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Recent Publications
Journal articles
Bannister, S., Firth, J., Roa-Dabike, G., Vos, R., Whitmer, W., Greasley, A. E., Graetzer, S., Fazenda, B., Cox, T., Barker, J., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2026). The first Cadenza challenge: Perceptual evaluation of machine learning systems to improve audio quality of popular music for those with hearing loss. Trends in Hearing. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165251408761
Kirby, M. L., Burland, K., Bailes, F., Barker, C., Barrett, T. A., Bartle, J., Hazelgrave, L., Hirst, L., Hepworth, J., Schofield, E., & Waterman, J. (2026). What makes a person accessible? Exploring the characteristics of ‘Accessible People’ from the perspective of adults with learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.70032
Kirts, C., Saarikallio, S., Anderson, C. J., Bannister, S., Céspedes-Guevara, J., Heng, G. J., Henry, N., Jakubowski, K., Koehler, F., Krause, A. E., Lennie, T. M., Martínez, I. C., O'Neill, K., Warrenburg, L., Eerola, T. (2026). Measuring emotional experiences with music: Content validity assessment for episode model constructs. Music & Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043251413550
Bannister, S., Bailes, F., & Greasley, A. E. (2025). “With a little help from my friends”: Exploring pseudo-social music listening experiences. Music & Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043241301997
Bannister S. & Payne, E. (2025). A survey of musical chills experiences while performing music. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356251383805
Cho, H., Johnson, H., Barak, Y., & Fitzgerald, R. (2025). Perceptions of music therapy amongst academicians and healthcare providers in universities and university-affiliated health services in New Zealand. Music and Medicine, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v17i2.959
Greasley, A. E., O'Grady, A., & Stapleton, S. E. (2025). Age is just a number: Persistent participation in Electronic Dance Music by women over 40 years. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356251329229
Schiavio, A., Kempf, A., Bailes, F., & Benedek, M. (2025). An exploratory analysis of self, other, and computational measures of creativity in song lyric writing. Music & Science. https://doi: 10.1177/20592043251364625
Bannister, S., Greasley, A. E., Cox, T. J., Akeroyd, M. A., Barker, J., Fazenda, B., Firth, J., Graetzer, S. N., Roa Dabike, G., Vos, R. R., & Whitmer, W. M. (2024). Muddy, muddled, or muffled? Understanding the perception of audio quality in music by hearing aid users. Frontiers in Psychology, 15: 1310176. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1310176
Cho, H. (2024). “I feel safe when I listen to Korean music!”: Musical engagement and subjective well-being amongst Korean international students in the UK. Journal of International Students, 14(4), 760–780. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i4.6528
Kremer, L. J., Smith, A., Tahitahi, K. A., Mapusua, T., Anwar, M., Rutherford, G., Cho, H., & Guy, W. (2024). Ko au tēnei: This is me-Exploring the lived experience of underrepresented groups with pharmacy services to inform the development of pharmacy case-based learning. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2023.12.019
Rose, D., Burland, K., Blackstone, K., & Alessandri, E. (2024). Investigating the health and wellbeing of music students: Perspectives from schools of music in Switzerland and the UK. International Journal of Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/02557614241262798
Cho, H. (2023). Community voices “comfort like home food”: Gayageum (가야금) in Dunedin. New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy, (21), 53–66. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.466558246551511
Castle C. L., Burland, K., & Greasley, A. (2022). Attending live music events with a visual impairment: experiences, accessibility and recommendations for the future. Arts and the Market. 12(2), 164-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAM-04-2022-0015
Harney, C., Havelka, J., Johnson, J., & Bailes, F. (2022). Lockdown music listening: A mixed methods,
multinational study exploring social uses of music listening and anxiety during social distancing in the first wave of COVID-19. Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing, (Summer, 2022). Link to article.
