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Music, Mind, and Brain (MMB) Group

​The Music, Mind, and Brain (MMB) Group at Goldsmiths, University of London , studies the biological and cognitive foundations of musical experience and behaviour, as well as their impact on society and culture. 

 

Led by Diana Omigie and Manuel Anglada-Tort, the MMB Group collaborates with leading researchers in music psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, arts and humanities.  Students in our MSc in Music, Mind, and Brain play a central role in all areas of our research.

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Study with us

The MSc in Music, Mind, and Brain is a unique masters degree that combines music psychology with neuroscience, focusing on both the biological and cognitive aspects of musical behaviour. 

Students lead innovative research projects across diverse areas within music psychology, developing all necessary skills to prepare them for impactful careers in both academia and the industry.

Research

We are a highly interdisciplinary group, combining theoretical and experimental insights from psychology, neuroscience, computer science, musicology, music therapy, and education.​​

We use diverse methods—including EEG, eye tracking, computational modeling, and cross-cultural research—to explore topics such as music-evoked emotions, musical pleasure, performance, and cross-cultural responses to music.

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Featured Publications

This study examines habit learning in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder compared to healthy participants, using rich performance data obtained from a smartphone app that delivered motor-sequence tasks (short melodies) daily for a month. 

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People

Diana Omigie
Dr. Diana Omigie

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Neuroscience of music; Music-induced emotions; Aesthetic science; Curiosity

Manuel Anglada-Tort
Dr. Manuel Anglada-Tort

Lecturer in Psychology

Music cognition; Cultural evolution; Aesthetic science; Creativity; Big data

Joydeep Bhattacharya
Prof. Joy Bhattacharya

Professor in Psychology

Neuroscience of music;  Language; Aesthetic science; Flow; Creativity

Maria Herrojo Ruiz
Dr. Maria Herrojo Ruiz

Reader in Psychology

Motor learning; Music performance; Computational cognitive neuroscience

Sinead Rocha
Dr. Sinead Rocha

Lecturer in Psychology

Developmental psychology; Rhythm perception; Infant research; Music cognition

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