On this page you will find information about current research projects.
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Call for study participants – musicians or music teachers!
Dr Karen Heath at the University of Melbourne is seeking musicians and music educators for a new study. Full details below, and the survey is available to complete here: https://q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_5bPInGXC3FRyOAC
Seeking Participants – Musicians with pain, tendonitis, and RSI
Researchers at UNSW are seeking to interview musicians about their mental wellbeing during the course of a playing-related injury. Full details are in the post below. Click the link or scan the QR code to start the pre-interview questionnaire and schedule an interview...
Participate now! Prevalence of music and mental imagery use in mental preparation of athletes
Do you listen to music while exercising? Do you mentally visualize competition outcomes before they happen? A research team at the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University—PhD Candidate Fernando Castellar, Dr. Rocco Cavaleri, and Dr. Steffen Herff—is...
Hot Off the Press – January 2025
Thanks to our members for sending in their recent publications! If you would like your new article featured, please email us with a short summary of the article. Byron, T. P., Rushworth, C. T., & Stewart, M. J. (2024). Popular Music Excerpts Are Rated As More...
Calling music listeners for an online music rating study!
How do you rate the music you stream? A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne and University of Queensland - Professor Nikki Rickard, Dr Margaret Osborne, Dr Dianna Vidas, and Dr Lewis Nitschinsk - want to know how well Spotify tags their music! This is a...
A cross-cultural investigation of music listening practices
We are conducting research on everyday musical experiences. The purpose of this study is to examine how individuals construct music playlists. Participation involves completing an online questionnaire, which is expected to take no more than 20 minutes. This research...
Exploring contemporary listening experiences
Through this research, we are interested in finding out how people access and experience music and whether people’s musical background is related to their listening experiences. This research consists of a short online survey, which we estimate will take no more than...