Department of Psychology
People
Bill ThompsonDirector |  |
| Bill Thompson is the Director of the Music, Sound and Performance Lab. He is also President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (Jan 2007-Jan 2009), Editor of the journal Empirical Musicology Review, and Associate Editor of the journal Music Perception. He is author of the book "Music, Thought and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of Music" (released October 2008, Oxford University Press, 320… more >> |
Rachel BennettsMotion Capture Research Coordinator |  |
| Rachel Bennetts is a PhD student in the Psychology Department of the University of Western Sydney, studying the effects of motion on facial processing. She is primarily involved in assisting on experiments that involve motion capture. more >> |
Alex ChilversResearch Officer |  |
| Alex Chilvers joined the lab in 2009. Since then, he has focused on developing software tools to perform automated acoustic analyses and manipulations of sound recordings. Alex has a Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) from Macquarie University and is currently studying Composition full-time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. More information on Alex is available at www.alexchilvers.com. more >> |
John BisphamDoctoral Student |  |
| John Bispham is completing his PhD at the MSP lab in the area of Music Psychology. His research aims to describe music's putative "design features" - those psychological, physiological, and behavioural features that distinguish music from other forms of human and animal communication. The implications of this research are discussed primarily within an evolutionary framework but extend also to other research areas where music has been shown to be uniquely or particularly efficacious. |
Thenille BraunDoctoral Student |  |
| Thenille Braun Janzen is completing her Phd candidature in a Cotutelle and Joint Phd Program at Macquarie University and the University of São Paulo (Brazil). Her research area involves human timing and expectancy in music. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from the University of São Paulo. more >> |
Lincoln CollingDoctoral Student |  |
| Lincoln Colling is a PhD candidate working on Joint Action in Music. He has a BSc and an MSc in Psychology from the University of Auckland, where he conducted event-related potential studies of auditory scene analysis with Dr Blake Johnson and Dr Michael Hautus. In his current work at Macquarie University with Dr Bill Thompson and Dr John Sutton, he is investigating the role of sensory-motor interactions in joint action within… more >> |
Lena QuintoDoctoral Student |  |
| Lena Quinto is a PhD candidate working on shared deficits in speech (aprosody) and music (amusia). As a research assistant, she assists in preparation and running of capture sessions in the motion capture lab. Lena completed her Master's Degree in Psychology at the University of Toronto. more >> |
Linda SigmundsdottirDoctoral Student |  |
| Linda Sigmundsdottir is working towards the completion of a Doctor of Psychology degree, specialising in Clinical Neuropsychology. She completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree at Macquarie University in 2007. Her honours work (conducted with Professor Bill Thompson) investigated rhythmic impairments in people with congenital amusia. Her current research involves the investigation of sound and music processing in auditory synaesthesia. This research is being conducted with Professor Bill Thompson and Dr. Anina Rich from… more >> |
Paolo AmmiranteHonorary Member and Collaborator |  |
| Paolo Ammirante completed his PhD candidate at the MSP lab in 2010, and is now doing post-doctoral research at Ryerson University, Toronto at the SMART lab with Frank Russo. He has a BFA in music from York University and a Master's degree in music performance from the University of Toronto. more >> |
Steven R. LivingstoneHonorary Member |  |
| Steven R. Livingstone was manager of the Music, Sound and Performance Lab between January 2007 until October 2008, and was instrumental in establishing the motion capture lab and running the first set of investigations. Steven received his PhD in Computer Science (2008) from The University of Queensland. His dissertation, completed under the supervision of Ralf Muhlberger and Andrew Brown, produced a computational model for changing the perceived emotions of music through the control of… more >> |
Caroline PalmerHonorary Member and Partner Investigator |  |
| Caroline Palmer is Professor and Canada Research Chair, McGill University, Canada. Among other topics, her research focuses on the time course of movements that occur in music performance. She is a Partner Investigator on ARC DP0987182: Vocal Emotional Communication. For more detailed information, see her website: http://www.mcgill.ca/spl/palmer/ more >> |
Varghese PeterHonorary Member |  |
| Varghese Peter completed his PhD on prosody in speech and music with Genevieve McArthur. He has BSc and MSc in Speech and Hearing from University of Mysore. He is now a post-doctoral researcher in linguistics at Macquarie University. more >> |
Frank A. RussoHonorary Member and Collaborator |  |
| Frank A. Russo is Director of the SMART lab and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He was a post doctoral fellow with Professor Thompson from 2002-2006. His research explores questions at the intersection of music, technology, and cognitive science. more >> |
People
Bill ThompsonRachel Bennetts
Alex Chilvers
John Bispham
Thenille Braun
Lincoln Colling
Lena Quinto
Linda Sigmundsdottir
Paolo Ammirante
Steven R. Livingstone
Caroline Palmer
Varghese Peter
Frank A. Russo
Recent News
Centre for Cognition and its Disorders: Cross Program Support Scheme 11 Jan 12
On December 20th, 2011, Bill Thompson, Paul Sowman, Greg Savage, Lyndsey Nickels, and…
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Macquarie University Safety Net Grant 04 Jan 12
On December 15, 2011, Bill Thompson and Glenn Schellenberg were awarded $25,000 for their project Thought set to music: Effects… more >>