Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics (MIND) Lab

Research at the MIND lab seeks to understand the networks of brain structure and function that enable musical processes: auditory and multisensory perception, learning and memory of sound structure, sound production, and the human aesthetic and emotional response to sensory stimuli. Tools for this research include human electrophysiology, structural and functional neuroimaging, noninvasive brain stimulation, and psychophysical and cognitive experiments.

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  • Psyche Loui

    Psyche Loui is Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice in the Department of Music and director of the MIND (Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics) lab at Northeastern University. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley with her PhD in Psychology, and attended Duke University as an undergraduate with degrees in Psychology and Music. Dr. Loui studies […]

  • Nicholas Kathios

    Nicholas Kathios is a Psychology Ph.D student working in the MIND lab. He received his B.A. in Psychology and Music from Columbia University. He is broadly interested in the relationship between music, affect, and cognition as a way to understand music-based interventions.  

  • Kelsie Lopez

    Kelsie Lopez is a PhD student in the Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab with Dr. Laurel Gabard-Durnam in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health. Lopez studies the effects of early adverse life events on later language outcomes by measuring both behavior and sensitive period timing in the brain using EEG methodology. In addition, she investigates […]

  • Kai Yi (Kaye) Han

    Kai Yi Han is a PhD student in the MIND Lab with Dr. Psyche Loui in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health. She is broadly interested in both the theoretical and practical applications of music psychology and cognition, such as the development of musical abilities and how they inform music-based interventions. Currently, Han is […]

  • Corinna Parrish

    Corinna is a Research Assistant and Lab Manager in the MIND Lab. She received her B.S. in Psychology and Music from Northeastern University in the spring of 2024. Corinna is interested in music-based interventions and improving wellbeing through music listening and participation.