Abstract
The range of ways in which music can affect the human mind are increasingly investigated and demonstrated. Interdisciplinary approaches can be especially valuable in this context, bringing together ideas, expertise and methodologies from fields such as music education, music therapy, psychology, medicine and neuroscience. This talk will outline a selection of interdisciplinary studies that investigated the effects of music on the human mind and brain, using methodologies from classroom teaching, to lab experiments, to DT-MRI. Throughout the talk, I will consider the diversity of ways in which music can have effects, alongside the specificity required for individual studies, in order to deepen our understanding of musical behaviour and experience.
Bio
Dr. Katie Overy is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research in the Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh. She takes an interdisciplinary approach to research, with a particular interest in music neuroscience, music pedagogy and music psychology, and an emphasis on combining knowledge from research, practice and theory. She has over 50 publications, has supervised or examined over 20 interdisciplinary PhDs and her work has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK, the European Commission, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government, amongst others.