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Research at the Music Cognition Lab seeks to understand the way in which human listeners and performers perceive and appreciate music. This research spans a wide range of psychological domains, from low-level processes such as auditory stream segregation to high-level musical experiences such as aesthetic appreciation. The group makes use of a wide range of research paradigms, including computational modelling, neuroimaging, and cognitive psychology.

The Music Cognition Lab is part of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM), and the Cognitive Science (CogSci) Research Group, all institutions of Queen Mary University of London. The lab is led by Marcus Pearce.

Recent News


July 2022: Alejandra Carriero, ‎Eliana Valdez (Birkbeck University in London), Amira Korkor,
Edward Hall, Tom Kaplan, Marcus Pearce.


Music Cognition Lab photo December 2021

December 2021: Amira Korkor, ‎Tom Kaplan, Madeline Hamilton, Katie Rose Sanfilippo (City, University of London), Peter Harrison (University of Cambridge), Edward Hall, Marcus Pearce.


Music Cognition Lab photo March 2018

March 2018: Emmanouil Benetos, ‎Stine Sørensen‎ (visitor), Peter Harrison, Manuel Anglada-Tort, Adrien Ycart, Jiajie Dai, Changhong Wang, Ioanna Zioga, Marcus Pearce.


Music Cognition Lab photo December 2017

December 2017: Jiajie Dai, Adrien Ycart, Changhong Wang, Edward Hall, Emmanouil Benetos, Rémi de Fleurian.


Music Cognition Lab photo June 2015

June 2015: Léna Delval, Sam Duffy, Yvonne Blokland, Yading Song, Sarah Sauvé, Marcus Pearce, Marco Bussi, JP Tauscher, Miriam Tenderini.


School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom