I love it when an author provides links to their papers. I think it is an excellent principle that allows quick and easy access to new works. I know it is not always possible, what with copyright restrictions, but luckily a number of the leading authors/labs in the music psychology world currently adopt this principle. Searches today of one of these sites, one by Dr Ani Patel, lead me to a new paper on auditory perceptual grouping.  I got interested in auditory grouping during my PhD, when I was comparing the processing of language and music. The principles governing abstract perceptual grouping show common application in language and music, and…

I am a music psychologist, and I love my job! I currently work as a researcher at the Music, Mind and Brain group, which is part of the psychology department at Goldsmiths, University of London. So what does a music psychologist do, exactly? Psychology is the study of the human mind and behaviour – so music psychology is simply the study of everything to do with the human mind and behaviour that is linked to music – and that is a lot! Music has been a part of human life for as long as we can track its history. It is present in every human culture on Earth. And it…