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Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments (2017)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., Lamont, A., & Murray, M. (2017). Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments. Psychology and Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1375496

Objective: There is increasing evidence of both health and appearance risks associated with sunbed use. At the same time, the sunbed industry promotes the benefits of using sunbeds, and the image of a tanned skin as attractive and healthy arguably re... Read More about Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments.

The Psychology of Musical Development (2017)
Book
Hargreaves, D., & Lamont, A. (2017). The Psychology of Musical Development. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107281868

Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/non-musician dichotomy (2017)
Journal Article
Cogo-Moreira, H., & Lamont, A. (2018). Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/non-musician dichotomy. Psychology of Music, 46(4), 459-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735617710322

Much research in music psychology characterizes the music background of its participants in a dichotomous manner, labeling participants as “musicians” and “non-musicians” or professionals and non-professionals. However, this terminology is inconsiste... Read More about Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/non-musician dichotomy.

Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy. Psychology of Music, 459-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/30575617710322

Much research in music psychology characterizes the music background of its participants in a dichotomous manner, labeling participants as “musicians” and “non-musicians” or professionals and non-professionals. However, this terminology is inconsiste... Read More about Multidimensional measurement of exposure to music in childhood: Beyond the musician/ non-musician dichotomy.

Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work. Social Science and Medicine, 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.020

Rationale Despite the publicised health risks associated with its usage, sunbed tanning remains popular in many Western countries. Previous research indicates that knowledge of the harmful effects does not necessarily lead to a reduction in sunbed u... Read More about Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work.

Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor. Frontiers in Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00018

Given the relationship between language acquisition and music processing, musical perception (MP) skills have been proposed as a tool for early diagnosis of speech and language difficulties; therefore, a psychometric instrument is needed to assess mu... Read More about Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor.