I am a Lecturer in Psychology and Director of the MSc in Music, Mind, and Brain at Goldsmiths, University of London. I am interested in understanding the psychological and cultural foundations of complex human behaviours, such as music and art, and the role they play in society and culture. My research combines methods from cross-cultural psychology, neuroscience, machine learning, music cognition, empirical aesthetics, computational science, and big data.

See my work on how cultural transmission shapes the evolution of human song, read about the influence of weather conditions on music popularity in the UK, or check out REPP, a Python package for running high-precision music tapping experiments online. You can also explore broader research of the MMB Group across psychology, neuroscience, and computational approaches to music, creativity, and art.