We investigate how music shapes human behaviour from the earliest stages of life. Using EEG and motion capture in the Goldsmiths InfantLab, we study how infants perceive, move to, and socially engage with music. This work explores the foundations of musical perception, emotion regulation, and early social interaction.

We study why music feels emotional and meaningful, and what makes certain experiences profoundly beautiful. Combining behavioural methods, psychophysiology, EEG, and immersive virtual reality, we examine musical emotion. memory, and aesthetic experience in real-world contexts.

We explore how the brain and body coordinate perception, action, and creativity during musical performance. Using neuroscientific and computational approaches, we study timing, motor control, learning, expertise, flow, and performance anxiety. This work bridges laboratory neuroscience with real-world practice.

We study how streaming platforms, social media, and generative AI are transforming music diffusion, innovation, and consumption worldwide. Combining large-scale cross-cultural experiments with big music data, we examine how psychology and technology interact to shape global music behaviour.