peer-reviewed publications
Paese, S., & Schiavio, A. (2025). Meditating musicians: investigating the experience of music students and professional musicians in a brief mindfulness course to address music performance anxiety. Frontiers in psychology, 16, 1567988. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1567988
Paese, S., & Egermann, H. (2024). Meditation as a tool to counteract music performance anxiety from the experts’ perspective. Psychology of Music, 52(1), 59–74. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356231155968
peer-reviewed conference presentations
Paese, S. & Schiavio, A. (2025). Investigating meditation as a tool to address music performance anxiety. Paper presentation at Sempre Spring Conference, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 9-10 April.
Paese, S. Egermann, H. & Schiavio, A. (2024). Current prevalence of MPA among students and professional musicians, and popularity of meditation as an approach to alleviate it. A survey study. Paper presentation at the 3rd International Conference Psychology and Music – Interdisciplinary Encounters, Zagreb, 23-26 October.
Paese, S. Egermann, H. & Schiavio, A. (2024). Music performance anxiety: Strategies to overcome it in music students, professionals, and amateur musicians. Paper presentation at the 12th triennial conference of the European Society for the cognitive sciences of Music (Escom12), York, Melbourne, La Plata, 3-6 July.
Paese, S., Schiavio, A. & Egermann, H. (2023). Exploring the use of meditation as a tool to overcome music performance anxiety. Paper presentation at GAPS2 – Global Arts and Psychology Seminar “Creativity in Music and the Arts”, York, Graz, La Plata, & Melbourne, 14-16 September.
Paese, S., Schiavio A., & Egermann, H. (2023). Exploring the use of meditation among musicians as a tool to cope with music performance anxiety. Paper presentation at the International Symposium on performance science (ISPS2023), Warsaw, Poland, 17-20 August.
Paese, S. & Egermann, H. (2022). The use of meditation as a tool to counteract music performance anxiety from the perspective of psychologists and performance coaches. Poster presentation at the 15th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus22), Ghent, Belgium, 7-9 September.
Paese, S. (2022). The use of meditation as a tool to counteract music performance anxiety from the experts’ perspective. Paper presentation at Musicians’ and performing artists’ health and performance – Integrating body and mind conference (MHPC22), Oslo, Norway, 22-24 August.
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