We study apparently differentiated—but ultimately connected—fields: language learning and reward on the one hand, and music, reward and memory on the other. Our research relies on one main idea: capitalize on music to shape cognition, and capitalize on cognition to shape music.

Capitalize on Music to shape Cognitive Neuroscience, capitalize on Cognitive Neuroscience to shape Music.

Music and Auditory Research Lab (MARL)

We are part of the MARL under the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, which brings together scholars from music theory, technology & composition, computer & information science, and interactive media to explore the intersection between music, computation and science. 

Center for Language, Music and Emotion (CLaME)

Our lab is affiliated with the Max Planck – NYU Center for Language, Music and Emotion (CLaME), an institution that gathers an international team of researchers investigating the foundational links between language, music, emotion, memory, and decision making.

Department of Psychology, NYU FAS

Within this department we are part of the Program in Cognition & Perception, which spans multiple subareas of psychology including perception, attention, memory, categorization, language, emotion, decision-making, development, motor control, and cognitive neuroscience.​

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