Saturday, 10 April 2010

Exploring Psychology Conference

I have just arrived back home from what had to be one of the most interesting events that I have been to in a long time. The Exploring Psychology conference at Nottingham University had speakers that delved deep into the heart of psychology. Examples of this include Mark Griffiths' lecture on gambling and addiction, the exhilarating talks given by James Ridgeway on liking & sexual attraction and Freud & the analysis of dreams , as well as the lecture Dr Alinka Greasley gave as an introduction to music psychology, which I felt was most intriguing, as this is a field I have always had a keen interest.

After Dr Greasley gave her lecture, I asked her what kinds of research I should look up, and she gave many examples of research only related to music preference, such as Russell 1987, Berlyne 1971, as well as a large amount of research done by DeNora, Bunt and Lamont