Mag. Mag. Manuela M. Marin, MSc

Researcher & Lecturer

email manuela.marin @ imc.ac.at
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Austrian researcher and lecturer. I have a multidisciplinary academic background, and I am active in the fields of music psychology, empirical studies of the arts and beyond.
Österreichische Wissenschafterin und Lektorin. Ich habe eine multidisziplinäre Ausbildung und forsche zu Themen der Musikpsychologie, empirischen Ästhetik und darüber hinaus.
Something to think about
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Kriege: Solange Menschen an ihnen verdienen, tauschen sie Leben gegen Geld.
(Torsten Marold)

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
(Marie Curie)

The only constant in life is change.
(Heraclitus)

Marin, M. M., & Gingras, B. (2024). How music-induced emotions affect sexual attraction: Evolutionary implications. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 15. Link to OA article
Marin, M. M., & Gingras, B. (2024). It’s all in the sound and in the brain: A comment on Bannan, Dunbar and Bamford 2024. Current Anthropology, 65(3), 514-515.
Hoffmann, A. J., Maran, T. K. & Marin, M. M. (2023). The perspective makes the leader: The camera perspective in a leader photograph shapes their charismatic effect and observers' approval. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 30(4), 442-463. Link to OA article
Marin, M. M. (2022). Commentary on Lee and Zaryab: Does groove really influence sexual selection? Empirical Musicology Review, 17(2), 86-90. Link to OA article
Marin, M. M. (2020 online/ 2022 print). The role of collative variables in aesthetic experiences. In Nadal, M. & Vartanian, O. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Current research interests

comparative approach to empirical aesthetics, focus on emotion and complexity (since 2011)
music and sexual relationships (since 2014)
music, personality and flow experiences (since 2010)

Music and sexual attraction. Was Darwin right?

Our findings have received wide media attention, including a TV appearance on the German channel ZDF in 2023. See the Media Coverage section on this website for further details. Find a link to a recent article in The Observer, January 2025, here.