Abstract
Music is a ubiquitous stimulus that can capture and sustain our attention, trigger autobiographical memories, and invoke vivid images in our mind’s eye. In this talk I will very briefly present three lines of research that I and members of my lab have focused on in recent years. I will first highlight some studies in which we have studied mechanisms underlying the dynamics of attentive engagement with music. Next, I will present some findings on the neuro-oscillatory correlates and consequences of music-induced imagery. Finally, I will share a little about how we are using VR to learn more about how music’s role in episodic memory encoding, before briefly mentioning various directions for future research.
Bio
Diana Omigie’s research interests revolve around the behavioural, physiological and neural correlates of music sense making and music-induced emotions. Following a BSc in Neuroscience at University College London, and MSc and PhD studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, she completed postdoctoral fellowships in the USA (New York University), France (NeuroSpin, Brain and Spine Institute, University of Lille) and Germany (Max Planck Institute of Empirical Aesthetics). Diana is now a Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology at Goldsmiths, where she co-directs the Music, Mind and Brain group and MSc programme.