Michael Hove

PROFESSOR
Psychological Science School of Health and Natural Sciences
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978.665.3473 Office: McKay Complex 268
Office Hours
Spring 2026

Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Courses Taught

To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.

Intro to Psychological Science (PSY 1100)
Biological Psychology (Psy 2030)
Research Methods and Statistics I (PSY 2040)
Research Methods and Statistics II (PSY 2050)
Cognitive Neuroscience (PSY 3050)
Sensation and Perception (PSY 3430)
Sensation and Perception Lab (PSY 3415)
Psychology of Music - Advanced Seminar (PSY 4904)
Science of Meditation - Advanced Seminar (PSY 4904)
Psychedelics, Mental Health and the Brain - Advanced Seminar (PSY 4904)

Background

Ph.D., Cornell University (Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience)
M.A., University of Munich ( Educational Psychology)
B.A., Washington University in St. Louis (Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology)

Rhythm and timing
Sensorimotor synchronization
Music cognition
Auditory perception
Interpersonal synchrony
Timing in Parkinson’s disease and ADHD
Altered states of consciousness
Hearing Loss
Multisensory Integration
 

Full publication list and links to papers here:  https://sites.google.com/site/michaeljhove/publications 
 
Book: 

Hove, M. J. & Martinez, S. (2024). Biological Psychology. Online Free OER textbook. Link.https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/biologicalpsychology/

 

Selected publications: 
1 Denotes student author 

Cameron, D. J., Dotov, D., Flaten, E., Bosnyak, D., Hove, M. J., & Trainor, L.J. (2022). Undetectable Very-Low Frequency Sound Increases Dancing at a Live Concert. Current Biology, 32, R1222-R1223.  

Hove, M. J., Martinez, S. A.1, & Shorrock, S. R.1 (2022). Physical exercise increases perceived musical pleasure: Modulatory roles of arousal, mood, or dopamine? Psychology of Music, 50, 849861.   

Hove, M. J., Martinez, S.1, & Stupacher, J. (2020). Feel the bass: Music presented to tactile and auditory modalities increases aesthetic appreciation and body movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, 1137–1147.  
 
Hove, M. J., Vuust, P., & Stupacher, J. (2019). Increased levels of bass in popular music recordings 1955–2016 and their relation to loudness. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145. 
 
Hove, M. J., Gravel, N.1, Spencer, R.M., & Valera, E. M. (2017). Finger tapping and the phase correction response in adults with ADHD: Pre-attentive sensorimotor timing is unimpaired in ADHD. Experimental Brain Research, 235, 3663-3672.    
 
Hove, M. J.Stelzer, J., Nierhaus, T., Thiel, S., Gundlach, C., Margulies, D., van Dijk, K., Turner, R., Keller, P. E., & Merker, B. (2016). Brain network reconfiguration and perceptual decoupling during an absorptive state of consciousness. Cerebral Cortex, 26, 3116-3124.  
 
Stupacher, J.1Hove, M. J., & Janata, P. (2016). Audio features underlying perceived groove and sensorimotor synchronization in music. Music Perception, 33, 571-589.   
 
Hove, M. J., Marie, C., Bruce, I. C., & Trainor, L. J. (2014). Superior time perception for lower musical pitch explains why bass-ranged instruments lay down musical rhythmsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(28), 10383-10388.
 
Hove, M. J.Fairhurst, M., Kotz, S. A., & Keller, P. E. (2013). Synchronizing with auditory and visual rhythms: An fMRI assessment of modality differences and encoding reliability. NeuroImage, 67, 313-321.  
 
Stupacher, J.1, Hove, M. J., Novembre, G., Schütz-Bosbach, S., & Keller, P. E. (2013). Musical groove modulates motor excitability: A TMS investigation. Brain and Cognition, 82, 127-136.          
 
Hove, M. J., Suzuki, K. 1, Uchitomi, H. 1, Orimo, S., & Miyake, Y. (2012). Interactive rhythmic auditory stimulation reinstates natural 1/f timing in gait of Parkinson’s patients. PLoS ONE, 7(3)e32600. 
 
Hove, M. J. & Risen, J. L. (2009). It’s all in the timing: Interpersonal synchrony increases affiliation. Social Cognition, 27(6), 949-961.