Name: Lauren V. Hadley
Research Area: Executive function development
Department: Psychology
Email: Lauren.Hadley@ed.ac.uk
Biography
My undergraduate degree was in Music at the University of Cambridge, and it is there that I became aware of the field of Music Psychology. I focused on Music, Mind, and Brain in my MSc at Goldsmiths, then completed a PhD in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in 2015. During my PhD I investigated simulation as a means of making musical predictions, and compared my findings with those of language to address processing similarities between domains. To capture the breadth of musical experience I approached this question from three perspectives: music reading (using eye-tracking), music listening (using behavioural measures), and musical interaction (using TMS).
At the start of this year I moved to the Medical Research Council with a post at the Institute of Hearing Research in Glasgow, but I have now returned to Edinburgh for postdoctoral work exploring executive function in children.
Research Interests
When we perform any action, from completing a maths problem to playing the piano, how do we figure out where to start, how do we know what we’re aiming for, and how do we correct mistakes along the way? My interests focus broadly on how individuals plan, represent, and achieve such cognitive goals, and how this changes with age and with training. I am particularly interested in using music performance as a means of investigating these questions, and in my previous work looked at music processing using a variety of behavioural (reaction-time, and eye-tracking) and neuroscientific (EEG, TMS) measures.
Publications
Hadley, L.V., Novembre, G., Keller, P.E., & Pickering, M.J. (2015). Causal role of motor simulation in turn-taking behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(50), 16516-16520.
Moran, N., Hadley, L.V., Bader, M., & Keller, P. (2015). Perception of back-channeling in musical duo improvisation, PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0130070.
Hadley, L.V. Decoding; Training; Second language acquisition. In Thompson, W. F. (Ed.). (2014). Music in the social and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia. SAGE Publications.
Hadley, L.V. (2013). Conference report: Performance Studies Network second international conference 2013, Music Performance Research, 6, 170-174.
Jakubowski, J,. & Hadley, L.V. (2013). Conference report: International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) 2012, Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 23(1), 63.
Invited Lectures & Conference Presentations
Hadley, L.V., Brimijoin, W.O., Whitmer, W.M. Difficult conversations: The effect of background noise on body and eye movements of hearing impaired interlocuters. Paper presentation at Basic Auditory Science, University of Cambridge, September 2016
Hadley, L.V., Novembre, G., Pickering, & M.J., & Keller, P. “Did I miss my entry?” Earlier motor planning when you’ve practiced playing your cue: A TMS study of musical turn taking. Paper presentation at Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop, University of Amsterdam, July 2015
Hadley, L.V., Novembre, G., Keller, P., & Pickering M.J. Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes (or at someone else’s piano): A TMS study of motor simulation for temporally accurate musical duet interaction. Paper presentation at Joint Action Meeting, Duna Palota, Budapest, July 2015
Hadley, L.V., Sturt, P., & Pickering, M. The effects of anomaly on music reading: Evidence from eye movements. Invited talk at MARCS Monday Evening Research Colloquium, University of Western Sydney, October 2014
Hadley, L.V., Sturt, P., & Pickering, M. The effects of anomaly on music reading: Evidence from eye movements. Young Researcher Award paper at ICMPC-APSCOM, Yonsei University, August 2014
Moran, N., Hadley, L.V., Keller, P. Observers Recognise Real Versus Fake Free-Improvisation Duos through Nonverbal Backchannel Cues. Paper presentation at ICMPC-APSCOM, Yonsei University, August 2014
Hadley, L.V., Sturt, P., & Pickering, M. A comparison of music and language reading: Rapid eye-movement effects of musical incongruence. Paper presentation at UK Orthography Group Meeting, University of Manchester, July 2014
Hadley, L.V., van Velzen, J., & Heaton, P. Atypical processing of pitch: A behavioral and electrophysiological exploration of the effects of autism traits and musical training. Paper presentation at SMPC 2013, Ryerson University, August 2013
Hadley, L.V. Psychological Perspectives on the Notational Representation of Time. Paper presentation at INTIME 2012 Symposium, Coventry University, October 2012
Poster Presentations
Hadley, L.V., Sturt, P., & Pickering, M. Music and language reading: Rapid eye-movement effects of musical incongruence. Poster presentation at AMLAP, University of Edinburgh, September 2014
Hadley, L.V., & Phillips, M. How is the Production of Rhythmic Timing Variations Influenced by the Use of Mensural Symbols and Spatial Positioning in Musical Notation? Short talk with poster at ICMPC-ESCOM 2012, Thessaloniki, July 2012
Hadley, L.V., Tidhar, D., & Woolhouse, M. Effects of Observed Music-Gesture Synchronicity on Gaze and Memory. Short talk with poster at ICMPC-ESCOM 2012, Thessaloniki, July 2012
Hadley, L.V. A theoretical model for reading music notation derived from models for reading language. Poster presentation at BPS conference, Middlesex University, August 2011
Funding Awarded
2015 Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant
2015 Grindley Grant, Experimental Psychology Society
2015 PsyPag Domestic Bursary
2015 University of Edinburgh Research Support Grant
2014 ICMPC 13 Young Researcher Award
2014 Australian Bicentennial Scholarship
2014 Edinburgh University Innovation Initiative
2014 Experimental Psychology Society Study Visit Grant
2014 MARCS Equipment and Resources Committee
2014 ESRC Research Bursary
2012 UK/EU Postgraduate Scholarship, Goldsmiths College
2011 Wright Prize – St John’s award for academic achievement
2011 Larmor Award – St. John’s award for intellectual and moral qualities
Teaching
Psychology I, First Year Undergraduate, Course Tutor, Psychology Faculty, University of Edinburgh
Project Tutor: Neuroscience of Music, Second Year Undergraduate, Course Tutor, Medical Faculty, University of Edinburgh
Methodology Labs, Second Year Undergraduate, Course Tutor, Psychology Faculty, University of Edinburgh
Critical Analysis, Third Year Undergraduate, Course Tutor, Psychology Faculty, University of Edinburgh
Group Organisation
Edinburgh Music Psychology Research (EMPRes)
Other
Reviewer for Frontiers Human Neuroscience
Reviewer for Psychology of Music