Centre for Music and Science

Research

We conduct systematic scientific and computational research into music, seeking to understand both the cognition of music by listeners and performers, and the development of musical cultures across the world and through time.

Themes

We study various cognitive phenomena essential to music perception and production:

Score design for music reading →

Methods

Our work involves the following:

Large-scale online experiments →

Computational cognitive modelling →

Multimodal datasets →

Artificial intelligence

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Recent Publications

2026

Modeling individual differences in chord pleasantness judgments

Frank, J., & Harrison, P. M. C.

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

2026

Watch this space: primitive visual cues enhance sight-reading accuracy

Duncan, D., Ness, K., & Cross, I.

Musicae Scientiae

2026

What music do people use for mood regulation?

Tan, C., & Harrison, P. M. C.

Psychology of Music (Forthcoming)

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Other News

27 Feb 2026

2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference - Registration now open!

Registration is now open for the 2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference! The conference will be held on Thursday 16th April 2026 for postgraduate and early career researchers in the fields of music psychology and music education.