Postdoctoral researcher and consultant in all things creativity, health, and wellbeing
Sydney
Joined August 2020
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Merrick Powell presenting “Music Containing Violent Themes: From Curiosity to Passion”
PhD Supervisor: Bill Thompson
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Some of the team from the #music and #sound lab @Macquarie_Uni and @BondUniversity have arrived @icmpc17 Tokyo !
Ready for some #musicscience inspiration and sharing some of our work 🎵 @Yixue_Quan @MerrickPowell @MarjorieLi_Pipa @thomps95
#icmpc17
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AMPS Members - our June newsletter is out! This update, check out a new forum post by @MerrickPowell about completing a PhD during COVID, amps.org.au/2023/05/30/refle… and a reminder about our next #AMPlify2023 session about applying for a #DECRA, TOMORROW! amps.org.au/2023/04/18/ampli…
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Can music containing violent themes facilitate psychological well-being for its fans?
Latest publication from the Violent Music Project by @PsyMQ PhD candidate @MerrickPowell & coauthors @KirkOlsenPhD & @thomps95. #musicscience
Our article “Passion for Violently Themed Music and Psychological Well-Being: A Survey Analysis” written with @KirkOlsenPhD, Robert Vallerand and @thomps95 has just been published in @Behavsci_MDPI. See the thread below for a brief overview. @MDPIOpenAccess
@PsyMQ #musicscience
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Very proud to announce our open access review of the psychosocial risks & benefits of engaging with heavy metal music with aggressive themes. Coauthored with Josephine Terry and Bill Thompson (@thomps95) @Macquarie_Uni @PsyMQ #musicscience #HeavyMetal bit.ly/3GLEwkD
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Fans use violent music to achieve equal balance of pos & neg emotions. New #MusicaeScientiae paper by @KirkOlsenPhD, @MerrickPowell, Aydin Anic, Robert J. Vallerand, & @thomps95. journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… #musicscience
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AMPS is thrilled to launch our new series of Zoom sessions - AMPlify Your Research! Our first session (February 9) is by AMPS president, @StudyListening, on “Your (Online) Scholarly Identity”. See our latest forum post for details to register & attend! amps.org.au/2022/01/20/ampli…
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Check out @MerrickPowell's great review of the virtual #SysMus21 experience on the @AusMusPsySoc forum! Links below.
AMPS has a great new forum up on their website. You can check out the different posts (including a review of the recent @SysMus21 conference that I wrote) at the link below!
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For those at #SysMus21, check out @MerrickPowell's virtual talk today 8:45pm AEDT
Does morbid curiosity contribute to the enjoyment of music with violent themes?
This research with @thomps95 & myself draws from the fine work of @MorbidPsych and applies it to music #musicscience
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AMPS community, we want to hear from you! We have several new initiatives under consideration and would love feedback for our upcoming AMPS activities in 2022. Have your say here, before October 15: mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form…
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Our September update is here! mailchi.mp/b50e9d5fdb86/sept…. Follow the link for our recent updates. We also have several new initiatives under consideration, and would love feedback for our upcoming AMPS activities in 2022!
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had a great @AusMusPsySoc #ECR initiative planning meeting today. looking forward to what we can cook up for #MusicScience-tists in Australia.
cc @m_t_forbes @DiannaVidas @SpreadboroughKL @MerrickPowell @SolangeGlasser @bamford_js
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and also to continuing treasurer, @DonutOfTonality; ordinary members @Genevieve132, M.Broughton, A.Chmiel, M.Susino; student reps @nataliepeluso, O.Urbaniak, @MerrickPowell; and advisory members J.Davidson, E.Schubert, and @KateStevArtsSci
@AusMusPsySoc #MusicScience
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Proud to announce our latest study from the ‘violent music’ project @Macquarie_Uni with @thomps95 and @MerrickPowell, reporting on the passions and experiences of music fans with specific focus on violent music.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs… #musicscience #passion #MetalMusic #Rap
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Merrick Powell (from @CEPET_MQ): Validity of much previous research on violent music is compromised by only studying non-fan groups and focusing (almost) exclusively on negative outcomes. #musicscience at #ISPS2019
