Dr Kirk N. Olsen

Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Psychological Sciences
Associate Member and Centre Manager: Research and Engagement,
Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise and Training
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
kirk.olsen(at)mq.edu.au

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Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), Western Sydney University, Australia, 2011
• Bachelor of Psychology (Hons), Western Sydney University, Australia, 2007

Brief Biography

• Dr Kirk Olsen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Dr Olsen's research combines psychological science with music and sound to investigate the mechanisms underlying human auditory perception, cognition, and emotion, with recent emphasis on the psychosocial benefits of music within subcultures and across ethnicities. Dr Olsen is also Centre Manager: Research and Engagement of the MQ Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise, and Training and Research Manager of the MQ Music, Sound, and Performance Research Group.
  

Specific Research Interests

• Psychosocial risks and benefits of music with violent themes
• Social cohesion through intercultural music engagement
• Promoting healthy ageing with harmonious passion for the arts
• Music and emotion: The role of structure, source, and self
• Auditory motion, attention, and spatial localisation

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