- ‘A huge man is bursting out of a rock'. Bodies, motion, and creativity in verbal reports of musical connotation Antović, Mihailo; Küssner, Mats B.; Kempf, Adrian; Omigie, Diana; Hashim, Sarah and Schiavio, Andrea. 2024. ‘A huge man is bursting out of a rock'. Bodies, motion, and creativity in verbal reports of musical connotation. Journal of New Music Research, 52(1), pp. 73-86. ISSN 0929-8215
- The Experience of Music in Aphantasia: Emotion, Reward, and Everyday Functions Hashim, Sarah; Pulcini, Claudia; Jansari, Ashok S.; Küssner, Mats B. and Omigie, Diana. 2024. The Experience of Music in Aphantasia: Emotion, Reward, and Everyday Functions. Music & Science, 7, ISSN 2059-2043
- A model of time-varying music engagement Omigie, Diana and Mencke, Iris. 2024. A model of time-varying music engagement. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379, 20220421. ISSN 0962-8436
- Music listening evokes story-like visual imagery with both idiosyncratic and shared content Hashim, Sarah; Stewart, Lauren; Küssner, Mats B. and Omigie, Diana. 2023. Music listening evokes story-like visual imagery with both idiosyncratic and shared content. PLoS ONE, 18(10), e0293412. ISSN 1932-6203
- Exploring Barriers to and Drivers of Participatory Arts Engagement in Early Adolescence Kelleher-Clarke, Alicia; Bartoli Jones, Alice and Omigie, Diana. 2023. Exploring Barriers to and Drivers of Participatory Arts Engagement in Early Adolescence. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, ISSN 1931-3896
- Character Strengths Afforded by Arts Engagement During Adolescence: The Development and Validation of the Creative Artistic Activities Strengths Affordances Scale (CAASA scale) Jones, Nicky; Jones Bartoli, Alice and Omigie, Diana. 2023. Character Strengths Afforded by Arts Engagement During Adolescence: The Development and Validation of the Creative Artistic Activities Strengths Affordances Scale (CAASA scale). Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, ISSN 1931-3896
- Hierarchically nested networks optimize the analysis of audiovisual speech Chalas, Nikos; Omigie, Diana; Poeppel, David and van Wassenhove, Virginie. 2023. Hierarchically nested networks optimize the analysis of audiovisual speech. iScience, 26(3), 106257. ISSN 2589-0042
- Investigating the interaction of pleasantness and arousal and the role of aesthetic emotions on episodic memory using a musical what-where-when paradigm Nawaz, Safiyyah and Omigie, Diana. 2023. Investigating the interaction of pleasantness and arousal and the role of aesthetic emotions on episodic memory using a musical what-where-when paradigm. Cognition and Emotion, 37(2), pp. 320-328. ISSN 0269-9931
- Accounting for expressions of curiosity and enjoyment during music listening Omigie, Diana and Ricci, Jessica. 2023. Accounting for expressions of curiosity and enjoyment during music listening. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 17(2), pp. 225-241. ISSN 1931-3896
- The Influence of Music Liking on Episodic Memory for Rich Spatiotemporal Contexts Murphy, Ellen; North, E.; Nawaz, Safiyyah and Omigie, Diana. 2023. The Influence of Music Liking on Episodic Memory for Rich Spatiotemporal Contexts. Memory, 31(5), pp. 589-604. ISSN 0965-8211
- Individual differences in the expression and experience of curiosity are reflected in patterns of music preferences and appreciation Galvan, Jasmin and Omigie, Diana. 2022. Individual differences in the expression and experience of curiosity are reflected in patterns of music preferences and appreciation. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 32(3-4), pp. 59-75. ISSN 0275-3987
- In touch: Cardiac and respiratory patterns synchronize during ensemble singing with physical contact Lange, Elke; Omigie, Diana; Trenado, Carlos; Müller, Viktor; Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie and Merrill, Julia. 2022. In touch: Cardiac and respiratory patterns synchronize during ensemble singing with physical contact. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 928563. ISSN 1662-5161
- Curiosity emerging from the perception of change in music Omigie, Diana and Ricci, Jessica. 2022. Curiosity emerging from the perception of change in music. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 40(2), pp. 296-316. ISSN 0276-2374
- Atonal Music as a Model for Investigating Exploratory Behavior Mencke, Iris; Omigie, Diana; Quiroga-Martinez, David Ricardo and Brattico, Elvira. 2022. Atonal Music as a Model for Investigating Exploratory Behavior. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 793163. ISSN 1662-4548
- The Idiosyncrasy of Involuntary Musical Imagery Repetition (IMIR) Experiences: The Role of Tempo and Lyrics Liptak, Taylor A.; Omigie, Diana and Floridou, Georgia A.. 2022. The Idiosyncrasy of Involuntary Musical Imagery Repetition (IMIR) Experiences: The Role of Tempo and Lyrics. Music Perception, 39(3), pp. 320-338. ISSN 0730-7829
