Latest academic research – A general procedure to measure the pacing of body movements timed to music and metronome in younger and older adults
Rose, D., Ott, L., Guerin, S. Annett,L. E., Lovatt, P. J., & Delevoye-Turrell, Y., (2021). A general procedure to measure the pacing of body movements timed to music and metronome in younger and older adults. Scientific Reports, (2021) 11:3264 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82283-4 Finger-tapping tasks are classically used to investigate sensorimotor...
Latest academic research – The Goldsmiths Dance Sophistication Index (Gold-DSI)
Rose, D., Mullensiefen, D., Lovatt, P.J., & Orgs, G. (2020). The Goldsmiths Dance Sophistication Index (Gold-DSI): A Psychometric Tool to Assess Individual Differences in Dance Experience. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000340Dance has become an important topic for research in empirical...
Research on Music for Movement among People with Parkinson’s
Watching people with the neurodegenerative condition known as Parkinson's being transformed by dance has been one of the greatest privileges of my academic career. I have always known that dance transforms people, but to witness it from a scientific perspective truly...
Research on Parkinson’s Disease
One of the difficulties of studying the science of human dance is that it can be difficult to know which aspect of dance is leading to the amazing changes we see in people. In this study we reduced body movements down to finger tapping, toe tapping...
Research on Parkinson’s & Motor Timing
This was a very groovy study. Do you ever feel the urge to move when you hear certain bits of music? I do, a lot. This is due in part to an area of the brain responsible for sensory-motor coupling. It's the area of the brain responsible for "groove"....
Research on Mood Changes following Social Dance
2016 Lewis, C., Annett, L.E., Davenport, S., Hall, A. and Lovatt, P. (2016). Mood changes following social dance sessions in people with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(4), 483-492. View the article...
Research on Gestures, Improvisation and Thinking Skills
Lewis, C., Lovatt, P. & Kirk, E. (2015). Many hands make light work: The facilitative role of gesture in verbal improvisation. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 17, 149-157. View the article...
Review: Body, Thinking & Dance
Lovatt, P. (2013). Review: Body, Thinking and Dance: Wayne McGregor | Random Dance “Thinking with the Body” Psychologist, 26 (11) p. 836. Dr Peter Lovatt spent over 20 years working...
Research on Dance, Behaviour and Thinking
Lovatt, P. (2013). Dance Psychology: The power of dance across behaviour and thinking. Psychology Review, 19 (1), 18-21. Dr Peter Lovatt spent over 20 years working as a university academic. He...