Psychology of the Arts MSc

The programme explores how human perception, cognition and emotion interact with artistic and creative experiences in the physical and digital worlds. <br/>Students will develop a deep understanding of the processes of perception, cognition, creativity, and emotion, and explore how these insights can be applied to the arts. This course is designed for a broad range of professionals, such as psychologists, neuroscientists, visual artists, designers, architects, musicians, performers, curators, art therapists, User Experience (UX) design (and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) specialists and art-wellbeing practitioners who want to combine research and practice to generate knowledge, inform creative work, and make a real-world difference.<br/><br/><strong>Key areas of study:</strong><br/>• Perception, Cognitive Processes, and Aesthetic Experience<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Creativity, Brain, and Body<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Arts, Wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Community<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Curation, Spectorship, and Decision-Making<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Psychology of Marketing, Communication, and Design<br/><br/><br/><br/>• UX Research and Human Performance<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>You will graduate with either an MSc, supported by an empirical dissertation, or an MA, supported by a practice-based research project or a theoretical dissertation.</strong>