- Prediction Under Uncertainty: Dissociating Sensory from Cognitive Expectations in Highly Uncertain Musical Contexts Mencke, Iris; Quiroga-Martinez, David Ricardo; Omigie, Diana; Michalareas, Georgios; Schwarzacher, Franz; Trusbak Haumann, Niels; Vuust, Peter and Brattico, Elvira. 2021. Prediction Under Uncertainty: Dissociating Sensory from Cognitive Expectations in Highly Uncertain Musical Contexts. Brain Research, 1773, 147664. ISSN 0006-8993
- The Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA): A screening tool to assess individual differences in responsiveness to art in English and German Schlotz, Wolff; Wallot, Sebastian; Omigie, Diana; Masucci4, Michael D.; Hoelzmann, Sonja C. and Vessel, Edward A.. 2021. The Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA): A screening tool to assess individual differences in responsiveness to art in English and German. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 15(4), pp. 682-696. ISSN 1931-3896
- Experiencing musical beauty: emotional subtypes and their physiological and musico-acoustic correlates Omigie, Diana; Frieler, Klaus; Bär, Christian; Muralikrishnan, R.; Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie and Fischinger, Timo. 2021. Experiencing musical beauty: emotional subtypes and their physiological and musico-acoustic correlates. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 15(2), pp. 197-215. ISSN 1931-3896
- Locus of emotion influences psychophysiological reactions to music Merrill, Julia; Omigie, Diana and Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie. 2020. Locus of emotion influences psychophysiological reactions to music. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0237641. ISSN 1932-6203
- Neuro-oscillatory tracking of low- and high-level musico-acoustic features during naturalistic music listening: insights from an intracranial electroencephalography study Omigie, Diana; Lehongre, Katia; Navarro, Vincent; Adam, Claude and Samson, Severine. 2020. Neuro-oscillatory tracking of low- and high-level musico-acoustic features during naturalistic music listening: insights from an intracranial electroencephalography study. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain, 30(1), pp. 37-51. ISSN 0275-3987
- Pupil responses to pitch deviants reflect predictability of melodic sequences Bianco, Roberta; Ptasczynski, Lena Esther and Omigie, Diana. 2020. Pupil responses to pitch deviants reflect predictability of melodic sequences. Brain and Cognition, 138, 103621. ISSN 0278-2626
- Intracranial recordings and computational modelling of music reveal the time course of prediction error signaling in frontal and temporal cortices Omigie, Diana; Pearce, Marcus T.; Lehongre, Katia; Hasboun, Dominic; Navarro, Vincent; Adam, Claude and Samson, Severine. 2019. Intracranial recordings and computational modelling of music reveal the time course of prediction error signaling in frontal and temporal cortices. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(6), pp. 855-873. ISSN 0898-929X
- Atonal Music: Can Uncertainty Lead to Pleasure? Mencke, Iris; Omigie, Diana; Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie and Brattico, Elvira. 2019. Atonal Music: Can Uncertainty Lead to Pleasure? Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, 979. ISSN 1662-4548
- The Busking Experiment: A Field Study Measuring Behavioural Responses to Street Music Performances Anglada-Tort, Manuel; Thueringer, Heather and Omigie, Diana. 2019. The Busking Experiment: A Field Study Measuring Behavioural Responses to Street Music Performances. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 29(1), pp. 46-55. ISSN 0275-3987
- An intracranial EEG study of the neural dynamics of musical valence processing Omigie, Diana; Dellacherie, Delphine; Hasboun, Dominique; George, Nathalie; Clement, Sylvain; Baulac, Michel; Adam, Claude and Samson, Severine. 2015. An intracranial EEG study of the neural dynamics of musical valence processing. Cerebral Cortex, 25(11), pp. 4038-4047. ISSN 1047-3211
- Exploring the musical taste of expert listeners: musicology students reveal tendency toward omnivorous taste Elvers, Paul; Omigie, Diana; Fuhrmann, Wolfgang and Fischinger, Timo. 2015. Exploring the musical taste of expert listeners: musicology students reveal tendency toward omnivorous taste. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(1252), pp. 1-11. ISSN 1664-1078
- Music and literature: are there shared empathy and predictive mechanisms underlying their affective impact? Omigie, Diana. 2015. Music and literature: are there shared empathy and predictive mechanisms underlying their affective impact? Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1250. ISSN 1664-1078
- Basic, specific, mechanistic? Conceptualizing musical emotions in the brain Omigie, Diana. 2015. Basic, specific, mechanistic? Conceptualizing musical emotions in the brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 524(8), pp. 1676-1686. ISSN 0021-9967
- Intracranial markers of emotional valence processing and judgments in music Omigie, Diana; Dellacherie, Delphine; Hasboun, Dominique; Clément, Sylvain; Baulac, Michel; Adam, Claude and Samson, Séverine. 2014. Intracranial markers of emotional valence processing and judgments in music. Cognitive Neuroscience, 6(1), pp. 16-23. ISSN 1758-8928
