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A lecture on amusia
This week I was invited to give a lecture at my old Uni. The University of York remains a fantastic place to study psychology with some of the most knowledgeable academics I have ever met. Many of them were sweet enough to come to my talk to see what I had been up to since I left York in 2008. I even got some lovely hugs, which made my day 🙂 The day before the talk, as I travelled up north on the train, I was hugely nervous. There is a unique type of anxiety associated with going back to your old Uni to give a talk in a room…
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The only limit is imagination!
One of the things I love about being a lecturer in music psychology is working with the fantastically interesting people who choose to take our masters course in music, mind and brain. The nature of the discipline means we get applications from people with lots of different backgrounds; psychologists, musicians, therapists, journalists, teachers, engineers…the list is wonderfully rich and diverse. One of the consequences of this great mix is that I get to supervise lots of different masters projects. I thought I would give you a flavour of the projects I am overseeing this year, so you can get an idea of what sort of things can go on in…
