Dr Mary Broughton
Bachelor of Arts (Music Psychology) Minor Convenor
Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology
Senior Lecturer
School of Music
+61 7 336 54116
Researcher biography
Mary is a musician and researcher in the psychology of music, which involves applying psychological science theory and methods to study human thought, feeling and behaviour in relation to music. Her research conjoins art and science, using neurophysiological, behavioural, quantitative and qualitative techniques, to gain insights into how humans generate and audiences respond to music, and the impact this can have on individuals and groups. Mary's interdisciplinary research includes work in music perception and cognition, human action and interaction through music performance, audience engagement and development, music in the early childhood period, and promoting individual and community wellbeing through active participation in music performance. As a percussionist, Mary has performed with orchestras such as the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and has performed nationally and internationally as a chamber and solo musician.
Publications
Book Chapters
Broughton, Mary C. and Costa-Giomi, Eugenia (2023). Section Introduction: Perspectives on Music Development Introduction. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 147-148) edited by Margaret S. Barrett and Graham F. Welch. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.001.0001
Abad, Vicky, Broughton, Mary C., Barrett, Margaret S. and Welch, Graham F. (2023). Building a Profile of Australian Parents’ Musical Beliefs, Values, and Practices. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. (pp. 266-296) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190927523.013.18
Davidson, Jane W. and Broughton, Mary C. (2022). Body movement. The Oxford handbook of music performance: development and learning, proficiencies, performance practices, and psychology. (pp. 294-324) edited by Gary E. McPherson. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190056285.013.15
Broughton, Mary C. (2021). Music and dance. The science and psychology of music: from Beethoven at the office to Beyoncé at the gym. (pp. 278-284) edited by William Forde Thompson and Kirk Olsen. Santa Barbara, CA United States: ABC-CLIO.
Davidson, Jane W. and Broughton, Mary C. (2016). Bodily mediated coordination, collaboration, and communication in music performance. The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. (pp. 573-595) edited by Susan Hallam, Ian Cross and Michael Thaut. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198722946.013.35
Journal Articles
Susino, Marco, Thompson, William Forde, Schubert, Emery and Broughton, Mary (2025). Emotional responses to music: the essential inclusion of emotion adaptability and situational context. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 43 (1), 451-483. doi: 10.1177/02762374241237683
Dingle, Genevieve A., Sharman, Leah S., Bauer, Zoe, Beckman, Emma, Broughton, Mary, Bunzli, Emma, Davidson, Robert, Draper, Grace, Fairley, Sheranne, Farrell, Callyn, Flynn, Libby Maree, Gomersall, Sjaan, Hong, Mengxun, Larwood, Joel, Lee, Chiying, Lee, Jennifer, Nitschinsk, Lewis, Peluso, Natalie, Reedman, Sarah Elizabeth, Vidas, Dianna, Walter, Zoe C. and Wright, Olivia Renee Louise (2021). How do music activities affect health and well-being? A scoping review of studies examining psychosocial mechanisms. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 713818, 713818. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713818
Broughton, Mary C., Dimmick, Jessie and Dean, Roger T. (2021). Affective and cognitive responses to musical performances of early 20th century classical solo piano compositions: the influence of musical expertise and audio-visual perception. Music Perception, 38 (3), 245-266. doi: 10.1525/MP.2021.38.3.245
Sheppard, Alexa and Broughton, Mary C. (2020). Promoting wellbeing and health through active participation in music and dance: a systematic review. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 15 (1) 1732526, 1732526. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2020.1732526
Broughton, Mary C., Schubert, Emery, Harvey, Dominic G. and Sevens, Catherine J. (2019). Continuous self-report engagement responses to the live performance of an atonal, post-serialist solo marimba work. Psychology of Music, 47 (1), 109-131. doi: 10.1177/0305735617736378
Koehler, Katelyn and Broughton, Mary C. (2017). The effect of social feedback and social context on subjective affective responses to music. Musicae Scientiae, 21 (4), 479-498. doi: 10.1177/1029864916670700
Broughton, Mary C. and Davidson, Jane W. (2016). An expressive bodily movement repertoire for Marimba performance, revealed through observers' Laban effort-shape analyses, and allied musical features: two case studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (AUG) 01211, 1211. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01211
Bailes, Freya, Dean, Rogert T and Broughton, Mary C (2015). How Different Are Our Perceptions of Equal-Tempered and Microtonal Intervals? A Behavioural and EEG Survey. PLoS One, 10 (8) e0135082, e0135082. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135082
Broughton, Mary C. (2015). Indicators of music performance anxiety in nonverbal behaviors: a case report of a classical vocal soloist. Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 5 (2), 1000176.1-1000176.5. doi: 10.4172/2161-0487.1000176
Williams, Kate E., Barrett, Margaret S., Welch, Graham F., Abad, Vicky and Broughton, Mary (2015). Associations between early shared music activities in the home andlater child outcomes: findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 31 (2), 113-124. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.01.004
