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Ai Kawakami
Dr. Ai Kawakami studies “why people listen to sad music” from the viewpoints of music psychology, neuroscience and cognitive science. Her paper published in 2013 caused a sensation all over the world. You can check her study on the “Gray Matter” article of New York Times and BBC radio (The Why Factor).
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/opinion/sunday/why-we-like-sad-music.html
BBC Radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01gmhx6.
On the other hand, she' s also a pianist. Her performance is streaming now on Youtube channel "Researcher Pianist".
For details on her performance, go to the following site:
Nelson Freire, Murray Perahia, Evgeny Kissin are her favorite pianists.
Current Research
Domains of interest:
• Music and Emotion
• Perceived emotion and Felt emotion
• Sad Music
• Vicarious Emotion
• Metacognition of Emotion
• Empathy
• Strong Experiences of Music and Personality
She has reviewed some articles in Music Perception, Psychology of Music and JapanesePsychological Research.
Education
2013: Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan (with highest honors)
Doctoral thesis： Two Kinds of Musical Emotions― The Relationship between Perceived Emotion and Felt Emotion ―
2006: M.S. in Human Science, Osaka University, Japan
Master thesis: The Relationship between "Kandoh" (Strong Experiences in Japanese) while listening to music and personality
E-mail Address
amour.kawakami[at]gmail.com
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