Peter Lovatt

Peter Lovatt, (born 30 October 1964) better known as Doctor Dance,[1][2] is a UK based author[3] and a Dance psychologist.[4][5][6]

Early life and education

Lovatt overcame a significant reading disability to pursue degrees in Psychology & English, Neural Computation, and Experimental Cognitive Psychology after working as a professional dancer in musical theater.[7] He is a PhD in Experimental Cognitive Psychology.

Professional career

Lovatt founded the Dance Psychology Lab at the University of Hertfordshire in 2008.[8][9][10]

Lovatt co-founded Movement in Practice, a methodology that enhances the human experience in social care, education, business, and health.[11][12]

Peter has participated in keynote addresses with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sir Richard Branson, Steve "The Woz" Wozniak, Geena Davis, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack Obama.[11]

In 2022, Lovatt and Dame Darcey Bussell introduced the Move-Assure Dance for Mental Wellbeing program.[11][13]

He is a former pro dancer and lecturer at The Royal Ballet Academy in London.[14]

Lovatt is the Director of Dance Psychology at Movement in Practice.[15]

As an author

  • The Dance Cure: The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier (2020)[16][17][18]
  • Dance Psychology (2018)[19]
  • Strictly Come Dancing - Empathizing or Systemizing? (2010)[20]

Published articles

  • The Goldsmiths Dance Sophistication Index (Gold-DSI): A Psychometric Tool to Assess Individual Differences in Dance Experience (2022)[21]
  • A general procedure to measure the pacing of body movements timed to music and metronome in younger and older adults (2021)[22]
  • The BASES Expert Statement on the Use of Music for Movement among People with Parkinson’s[23]
  • Comparison of Spontaneous Motor Tempo during Finger Tapping, Toe Tapping and

Stepping on the Spot in People with and without Parkinson’s Disease (2020)[24]

  • Music and Metronomes Differentially Impact Motor Timing in People with and without Parkinson's Disease: Effects of Slow, Medium, and Fast Tempi on Entrainment and Synchronization Performances in Finger Tapping, Toe Tapping, and Stepping on the Spot Tasks (2019)[25]
  • Mood changes following social dance sessions in people with Parkinson's disease (2016)[26][27]
  • Many hands make light work: The facilitative role of gesture in verbal improvisation (2016)[28][29]
  • Breaking away from set patterns of thinking: Improvisation and divergent thinking (2013)[30]
  • Dance confidence, age and gender (2011)[31]
  • Gender, Internet Identification, and Internet Anxiety: Correlates of Internet Use (2005)[32]
  • Phonological Memory and Rule Learning (2005)[33][34]
  • Output Decay in Immediate Serial Recall: Speech Time Revisited (2002)[35][36]
  • Re-evaluating the word-length effect.(2001)[37]
  • The Word-length Effect and Disyllabic Words (2000)[38]
  • A Computational Account of Phonologically Mediated Free Recall (1995)[39]

See also

  • TEDxObserver 2011 video: Peter Lovatt[40]

