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Overview

Aaron Williamon is currently affiliated with the Royal College of Music in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within psychology and the arts and humanities. Their work focuses extensively on the intersection of music, health, and wellbeing.

The main fields of study associated with Williamon include:

  • Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities

Within these fields, they have contributed to various subfields such as:

  • Social Psychology
  • Music
  • Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Conservation

The scientist's work predominantly revolves around several core topics including:

  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Art Therapy and Mental Health
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Musicians' Health and Performance
  • Sport Psychology and Performance

Aaron Williamon has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Royal College of Music
  • Social Sciences & Humanities Open
  • PLoS ONE
  • Arts & Health

Among their recorded book publications is Evaluating Performance, published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Williamon include:

  • The Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown 1.0 on Working Patterns, Income, and Wellbeing Among Performing Arts Professionals in the United Kingdom (April-June 2020), 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • How Participatory Music Engagement Supports Mental Well-being: A Meta-Ethnography, 2020, Qualitative Health Research
  • Arts engagement trends in the United Kingdom and their mental and social wellbeing implications: HEartS Survey, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Arts engagement supports social connectedness in adulthood: findings from the HEartS Survey, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Art for Ages: The Effects of Group Music Making on the Wellbeing of Nursing Home Residents, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent collaborators in their publications include:

  • George Waddell
  • Rosie Perkins
  • Neta Spiro
  • Adele Mason-Bertrand
  • Urszula Tymoszuk

Best Publications

  • Quantity and quality of musical practice as predictors of performance quality.

    Aaron Williamon;Elizabeth Valentine

  • Motorcortical Excitability and Synaptic Plasticity Is Enhanced in Professional Musicians

    Karin Rosenkranz;Aaron Williamon;John C. Rothwell

  • Exploring co-performer communication

    Aaron Williamon;Jane W. Davidson

  • “Expressivity comes from within your soul”: A questionnaire study of music students' perspectives on expressivity:

    Erik Lindström;Patrik N. Juslin;Roberto Bresin;Aaron Williamon

  • Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers.

    Daisy Fancourt;Aaron Williamon;Livia A Carvalho;Andrew Steptoe

  • Pathophysiological differences between musician's dystonia and writer's cramp

    Karin Rosenkranz;Aaron Williamon;Katherine Butler;Carla Cordivari

  • Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.

    Daisy Fancourt;Daisy Fancourt;Daisy Fancourt;Rosie Perkins;Rosie Perkins;Sara Ascenso;Livia A. Carvalho

  • Awareness and incidence of health problems among conservatoire students

    Aaron Williamon;Sam Thompson

  • Learning to make music in older adulthood: A mixed-methods exploration of impacts on wellbeing

    Rosie Perkins;Aaron Williamon

  • The Role of Retrieval Structures in Memorizing Music

    Aaron Williamon;Elizabeth Valentine

  • Evaluating Evaluation: Musical Performance Assessment as a Research Tool

    Sam Thompson;Aaron Williamon

  • Measuring distinct types of musical self-efficacy:

    Laura Ritchie;Aaron Williamon

  • Musical excellence : strategies and techniques to enhance performance

    Aaron Williamon

  • Mental skills training

    Aaron Williamon

  • Evaluation of a Mental Skills Training Program for Musicians

    Terry Clark;Aaron Williamon

  • The Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown 1.0 on Working Patterns, Income, and Wellbeing Among Performing Arts Professionals in the United Kingdom (April-June 2020)

    Neta Spiro;Rosie Perkins;Rosie Perkins;Sasha Kaye;Urszula Tymoszuk;Urszula Tymoszuk

  • Regaining Motor Control in Musician's Dystonia by Restoring Sensorimotor Organization

    Karin Rosenkranz;Katherine Butler;Aaron Williamon;John C. Rothwell

  • Understanding the wellbeing of professional musicians through the lens of Positive Psychology

    Sara Ascenso;Aaron Williamon;Rosie Perkins

  • Sensorimotor reorganization by proprioceptive training in musician's dystonia and writer's cramp.

    K. Rosenkranz;K. Butler;A. Williamon;C. Cordivari

  • Music Students' Health Problems and Health-promoting Behaviours

    Gunter Kreutz;Jane Ginsborg;Aaron Williamon

  • Primary School Children’s Self-Efficacy for Music Learning

    Laura Ritchie;Laura Ritchie;Aaron Williamon

  • Fit to Perform: An Investigation of Higher Education Music Students' Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behaviors toward Health.

    Liliana Silva Araújo;David Wasley;Rosie Perkins;Rosie Perkins;Louise Atkins

  • Health-Promoting Behaviours in Conservatoire Students.

    Gunter Kreutz;Jane Ginsborg;Aaron Williamon

  • Resounding Meaning: A PERMA Wellbeing Profile of Classical Musicians

    Sara Ascenso;Rosie Perkins;Rosie Perkins;Aaron Williamon;Aaron Williamon

  • Perceived Enablers and Barriers to Optimal Health among Music Students: A Qualitative Study in the Music Conservatoire Setting

    Rosie Perkins;Rosie Perkins;Helen Reid;Liliana S. Araújo;Liliana S. Araújo;Terry Clark;Terry Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

Daisy Fancourt
Daisy Fancourt University College London
Andrew Steptoe
Andrew Steptoe University College London
Gary E. McPherson
Gary E. McPherson University of Melbourne
Patrik N. Juslin
Patrik N. Juslin Uppsala University
Danilo P. Mandic
Danilo P. Mandic Imperial College London
Tobias Egner
Tobias Egner Duke University
Elena Tomba
Elena Tomba University of Bologna
Jenny Guidi
Jenny Guidi University of Bologna
Lauren Stewart
Lauren Stewart Goldsmiths University of London
Silvana Grandi
Silvana Grandi University of Bologna

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