Broughton, Mary C. and Davidson, Jane W. (2014). Action and familiarity effects on self and other expert musicians’ Laban effort-shape analyses of expressive bodily behaviors in instrumental music performance: a case study approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1201.1-1201.18. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01201
McKone, Elinor, Davies, Anne Aimoia, Darke, Hayley, Crookes, Kate, Wickramariyaratne, Tushara, Zappia, Stephanie, Fiorentini, Chiara, Favelle, Simone, Broughton, Mary and Fernando, Dinusha (2013). Importance of the inverted control in measuring holistic face processing with the composite effect and part-whole effect. Frontiers in Psychology, 4 (FEB) 33. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00033
McKone, Elinor, Stokes, Sacha, Liu, Jia, Cohan, Sarah, Fiorentini, Chiara, Pidcock, Madeleine, Yovel, Galit, Broughton, Mary and Pelleg, Michel (2012). A robust method of measuring other-race and other-ethnicity effects: the Cambridge Face Memory Test format. PLoS ONE, 7 (10) e47956, e47956.1-e47956.6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047956
Broughton, Mary C. and Stevens, Catherine J. (2012). Analyzing expressive qualities in movement and stillness: Effort-shape analyses of solo marimbists' bodily expression. Music Perception, 29 (4), 339-357. doi: 10.1525/mp.2012.29.4.339
Broughton, Mary and Stevens, Catherine (2009). Music, movement and marimba: an investigation of the role of movement and gesture in communicating musical expression to an audience. Psychology of Music, 37 (2), 137-153. doi: 10.1177/0305735608094511
Conference Papers
Choo, Stefan Jun Quan, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Gomez, Rafael and Broughton, Mary (2024). ‘Tuning-in’ to ‘tune out’: mediating engagement experiences with music on-the-go. Digital Research Society Conference 2024, Boston, MA, United States, 24 - 28 June 2024.
Broughton, Mary and Stevens, Catherine (2009). Physical movement and imagery in professional and undergraduate student solo marimba practice. International Symposium on Performance Science, Auckland, NZ, 15-18 December, 2009. Utrecht, Netherlands: Association Europeenne des Conservatories.
Broughton, Mary, Stevens, Catherine and Schubert, Emery (2008). Continuous self-report of engagement to live solo marimba performance. ICMPC10: 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sapporo, Japan, 25-29 August, 2008. Hokkaido, Japan: Department of Psychology, Hokkaido University.
Broughton, Mary C. and Stevens, Catherine J. (2007). It's not just about sound: investigating marimba performance as an auditory and visual experience. APPC 2007: 8th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference "Focus on Excellence: Questions and Answers", Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2-6 July, 2007. Carrum Downs, VIC, Australia: Australasian Piano Pedagogy Association.
Broughton, Mary, Stevens, Kate and Malloch, Stephen (2006). Music, movement and marimba: an investigation of the role of movement and gesture in communicating musical expression to an audience. ICMPC2006: 9th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Bologna, Italy, 22-26 August, 2006. Bologna, Italy: The Society for Music Perception & Cognition (SMPC) and European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM).
Research Report
Broughton, Mary C. (2018). Composers in Concert - A Dialogue: Audience research short report. Brisbane, Queensland: Broughton, M.C..
Creative Works
Foreman, John, Broughton, Mary C., Christensen, M., Marshall, S., malcolm.bjc, Aitken, G., Calderbank, S., Carpenter, M., Johnson, A., Higgins, A. and Halliday, K. (2022). 62nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards: Logies Band performance. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: TV Week Logie Awards and Nine Network.
Foreman, John , Lim, Kai Chen , Broughton, Mary C. , Christensen, Matt , Marshall, Shannon , malcolm.bjc, Aitken, Greg , Calderbank, Shane , Loveland, Toby , Andrew J, Francis, Steve and Fitzpatrick, Loni (2019). 61st Annual TV Week Logie Awards. Gold Coast, Qld, Australia: TV Week Logie Awards and Nine Network.
Broughton, Mary C., Harvey, Dominic G. and Gigante, Gabriella (2017). Action and Reaction ... Mark II. St Lucia QLD Australia: UQ School of Music.
Song Company, Canberra Camerata, Peelman, R., Broughton, M. C. and T’ang Quartet (2010). Concert 2: The Canberra Times Opening Gala. Gold. St. Christopher's Cathedral, Canberra, ACT, Australia: Canberra International Chamber Music Festival.
Broughton, M. C. and Etherington, W. (2009). Canberra Symphony Orchestra 2010 Season Launch [recital]. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
Broughton, Mary and Hughes, G. (2009). Track 5. Prelude for marimba. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Rhythmscape Publishing Australia.
Broughton, Mary (2008). Australian International Marimba Festival [invited solo recital and research presentor]. Canberra, ACT, Australia: School of Music, Australian National University.
Broughton, Mary (2007). Prelude for marimba. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Rhythmscape Publishing Australia.
Broughton, Mary C. and Hughes, Gordon (2005). Track 8. The Cooper Construction (solo vibraphone performance); percussion ensemble performances on REVOLUTIONS [CD & DVD]. Brisbane, Queensland: Rhythmscape Publishing Australia.
Broughton, Mary (2004). Bang. Volume 1. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Rhythmscape Publishing Australia.
Broughton, Mary (2004). Bang. Volume 2. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Rhythmscape Publishing Australia.