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Liverpool Hope University: Psychology of the Arts

Institution Liverpool Hope University View institution profile
Department Department of Psychology
Web http://www.hope.ac.uk/postgraduate/
Study type Taught

Summary

The programme explores how human perception, cognition and emotion interact with artistic and creative experiences in the physical and digital worlds. 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.

Key areas of study: - Perception, Cognitive Processes, and Aesthetic Experience

  • Creativity, Brain, and Body

  • Arts, Wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Community

  • Curation, Spectorship, and Decision-Making

  • Psychology of Marketing, Communication, and Design

  • UX Research and Human Performance

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.

MSc

Students at Liverpool Hope University have the best of both worlds; living and studying on friendly, beautiful campuses while also having the advantage of being a bus ride away from one of Europe’s most vibrant and culturally rich cities.

Dating back to 1844, our students always benefit from a high quality teaching and research environment. In 2023, we were proud to be awarded Silver in the Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

Over the last eight years, we have invested more than £60 million in new university buildings and facilities to support the creation of an enriched learning environment. …

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