Joseph Leach

Research

• Neural Correlates of Spontaneous Creativity - Testing applied psychological methods to modulate spontaneous creative behaviour, especially in relation to the long held, yet unproven relationship between sleep onset and creative ideation.
• Self Regulation - EEG biofeedback to render explicit aspects of neurophysiology, especially in relation to creative insight.
• Software Design for Creative Interactions - Prototyping/Evaluating interaction designs which augment social practices seen in small groups of musicians.
• Computational Methods for Psychology - Matlab, html and R for psychologists to use in data collection, presentation, visualisation and analysis.

Publications & Presentations

• Leach, J. Book Review: Evolution and genetics for psychology. Plat Journal - May 2010 {pdf}.
• Leach, J. Trouble in Mind. Cent magazine - Autumn/Winter 2009 {html}.
• Leach, J. and Steffert, T. The Neuroscience of Creativity. Public Event at the Science Museum's DANA centre {html}.
• Leach, J. and Gruzelier, J. Beneficial effects of alpha/theta neurofeedback on non-expert singing and expert instrumental performance. Conference presentation at Neuroplasticity of Brain and Behaviour, Dubrovnik.
• Thompson, T. and Steffert, T. and Ros, T. and Leach, J. and Gruzelier, J. EEG applications for sport and performance.Journal of Methods, 2008 {pdf}.
• Leach, J. and Gruzelier, J. The relationship between Confidence and Technical Competence in novice singers. Talk at The Society of Applied Neuroscience Biennial Conference, Seville {pdf}.
• Leach, J. and Gruzelier, J. The enhancement of music performance with EEG-biofeedback: A replication. Poster at The British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin {pdf}.
• Leach, J., Bulpin, K., Rahman, S., Rass, A., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., and Gruzelier, J. Increased self-regulation of EEG theta/alpha ratio discloses a differential effect of neurofeedback training on creativity measures. Speaker at Applied Neuroscience Conference, Nijmegen.
• Bryan-Kinns, N., Healey, P. G. T., and Leach, J. Exploring mutual engagement in creative collaborations. Conference paper at C&C '07: Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & cognition {pdf}.
• Independent Newspaper, 2006 {html}
• Science Museum Exhibition, 2006 {html}
• Leach, J., Bulpin, K., Rahman, S., Rass, A., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., and Gruzelier, J. Controlled study of neurofeedback with novice singers. Poster at Society of Applied Neuroscience Inaugural Conference, Swansea.
• Bryan-Kinns, N., Healey, P. G. T., Leach, J., and Brooker, A. Mutual Engagement in Collaboration. Workshop at About-Face Workshop, CHI 2006, Montreal, Canada {pdf}.
• Bryan-Kinns, N., Healey, P. G. T., and Leach, J. Engaging Collaborations: Designing for Creative Groups. Poster at Digital Music Research Network Workshop and Roadmap Launch 2005, Queen Mary, University of London.
• Bryan-Kinns, N., Healey, P. G. T., and Leach, J. Group Creativity, Improvisation as an Exemplar Domain for Research. Poster at Becta Expert Technology Seminar on Creativity, British Library, London.
• Bryan-Kinns, N., Healey, P., Thirlwell, M., and Leach, J. Designing for Group Creativity. Conference paper for Proceedings of HCI International 2003 {pdf}.

Contact

Psychology Department
Goldsmiths University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
T: 020 7919 7870
E: j.leach AT gold.ac.uk