🎧 New #FENS - #EJN Journal Club Podcast episode! 🧠 In this episode, Hanna Poikonen explores what brain synchrony reveals about expertise and why taking #neuroscience out of the lab could bring us closer to understanding real-life experiences. 👉 https://loom.ly/bft__7k

Also the Finnish Broadcasting company Yle is featuring our research on teenage music memories! They’re collecting people’s own musical memories — go share yours! 👉 yle.fi/a/74-20191537 #MusicScience #Musiikkimuistot #Musiikkipsykologia

Great news: Our recent paper on the reminiscence bump in music just got featured in Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish): www.hs.fi/tiede/art-20...

New paper out on how musical training shapes the brain’s dynamics during naturalistic music listening. Musical expertise, it seems, transforms how the brain moves with music. (1/2, continues in comments.) Read here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

We are excited to announce the first major study on the NEW MuPsych app! Find out how listening to Music on your phone influences your Emotions. To take part, go to www.MusicStudy.eu #MusicScience #MusicPsychology

Interesting systematic review on music-based emotion regulation! Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... #MusicScience #MusicEmotion #MusicPsychology #EmotionRegulation

Looking for interesting podcasts about music in #finnish / #suomeksi? Check out our podcasts about "Musiikit ja ammatit": professionals from various fields tell how they benefit of having music as their hobby. Available in Spotify and Youtube, links in comments! #MusicScience #Musiikki #Podcast

Our study about reminiscence bump(s) in personally meaningful music: Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2 Read: t.ly/u2qvJ #MusicScience #MusicPsychology

A new study out on dynamic functional connectivity in preadolescents during music listening and resting state. (1/2, continues in comments) Read more here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum... #MusicPsychology #MusicScience #MusicNeuroscience #Neuroscience

Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!😁 Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception". Read more here:

Check out our study on PIMSs: Personalized Interactive Music Systems (PIMSs) adapt musical features such as tempo in real time, to users’ movements and exercise intensity. 1/2 Read more: humanfactors.jmir.org/2025/1/e70372 #MusicAndExercise #PhysicalActivity #ExerciseScience #Affect #MusicScience

Looking to do a Master's in Music and Science? The next application round for Master’s Degree Programme in Music and Science at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) is open: January 7-21, 2026 Find out more about our program at the International Applicants' Day: jyu.fi/applicantsday

Our new study shows that spatial audio in VR may support targeted rehabilitation in visuospatial neglect. 1/2 Read more: xr.jmir.org/2025/1/e72439/ #VirtualReality #SpatialAudio #StrokeRecovery

Did you know? Emotions in national anthems reveal surprising patterns in geography and culture. 1/2 (continues in comments) Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Musicscience #MusicPsychology #MIR #NationalAnthems #Emotion

Interesting in networking and following our research output on LinkedIn? Join us here: www.linkedin.com/company/coe-...

This week we had two amazing seminar / research workshop days with the @coe-mmbb.bsky.social team, followed by some extreme water sports. #musicscience #ilovemyjob

I received some great news during our @coe-mmbb.bsky.social meeting last week: my paper was selected for the Outstanding Paper Award of our Center for the year 2022 🥳 Now I am motivated to produce more 😁 read it here journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Prof. Toiviainen and Prof. Särkämö: cutting funding for culture is a short-sighted policy that undermines societal wellbeing, given the crucial role of arts and music in supporting mental health, social cohesion, and human development across all ages 👇 Linkki: www.aamulehti.fi/lukijalta/ar...

New study by @persatz.bsky.social on children's music-making explores empathy & synchrony! Findings show that higher trait empathy helps children synchronize better, especially when their timing is less stable. Female-female pairs also synchronized better. 1/2 #musicscience

When did humans first begin to sing, and why? I had a crack at answering this question as part of @newscientist.com's LastWord series. www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg2... #musicscience @coe-mmbb.bsky.social

Now this is podcasting! Listen to "JYU for YOU" podcast to hear MMBB researcher Marc Thompson discuss the Centre, the Master's iN Music and Science and how he ended up in Finland. open.spotify.com/episode/3VV8...

Our very own Dr Andy Danso was recently featured on Yle! Check it out! Tutkimus: Musiikki vähentää kokemusta liikunnan rasittavuudesta ja auttaa tekemään siitä pysyvän tavan (Music makes exercise more enjoyable, easier and may increase adherence) yle.fi/a/74-20152374

A collaboration with Elvira Brattico identified neural & psychological underpinnings of beauty perception in music. fMRI scans show that stunning melodies activate the orbitofrontal cortex, while not-beautiful tunes trigger more basic auditory processing. www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S030...

New research from CoE MMBB: Laura Ginström et al. claim using music to boost your mood might be linked to lower fitness levels in overweight adults. Participants who relied on songs for mood regulation had poorer cardiorespiratory fitness. #musicscience journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

So proud to share that our own Professor Petri Toiviainen has been honored with a prestigious award from the Finnish Cultural Foundation! 🎉 Thrilled to see his contributions getting the recognition they deserve! #musicscience @phtoiviainen skr.fi/en/news/finn...

What do fireflies, fish schools, and dancers have in common? They self-organize—and now, science has a model to explain it! New study by Petri Toiviainen and colleagues uses swarmalators to reveal the hidden physics of the dance floor. www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

Kiinnostava video musiikin parantavasta voimasta Maikkarilla: VR-konserteista päästään meillä @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @coe-mmbb.bsky.social toteutettavaan musiikkiterapiatutkimukseen, josta kertoo apulaisprofessori, musiikkiterapeutti Esa Ala-Ruona. #musiikkiterapia #musiikintutkimus

Some of our research from the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain in The Guardian today! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Come study with us! We are excited to announce the international application period for our Master’s Degree in Music and Science is now open! You can apply until 22 January 2025. Please distribute to anyone interested! www.jyu.fi/en/study-wit...

MUSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS OFTEN USE CONVENIENCE SAMPLES, BUT DO UNI STUDENTS REALLY REFLECT EVERYONE!? New study from @CoE_MMBB's Niels Chr. Hansen and colleagues: Non-rep samples overestimate how self-reported musicianship relates to skill: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This is Finland: Rock legend turned the words of stroke survivors into songs for @coe_mmbb music-based stroke telerehabilitation study. finland.fi/business-inn...

Looking forward to the 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition in São Paulo, Brazil next summer! www.icmpc2025.abcogmus.com

Interested to test out your musical skills? Feel free to take to try out our music perception and musical skills battery test! mmbb.fi

What happens in the #brain when one musical phrase ends and another one begins? MMBB researchers from @uniofjyvaskyla illustrate the complexity and elegance of #music listening with a 3D visualization of the human brain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKdH...

What is the synchrony-bonding effect, and why did I move to Finland to watch people dancing in silent discos? Find out in my first ever article in @uk.theconversation.com 🎧🎶 #musicscience theconversation.com/silent-disco...

Interested to test out your musical skills? Feel free to take to try out our music perception and musical skills battery test! mmbb.fi

Post-doc researcher Niels Chr. Hansen guest-edited @FrontPsychol special issue on "New Ideas in Performance Science." In 17 articles sports/music/dance/edu scholars tackle key Qs+chart future directions. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

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