Alisha Isherwood

Alisha Isherwood (she/her) is a psychology master’s student conducting research at Edge Hill University. Her work focuses on neuroaesthetics, particularly the effect poetry has on the brain’s dopaminergic reward systems. She investigates how the expressiveness of a poem’s performance can influence the way it is enjoyed and whether AI poetry and performance can replicate the human elements of written work. She has further interests in sensory processing and vocal and visual performance.

Isherwood graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2022 with a degree in English literature. There, she worked with the university’s creative magazine PEACH as both a workshop leader and a creative. She aims to complete her PhD in psychology by continuing her work in neuroaesthetics.