A/Prof Margaret Osborne

Associate Professor in Psychology and Music

Margaret Osborne is an Associate Professor in Psychology and Music (Performance Science) at the University of Melbourne. In addition, she maintains a performance psychology practice. From Margaret's earliest music performance experiences when she struggled to achieve her best performance under pressure, she's been fascinated by the elements that support supreme performance execution when it counts. One key aspect is simulating high stress performance scenarios ahead of the “main event”, so that performers of all types – musicians, athletes, public speakers, health students etc - can learn how to execute the required task at the required time to the best of their ability, all whilst managing the heightened emotional and physiological load that typically accompanies it. In this panel Margaret will reflect on her experiences using design methodologies to enhance her teaching activities and learning experiences for students in performance and clinical health domains.