References

  1. ^ Menke, Birger (2010-01-21). "Sexual Politics of Dancing: The Secrets of Looking Good on the Dance Floor". Der Spiegel. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  2. ^ "Strictly Dad Dancing". 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  3. ^ "The scientific reason why you're missing dancing in clubs so much". Metro. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  4. ^ Tucker, Ian (2011-07-30). "Peter Lovatt: 'Dancing can change the way you think'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  5. ^ "Dancing Is Much Better for You Than You Think". VICE. 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  6. ^ "Nervous or Mentally Knackered? Try Dancing". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  7. ^ "Dancing Benefits Brain Function Teamwork and Health, According to a Neuroscience Ph.D." Inc.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  8. ^ The Week Staff (2018-10-09). "The science behind the Strictly Come Dancing curse". The Week. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  9. ^ [https://www.goodnet.org/articles/dance-like-nobodys-watching-science-says- its-good-for-you "Dance like Nobody's Watching, Science Says It's Good for You"]. Goodnet. Retrieved 2025-07-05. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); line feed character in |url= at position 75 (help)
  10. ^ "How to dance like an alpha male". The Telegraph. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  11. ^ a b c "Dr. Peter Lovatt | Summit on Promoting Well-being and Resilience in Healthcare Professionals". clinicianwellbeing.osu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  12. ^ Perkins, Andrea (2021-04-15). "Dance Is Medicine in "The Dance Cure" by Dr.…". Spirituality+Health. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  13. ^ "Darcey Bussell and Dr Peter Lovatt: In Conversation and Dance". Norwich Science Festival. 2025-02-22. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  14. ^ "Why Dance Is The Feel-Good Exercise You Never Knew You Needed". Grazia. 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  15. ^ Square1. "Why are we afraid of dancing in public?". Newstalk. Retrieved 2025-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Lovatt, Dr Peter (2020-04-02). The Dance Cure: The surprising secret to being smarter, stronger, happier. Octopus. ISBN 978-1-78072-412-6.
  17. ^ "We are built to groove".
  18. ^ "Emotions in motion | BPS". BPS. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  19. ^ Lovatt, Peter (2018-01-09). Dance Psychology. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-244-96056-8.
  20. ^ "Strictly Come Dancing - Empathizing or Systemizing? | Psychology Today United Kingdom". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  21. ^ Rose, Dawn; Müllensiefen, Daniel; Lovatt, Peter; Orgs, Guido (2022). "The Goldsmiths Dance Sophistication Index (Gold-DSI): A Psychometric Tool to Assess Individual Differences in Dance Experience". Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 16 (4): 733–745. doi:10.1037/aca0000340.
  22. ^ Rose, Dawn; Ott, Laurent; Guérin, Ségolène M. R.; Annett, Lucy E.; Lovatt, Peter; Delevoye-Turrell, Yvonne N. (2021-02-05). "A general procedure to measure the pacing of body movements timed to music and metronome in younger and older adults". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 3264. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.3264R. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82283-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7864905. PMID 33547366.
  23. ^ "The BASES Expert Statement on the Use of Music for Movement among People with Parkinson's" (PDF).
  24. ^ Rose, Dawn; Cameron, Daniel J.; Lovatt, Peter J.; Grahn, Jessica A.; Annett, Lucy E. (2020-01-31). "Comparison of Spontaneous Motor Tempo during Finger Tapping, Toe Tapping and Stepping on the Spot in People with and without Parkinson's Disease". Journal of Movement Disorders. 13 (1): 47–56. doi:10.14802/jmd.19043. ISSN 2005-940X. PMC 6987525. PMID 31986868.
  25. ^ Rose, Dawn; Delevoye-Turrell, Yvonne; Ott, Laurent; Annett, Lucy E.; Lovatt, Peter J. (2019). "Music and Metronomes Differentially Impact Motor Timing in People with and without Parkinson's Disease: Effects of Slow, Medium, and Fast Tempi on Entrainment and Synchronization Performances in Finger Tapping, Toe Tapping, and Stepping on the Spot Tasks". Parkinson's Disease. 2019: 6530838. doi:10.1155/2019/6530838. ISSN 2090-8083. PMC 6721399. PMID 31531220.
  26. ^ Lewis, Carine; Annett, Lucy E.; Davenport, Sally; Hall, Amelia A.; Lovatt, Peter (2016). "Mood changes following social dance sessions in people with Parkinson's disease". Journal of Health Psychology. 21 (4): 483–492. doi:10.1177/1359105314529681. ISSN 1461-7277. PMID 24752558.
  27. ^ "Mood changes following social dance sessions in people with Parkinson's disease".
  28. ^ Lewis, Carine; Annett, Lucy E.; Davenport, Sally; Hall, Amelia A.; Lovatt, Peter (2016). "Mood changes following social dance sessions in people with Parkinson's disease". Journal of Health Psychology. 21 (4): 483–492. doi:10.1177/1359105314529681. ISSN 1461-7277. PMID 24752558.
  29. ^ "Many hands make light work: The facilitative role of gesture in verbal improvisation".
  30. ^ "Breaking away from set patterns of thinking: Improvisation and divergent thinking".
  31. ^ "Dance confidence, age and gender".
  32. ^ "Gender, Internet Identification, and Internet Anxiety: Correlates of Internet Use".
  33. ^ "Phonological Memory and Rule Learning".
  34. ^ Williams, John N.; Lovatt, Peter (2005). "Phonological Memory and Rule Learning". Language Learning. 55 (S1): 177–233. doi:10.1111/j.0023-8333.2005.00298.x. ISSN 1467-9922.
  35. ^ "Output Decay in Immediate Serial Recall: Speech Time Revisited".
  36. ^ Lovatt, Peter; Avons, S. E; Masterson, Jackie (2002-01-01). "Output Decay in Immediate Serial Recall: Speech Time Revisited". Journal of Memory and Language. 46 (1): 227–243. doi:10.1006/jmla.2001.2806. ISSN 0749-596X.
  37. ^ "Re-evaluating the word-length effect".
  38. ^ "The Word-length Effect and Disyllabic Words".
  39. ^ "A Computational Account of Phonologically Mediated Free Recall".
  40. ^ "TEDxObserver 2011 video: Peter Lovatt". The Guardian. 2011-04-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
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