Just rrived: New books by Robert Zatorre and Marcus T. Pearce at #OxfordUniversityPress, with at least two more in the mail... (by Lisa Margulis and Pat Savage :-)

Just 60 seconds (1 of 2) from the Japanese documentary about the origins of musicality — a documentary that I hope will one day be shown in the Netherlands | (c) 2024 NHK, Frontiers Series, Japan.

Just 60 seconds (2 of 2) from the Japanese documentary about the origins of musicality — a documentary that I hope will one day be shown in the Netherlands | (c) 2024 NHK, Frontiers Series, Japan.

Last week, we had an inspiring, curiosity-driven workshop at the Lorentz Center, sponsored by NWO (Dutch Research Council), @lorentzcenter.bsky.social, and @illc-uva.bsky.social. More in a few months. Can't wait? See the workshop overview in Workshop files at tinyurl.com/2jyk8ryy

2024: Lecture /presentation on #musicality in Carré, Amsterdam

Next week there will be a follow-up of the April 2014 Lorentz Workshop on #Musicality. I hope this one will generate as much momentum as the previous one. (Still, we have to do without the great Sandra Trehub, David Huron, and Iain Morley.) See www.lorentzcenter.nl/spectral-per...

www.linkedin.com/posts/univer... @uvahumanities.bsky.social @illc-uva.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social

Pour celles et ceux qui vivent en France : 'Animaux - Le rythme dans la peau?' (47 min | Disponible jusqu'au 19/10/2026) #theevolvinganimalorchestra

nautil.us/did-music-gi... #theevolvinganimalorchestra

Free access at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mkeE3QW8S...

Q: If music is biological, why is it so different across cultures? A: Think of it like food. Every culture has its own recipes, but the hunger and the ability to taste are biological. While the “songs” vary, the way our brains naturally organize sound…

"Through evolution, these capacities may have become integrated into a coherent system — a biological platform for organizing and appreciating patterned sound". Great essay by @musiccognition.bsky.social on the biological capacity that enables humans to perceive, produce, and enjoy music.

Lezersvraag: Wanneer ontstond muziek? | Antwoord: Dat weten we (nog) niet! www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/...

“Music may not just be culture — it arguably reflects a fundamental biological capacity: musicality.” Next week in Current Biology…

A documentary that was carefully prepared and produced in 2023/2024 by NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation. A pity it can’t be viewed outside of Japan, as yet. But who knows… #theevolvinganimalorchestra #aapslaatmaat @atlascontact.bsky.social

'Animaux, le rythme dans la peau' (The Musical Animal |CBC) 🎼🦜🐋 Now on ARTE tv #theevolvinganimalorchestra #aapslaatmaat #deraffeschlagtdentakt

'Animaux, le rythme dans la peau' (The Musical Animal) 🎼🦜🐋 Now on ARTE tv www.4-33mag.com/animaux-le-r...

We (@johnmcbride4lyf.bsky.social, @yutoozaki.bsky.social, @mhoeschele.bsky.social, Alex Ruf, Raphaël Powis, @musiccognition.bsky.social & I) wrote this up into a formal critique of the Science paper claiming to demonstrate beat synchronization in macaques: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

For those (very) few people that might be in Amsterdam next week : Feel free to join a session at the @ARTIS _groote_museum . Could be fun :-) www.linkedin.com/events/74258...

What do we know about beat perception, really? youtu.be/hnBZIERB8dM?...

‘If musicality did not arise from language, where did it come from?’ New preprint, Curr. Biol. In press. : doi.org/10.31234/osf...

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b... @birdsingalong.bsky.social

Do you know a parrot that talks or sings? Tell us about it at www.manyparrots.org @birdsingalong.bsky.social @laurynbenedict.bsky.social et al.

Asif Ghazanfar and Gavin Steingo open their recent Commentary in Science, by asserting that modern musicality researchers “rely as much on conjecture as they did in Darwin and Spencer’s time." This characterization is inaccurate!

[Please share] Call for Fellowship Applications for Early Career Researchers from the Global South — to attend an international workshop on ‘spectral percepts’ and the Origins of Musicality in The Netherlands. Deadline : 19 December 2025 (23:59, AoE). See www.lorentzcenter.nl/index.php?pn...

‘Op de dag dat ik 67 vervalt alle toegang tot de systemen. Projecten die zich niet aan die grens houden en simpelweg doorgaan, moest ik maar ‘delegeren’. Het voelde alsof ik op een automatische schuifdeur afliep die net voor m’n neus dichtgaat.’ www.folia.nl/nl/opinie/16...

Sandra Trehub, David Huron and Iain Morley (picture from 2014) are no longer with us. I miss them: their wit, sharpness and commitment to science. We are preparing a 2nd edition of this workshop at the Lorentz Center in April 2026, 12 years later (again a small-scale, intimate, invitation-only).

Which bird can imitate the white-blue robot from Star Wars better than any other? Spoiler: it’s not the parrot. www.folia.nl/en/wetenscha...

Thursday at the Paleissymposium in Amsterdam – Keynote entitled : "Musical Animals—Are We? Can There Be?" | lnkd.in/eCUZeJWk

European starlings outperform even the smartest and most intelligent parrots at imitating the iconic Star Wars robot R2-D2. Why is that? Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g... Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @musiccognition.bsky.social

www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #R2D2 #starwars

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #R2D2 #Artoo-detoo #citizenscience #musicality #starwars

🎶 Test your musical memory! 🎯 tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl @musiccognition.bsky.social and others have made something wonderful: a science game for matching familiar melodies from around the world. Play TuneTwins and help us advance research on music cognition. (Seen at #ICMPC, more to come!)

BBC Reel from October 2022 w/ Dame Evelyn Glennie and Laurel Trainor. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

Filming on and speaking at the Musicality Genomics Consortium (www.musicgens.org) public event at the @palaumusicacat.bsky.social in Barcelona, september 2025 w/ Henechowicz et al. #musicality #genomics

@palaumusicacat.bsky.social An evening on #musicality and #genomics musicgens.org

Twee uur interview over muziek, muzikaliteit en meer … #iedereenismuzikaal #musicscience

ヒトはなぜ歌うのか | Why do humans sing?

tunetwins.app #tunetwins

Why does a well-tuned modern piano not sound out-of tune?