Music Engagement Across the Lifespan

Project Aim

To better understand the reasons why people listen to music across the lifespan and to identify factors that may influence these reasons by comparing music engagement across different age groups.

Meet the Team

Shannon Skeffington

PhD Student in Psychology

Dr Clare Rathbone

Reader in Psychology

Dr Adam Lonsdale

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Mark Burgess

Reader in Psychology

How is this being researched?

The first phase of this project involves distributing an online questionnaire to people of all ages about their music preferences and why they listen to music.