Elke B. Lange

Dr. Elke B. Lange is a Senior Researcher in Experimental Aesthetics at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt, Germany), specializing in the intersection of cognitive psychology and music perception. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the Technical University of Berlin (2005) and has conducted postdoctoral research at institutions including Georgia Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of Helsinki. Her work explores working memory mechanisms, attentional processes, and how these interact with aesthetic experiences in music and narrative media.

• Expertise: Eye-tracking methodologies, auditory perception, musical absorption, emotion in music
• Key affiliations: Max Planck Institute (since 2014), University of Potsdam (2008–2013), Georgia Tech (2007–2008)

Research focuses on how sensory stimuli affect memory encoding, applying cognitive models to analyze musical perception. Recent studies investigate physiological synchronization during ensemble singing, eye-blink patterns linked to narrative absorption, and webcam-based eye-tracking innovations for remote experiments. She has co-edited music aesthetics volumes and contributed to interdisciplinary projects on music cognition across diverse cultural contexts.