William Forde Thompson

Who is William Forde Thompson?

William Forde "Bill" Thompson is a professor of psychology at Macquarie University, where he conducts research on music, emotion, and performance. He is Director of the Music, Sound and Performance lab.

From 2007 to 2009, he was President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. He is Associate Editor at Music Perception, Editor of Empirical Musicology Review, and an Honorary Associate member of the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.

Canadian-born Thompson holds a PhD in Psychology from Queen's University. He is the author of Music, Thought, and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of Music.

In addition to his academic work, Thompson has composed and performed music for a number of films and plays, including several by his sister, Canadian playwright Judith Thompson.