"That sounds like a swan!": A new study shows that children aged 6–9 can make above‑chance matches between music from Peter and the Wolf and The Carnival of the Animals and the characters they depict. 1/2
Read more in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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Feeling stressed? Science has the answer! 🎵
Research shows that music at 60-80 BPM lowers heart rate and reduces anxiety within minutes.
What's YOUR go-to calm-down song? Drop it below! 👇
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🎧🎶🎵🎤🎺Young folks aged 5-17, please take part in our UniofYork survey & tell us about what your FAVOURITE music makes you feel or imagine. Links (adult consent reqd):
Ages 5-11: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Ages 12-17: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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got to do a @skypeascientist.bsky.social session today to share some #MusicScience for international women’s day. super fun. #IWD2026
Less than one week left to register for the Conference on Music and Sleep in Aarhus at a reduced fare!
Don’t miss the opportunity ✨
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Less than one week left to register for the 1st Conference on Music and Sleep at a reduced fare!
Early bird registration closes on the 15 March. Don’t forget to register!
We’d love to see you there ✨
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IMPLICATIONS: Substantial and meaningful variation in listener habits is evident even in a sample of younger adults, who -- largely from a technology use perspective -- are often grouped together with an assumption that they engage in music quite similarly.
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Figure 1. Profile plot of the four extracted latent profiles (n = 584). Four lines are plotted against the inputted variables showing the different profiles.
RESULTS: LPA identified four distinct profiles of listeners: disengaged consumers (5.8% of the sample), enthusiasts (14.2%) and two mainstream listening profiles differentiated by paid (52.6%) versus free streaming use (27.4%).
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METHOD: We included 17 indicators in our LPA models (standardized to aid with interpretation): a music importance rating, 2 MUSEBAQ scores, 7 music format usage ratings, 2 musical self-image scores, and 5 MET scores.
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METHOD: We used Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), a statistical technique that identifies latent subgroups within a population, to explore profiles of music listening in younger adults.
Sample= 584 adults aged 17-35 (Mage = 19.61) residing in Australia (74.1% female + 23.3% male).
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BACKGROUND: Even though listening technologies greatly impact listening practices, much of the research on their use is descriptive. Krause and North (2016) argued psychological constructs should be considered when investigating listening practices and technology use.
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Today’s #MusicScience #PubChat article: @studylistening.bsky.social, Yeom, @whenmusicbreaks.bsky.social, solangeglasser.bsky.social, & @pepsych.bsky.social (2026). Latent Profile Analysis reveals four distinct younger adult music listener typologies. Musicae Scientiae.
doi.org/10.1177/1029...
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I rediscovered a figure I had drawn a few years back. It was collecting digital dust in a hidden folder, so I decided to upload it to figshare.
If you ever need a figure to go along music listening and 4E, here you go:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
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🎵⏳ 10 Days Left for Early Bird (Reduced Fare)
Early bird registration for #ConfMusSleep ends on 15/03/26.
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Info: confmussleep.au.dk
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🎵 Registration is open for the 2026 SEMPRE Conference on #MusicScience and #MusicPsychology at Cambridge University (CMS + MMB) on 16 April 2026. Talks and posters from early career researchers, a keynote by Dr Marcus Pearce, and many opportunities to connect with others.
Website: lnkd.in/eEQPKr5Q
We had a great time @creativebrainweek.bsky.social yesterday at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Such a gorgeous space!
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How have politics shaped music making in the past? Using generative network models, Tim's work shows that there is a close link between political boundaries in central Europe towards the end of the first millennium and the repertoire of chants. #musicscience
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Looking forward to Creative Brain Week, I’ll be speaking on Wednesday in RIAM on some psychology experiments on #music and #pain
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We're delighted to announce that professor Tuomas Eerola will return to the University of Jyväskylä @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social, thanks to a grant from the Research Council of Finland.
Welcome back @tuomaseerola.bsky.social! 🤩
www.jyu.fi/en/news/rese...
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Great study out from @lennietm.bsky.social showing that an individual’s goals can shape the induced emotional response to music, even the same piece of music. Music evoked emotions aren’t just stimulus driven, we also need to understand functions and goals.
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Giving this a Friday bump! Please do consider taking part or sharing 🎶
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📅 Updated Conference Programme!
We’ve released a new version of the programme of the #ConfMusSleep with updated session times.
You can find it and download it here: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
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This invited commentary provides an interdisciplinary, international perspective on newly expanded & validated music intervention reporting guidelines
doi.org/10.1093/jmt/...
A must read for any music therapist or anyone who does music intervention research.
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Hello, Bluesky! 👋
It’s been quite a while since I last posted, but I’m going to make a bit more of an effort.
Christmas and New Year were hectic, but I’ve got a few things from that stretch to share.
Also — I’m looking forward to catching up on the wonderful world of #musicscience !!!
Extended call for papers! 🚨🔍
Apply by March 1st, 2026 for the Psychology & Music Interdisciplinary Encounters (PAM-IE) conference happening at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, from the 14-17th of October 2026.
www.pam-ie2026.com
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New study on lexical processing skills and their association with music perception skills in children with bilateral hearing loss.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1159/0005...
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New paper in Trends in Hearing📄
1st Cadenza Challenge to improve music signal processing for listeners with hearing loss. Hearing aid users rated audio quality of music processed by entrant machine learning systems.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Computational models for music emotion recognition (MER) have steadily improved. Our meta-analysis is now out in ACM Computing Surveys. We reviewed 34 studies comprising 290 models, distilled from a much larger initial pool. #musicscience #musicpsych #emotion #MIR
A new project by our researcher Alessandro Ansani has been funded by the Research Council of Finland under the Academy Research Fellow program! 🤩 The project explores the cross-modal connections between features across different senses, such as sight & sound.
More info: r.jyu.fi/Fgw
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