Rhythm – guest discussant, Prof. Justin London (Carleton College, Minnesota / Research Associate, Centre for … Continue reading →