Amy Hendon

Amy Hendon

Roles:

Amy has a background in Music Psychology and teaches predominately on the BSc Psychology course. She has studied at Glasgow Caledonian University, Goldsmiths University of London and interned with Nordoff Robbins (UKs largest independent Music Therapy charity). She combines her interests and passion in Psychology with her musical background (singer and trumpet player for 10 plus years) and brings you a different insight or avenue into just how Psychology can apply to every aspect of our lives.

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) Psychology Glasgow Caledonian University
• MSc Music, Mind and the Brain Goldsmiths University of London

Research Interests:

Amy has three keen interests in all things music, the mind, and the brain:

1. Creativity and music as a therapeutic tool (with particular interest in Dementia and local community applications).
2. Social identities and Personality through music choice or instrument choice.
3. How music or “noise” can be utilised as a learning tool and how this can be applied in the education sector or therapeutic context.

Contact:

Amy is based in UHI Inverness and can be contacted via email: amy.hendon.ic@uhi.ac.uk