- Music causes deterioration of source memory: Evidence from normal ageing El Haj, Mohamad; Omigie, Diana and Clément, Sylvain. 2014. Music causes deterioration of source memory: Evidence from normal ageing. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(12), pp. 2381-2391. ISSN 1747-0218
- Destination memory and familiarity: better memory for conversations with Elvis Presley than with unknown people El Haj, Mohamad; Omigie, Diana and Samson, Séverine. 2014. Destination memory and familiarity: better memory for conversations with Elvis Presley than with unknown people. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(3), pp. 337-344. ISSN 1594-0667
- Autobiographical recall triggers visual exploration El Haj, Mohamad; Delerue, Céline; Omigie, Diana; Antoine, Pascal; Nandrino, Jean Louis and Boucart, Muriel. 2014. Autobiographical recall triggers visual exploration. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 7(5), pp. 1-7. ISSN 1995-8692
- A protective effect of musical expertise on cognitive outcome following brain damage? Omigie, Diana and Samson, Severine. 2014. A protective effect of musical expertise on cognitive outcome following brain damage? Neuropsychology Review, 24(4), pp. 445-460. ISSN 1040-7308
- Time reproduction during high and low attentional tasks in Alzheimer’s Disease “A watched kettle never boils” El Haj, Mohamad; Omigie, Diana and Moroni, Christine. 2014. Time reproduction during high and low attentional tasks in Alzheimer’s Disease “A watched kettle never boils”. Brain and Cognition, 88, pp. 1-5. ISSN 0278-2626
- To what extent does destination recall induce episodic reliving? Evidence from Alzheimer’s disease El Haj, Mohamad; Moroni, Christine; Luyat, Marion; Omigie, Diana and Allain, Philippe. 2014. To what extent does destination recall induce episodic reliving? Evidence from Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 36(2), pp. 127-136. ISSN 1380-3395
- Why do we like what we like? When information flow matters Ticini, Luca Francesco and Omigie, Diana. 2013. Why do we like what we like? When information flow matters. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(731), ISSN 1662-5161
- Electrophysiological correlates of melodic processing in congenital amusia Omigie, Diana; Pearce, Marcus T.; Williamson, Victoria J. and Stewart, Lauren. 2013. Electrophysiological correlates of melodic processing in congenital amusia. Neuropsychologia, 51(9), pp. 1749-1762. ISSN 0028-3932
- Tracking of pitch probabilities in congenital amusia. Omigie, Diana; Pearce, M. T. and Stewart, Lauren. 2012. Tracking of pitch probabilities in congenital amusia. Neuropsychologia, 50(7), pp. 1483-1493. ISSN 0028-3932
- Preserved Statistical Learning of Tonal and Linguistic Material in Congenital Amusia Omigie, Diana and Stewart, Lauren. 2011. Preserved Statistical Learning of Tonal and Linguistic Material in Congenital Amusia. Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(109), pp. 1-11.
- Psychophysical evidence for a non-linear representation of facial identity Dakin, Steven C and Omigie, Diana. 2009. Psychophysical evidence for a non-linear representation of facial identity. Vision Research, 49(18), pp. 2285-2296. ISSN 0042-6989
Dr Diana Omigie
Diana has research interests that revolve around the behaviour, physiology and neurology of music-induced emotions.
Staff details
I’m a cognitive neuroscientist and member of the Music, Mind and Brain research group at Goldsmiths where I co-direct the MSc programme in Music, Mind and Brain with Daniel Müllensiefen. My research interests revolve around the behavioural, physiological and neural correlates of music-induced emotions and the aesthetic experience.
Supervision
I’m available to supervise students at BSc, MSc and PhD level on projects related to music psychology and empirical aesthetics. Feel free to contact me to discuss possible opportunities.
Publications and research outputs
Article
- Book Review: Robert Zatorre (2024). From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It. Omigie, Diana. 2025. Book Review: Robert Zatorre (2024). From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It. Music & Science, 8, ISSN 2059-2043
- Beyond novelty: Learnability in the interplay between creativity, curiosity and artistic endeavours Omigie, Diana and Bhattacharya, Joydeep. 2024. Beyond novelty: Learnability in the interplay between creativity, curiosity and artistic endeavours. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47, e109. ISSN 0140-525X
- The neuro-oscillatory profiles of static and dynamic music-induced visual imagery Hashim, Sarah; Küssner, Mats B.; Weinreich, André and Omigie, Diana. 2024. The neuro-oscillatory profiles of static and dynamic music-induced visual imagery. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 199, 112309. ISSN 0167-8760
Thesis
- Studies into the cognitive and neural basis of congenital amusia Omigie, Diana. 2012. Studies into the cognitive and neural basis of congenital amusia. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London