Harney, C., Johnson, J., Bailes, F. & Havelka, J. (2022). Is music listening an effective intervention for reducing anxiety? A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies. Musicae Scientiae. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649211046979
Ulor, M., Bailes, F., & O'Connor, D. B. (2022). An investigation into the relationship between musical imagery and anxiety. Imagination, Cognition and Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762366221083234
Cannon, J. W., & Greasley, A.E. (2021). Exploring relationships between electronic dance music event participation and well-being. Music & Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059204321997102
Czajkowski, A.-M. L., Greasley, A. E., & Allis, M. (2021). Mindfulness for Singers: A mixed methods replication study. Music & Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043211044816
Special Issues
Payne, E. & Burland, K. (Eds.) (2021). Music & Science. Special Issue: The Role of Music Psychology Research in a Complex World: Implications, Applications, and Debates. https://journals.sagepub.com/articles/MNS?startPage=&ConceptID=142049
Books
Schuiling, F., & Payne, E. (Eds.) (2022). Material Cultures of Music Notation: New Perspectives on Musical Inscription. Routledge.
Doffman, M., Payne, E., & Young, T. (Eds.) (2021). The Oxford Handbook of Time in Music. Oxford University Press.
Timmers, R., Bailes, F., & Daffern, H. (Eds.) (2021). Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation: Oxford University Press.
Book chapters
Ireland, D. I. (2024). Congruous Incongruities? Scoring the complexities of the antihero in peak TV. In J. K. Halfyard & N. Reyland (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Peak TV.
Timmers, R., Bannister, S. C., & Lennie, T. (2024). Aesthetic emotions in music: Theory, measurements, and cross-cultural comparison. In B. Bogunović, R. Timmers, & S. Nikolić (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on musical experiences and skills: Research in the Western Balkans and Western Europe (pp. 73-96). Open Book Publishers.
Lamont, A., Bannister, S. C., & Coutinho, E. (2023). ‘Talking’ about music: The emotional content of comments on YouTube videos. In H. Rogers, J. Freitas, & J. F. Porfirio (Eds.), YouTube and music: Online culture and everyday life (pp. 230-254). London, UK: Bloomsbury.
Greasley, A. E. (2023). Diverse Music Listening Experiences: Insights from the Hearing Aids for Music project. In J. L. Drever & A. Hugill (Eds.) Aural Diversity (pp 134-142). Routledge.
Ireland, D. (2023). ‘The music shouldn’t acknowledge any of the jokes’: audiovisual incongruence and the functions of music in dark comedy films. In E. Audissino & E. Wennekes (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Comedy Cinema (pp.189-205). Palgrave Macmillan.
Bailes, F. (2021). Earworms. In W. F. Thompson & K. N. Olsen (Eds.) The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym. ABC-CLIO. Chapter 12c.
Burland, K. (2021). Ensemble participation and personal development. In R. Timmers, F. Bailes, & H. Daffern (Eds.). Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation: Oxford University Press. Chapter 27.
Burland, K. (2021). Defining ourselves through music. In W. F. Thompson & K. N. Olsen (Eds.) The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym. ABC-CLIO. Chapter 21a.
D'Amario, S., &. Bailes, F. (2021). Ensemble timing and synchronization. In R. Timmers, F. Bailes, & H. Daffern (Eds.). Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation: Oxford University Press. Chapter 17.
Fulford, R. J., Greasley, A. E. & Burland, K. (2021). Responses to music. In S. Hallam, D. Hodges & A. Creech (Eds.). International Handbook of Music Psychology in Education and the Community (pp.101-115). Routledge.
Payne, E., & Thomas, P. (2021). Ensemble interaction in indeterminate music: a case study of Christian Wolff's exercises. In R. Timmers, F. Bailes, & H. Daffern (Eds.). Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation: Oxford University Press. Chapter 18.
Timmers, R., Bailes, F., & Daffern, H. (2021). Together in music: embodiment, multidimensionality, and musical-social interaction. In R. Timmers, F. Bailes, & H. Daffern (Eds.). Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation: Oxford University Press. Chapter 36.