Kate Stevens

Charter Hall Senior Research Fellow Job Description: * 5-year Fixed-Term Contract, Research-intensive full-time position at Academic Level C. * Westmead campus with flexible working arrangements. * Salary: $147,138 – $169,011 per a...

We’re recruiting a new, 5 year research-intensive Senior Research Fellow position @marcsinstitute.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

Research expertise in the #neuroscience of #ageing and #dementia? Join us!
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Objective demonstration and quantitation of musical learning in older adult novices across a 12-month online study This work aimed to objectively (mainly computationally) measure the extent to which 68 older adult novices developed specific musical abilities. The participants learned aural and keyboard performance...

New paper in @plosone.org from Anthony Chmiel, Roger Dean @katestevartssci.bsky.social Jen Macritchie, from our ARC DP that looked at older adult musical sophistication over 12 months of training & 6 month follow up. Improvisation led to the biggest gains: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

🚨 New advance online publication in #MusicPerception! “Instrument Timbre Combinations Influence the Relative Prominence of Perceptual Layers in Orchestral Music,” by Manda Fischer and Stephen McAdams. online.ucpress.edu/mp/article-a...
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Playful public lecture, for sure, thankyou Prof Hirsh-Pasek for visiting @marcsinstitute.bsky.social

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✈️ This week, we welcomed our final #International #VisitingFellow for 2024 and bid farewell to three others - just in time to announce that applications for 2025 scheme are now open! Apply to come and visit for 2-3 months. PhD Candidates & ECRs welcome. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3ztnrufd

Researchers from Western Sydney University were proud to be involved in the #Westmead Research & Innovation Conference organised by Westmead Research Hub! We shared our work on equity in research, #communication apps for culturally diverse residents in #agedcare, & #VR for adults with disabilities.

Only a few tickets left! AMPlify session THIS Wednesday! Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...

🌏 Meet Almudena Ramírez Haro, MARCS PhD candidate whose dedication led her to pursue her research dream across continents. Almudena actively participates in committees, building relationships and raising awareness on key #academic issues. ✨ Read more: tinyurl.com/2ej5rt2u

Music Science in the next decade "How will #MusicScience impact society in the next decade?" Join us as Professor Roger Dean, a distinguished composer, improviser, and Professor of Sonic Com...

How will #MusicScience impact society in the next decade? Prof Roger Dean shares his views on the future of music research (Watch video: tinyurl.com/2e2hw8vy) ✨ Read more about Prof Dean’s outstanding 50-year research journey: tinyurl.com/jcfuv7y2 #interdisciplinaryreserach

Ian Cross explains in his #ESCOM keynote how dominance and power has influenced (too much) our views on music and social interaction as it is an exception compared to affiliative mechanisms. He pools evidence from a wide range of disciplines. 1/2 #ESCOM12York #musicscience #musicpsychology

Music Perception | University of California Press

Free Vol 41 Issue 5 thanks @ucpress.bsky.social Happy #musicscience Conference Season! 41-5 eg #memory & speech to song illusion – Kubit #EEG - González #lexical tone #perception – Choi #jazz piano training & #older adults - Bugos #AI & musicking – Berkowitz online.ucpress.edu/mp