www.instagram.com/p/DH4FeECshE... My friend, Lydia Ballam, is doing amazing work on conservatoire students’ experience with dyslexia. Consider sharing this or participating!

Important, and critical information to have! Open, free, and public access to scientific information is critical to a healthy, intelligent, and well informed society! WHICH IS WHAT “THEY” DONT WANT! GO AND LEARN!

www.thingsmusiciansdonttalkabout.com/blog/j2s83vh... A blog post by my friend and fellow RCM researcher, who addresses the normalization of disordered eating in the music industry. A conversation that I think it long overdue

From threatening to take over Gaza, to shipping immigrants to Guantanamo, Trump is acting on the legacy of U.S. empire. The roots of that empire lie with this country’s treatment of Indigenous peoples. Bc we have NEVER dealt with that history it will keep rearing its ugly head.

Hello! For my PhD at the @musicinthebrain.bsky.social we are conducting an online survey on music for sleep. 🎶💤 Click on the link if you’re more than 18 and listen to music for sleep! It takes around 15 minutes ☀️ survey.au.dk/LinkCollecto... Thank you! #musicscience @lullabyte.bsky.social

this piece explains what's going on more coherently than me lol www.chronicle.com/article/were...

Research Participant Opportunity 🫵 Australian Master's research in music and wellbeing is seeking music listeners between the ages of 16-65. If you or anyone you know may be interested in taking part please complete the survey below: swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We're living in a world where diversification is quickly being devalued. If you're asking, what can I do as a #musicscience researcher to show my commitment to diversifying research, check out our article, out today in Music & Science, identifying key gaps & promising trends: doi.org/10.1177/2059...

Happy Banting rejection day to all! The calibre of the rejections I have received this year is extremely high, however, and I am unable to accept their rejection at this time. I look forward to receiving the funding in September and they are welcome to resubmit a rejection in the next cycle

Been adding #musicscience groups/labs/societies as they’ve joined bluesky. Recently added , @coe-mmbb.bsky.social @sysmus.bsky.social and @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social If there are any missing from the starter pack leave a comment!

Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd

Data collection for the first study of my PhD has begun! I’m so grateful to be able to use RCM’s simulator and talk with so many incredible people for this!

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

Looking for another 20 participants for our @york.ac.uk online music listening experiment for families with children aged 5-11. What does music make you feel or imagine? Help Splat the alien 🛸learn what music means to Earthlings! #musicscience Info and access: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Our co-director @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social presented to Durham Comp Sci students about her @leverhulme.bsky.social project looking into music-evoked thoughts Her #musicscience team is making resources and studying different thought types evoked by #music Interested? Check out musicscience.net!

Nice to see our work discussed here!

@researcherswell.bsky.social are putting together a webinar series to address common #mentalhealth issues researchers face. Filling out the survey below will let them know what topics are important and what you’d like to see discussed. #musicscience #neurosky #psychology

Link should now be working 🤞

📣 SEMPRE conference 9-10 April 2025, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK 📣 Deadline for abstracts: 31st January 2025 Keynotes: Karen Burland & Daniel Müllensiefen Please do join us, and please share with any colleagues who you think may be interested! sempre.org.uk/conferences/...

***Please note, this deadline has now been extended to Friday 24th January 2025. All other details remain the same.***

The @northeasternu.bsky.social global news did a nice writeup of our study on background music and ADHD #neuroskyence #musicscience #psysky news.northeastern.edu/2025/01/14/m...

Listen to my department’s new podcast, Performance Science, hosted by my supervisor Professor Aaron Williamon. It explores the science of performing and the role of performance in society. Available on all platforms, releasing episodes on Wednesdays open.spotify.com/episode/1AFr...

Want to draw attention to the guiding principles of UNESCO’s recommendation in open science. Open research spaces often don’t talk enough about the need to take seriously the knowledge of marginalised communities, linguistic diversity, and flexibility. www.unesco.org/en/open-scie...

Let the rhythm not stop doi.org/10.1177/2059...

Great to see our article exploring whether exposure to reality TV singing (a technically demanding style of CCM singing) would negatively influence singing self-concept compared to hearing amateur singers or unembellished, professional singing now out in an issue of Journal of Voice. #MusicScience

2024 started with continuing identity theft issues and sewage flooding in my parents basement. I’m pretty okay with closing out this year! But a lot of good things have also come from this year. It was a time where I’ve started to find my path and make a life for myself. 1/4

Please RP! translifeline.org/about/

One piece of happy news among the gloom: @danya-pav.bsky.social, my first University of Auckland postgrad student (co-supervised with Suzanne Purdy and Hineatua Parkinson) received a Matariki Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Psychologies Rising Stars Award. Ka rawe, Danya - we're all so proud of you!

"This exploration expands on the limited knowledge about bonding and attachment for Aboriginal people and highlights their views from a cultural lens involving kinship and community systems which can deviate from the Western conception of bonding and attachment" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is exactly how I feel when sending out emails

✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz... looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠

December is one of the major “switching hats” moments during the year. I go from full time research to full time performing. I’m realizing that it takes a different kind of focus to read and write vs rehearse and perform. I’m a good hyperfocus-er, so I’m wondering what makes each so different?

Sixth, in this article (just published!), I provide an accessible overview of ontology, epistemology, and axiology, showing how they combine to form 7 common research paradigms. I also explore the methodological and ethical implications of these paradigms. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #research

We still need help with our database! We're looking for examples of inner music in fiction and biography. Anyone welcome to submit - please share widely! More details below: musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

🎶💬 New research by Dr Anna Fiveash and team has found that listening to rhythmic #music can help children with #language processing difficulties improve their ability to repeat sentences. | Read: tinyurl.com/4x44tryj @anna5ash.bsky.social #MusicScience #Language #SpeechTherapy #MusicTherapy

And it's a wrap! We’re delighted to announce the publication of our editorial "Music and Mental Imagery" in Music & Science. Big thanks to my wonderful co-editors, Liila Taruffi and @solangeglasser.bsky.social! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #musicscience #mentalimagery

Familles with children aged 5-11 please take part in our @york.ac.uk online music listening experiment… What does music make you feel or imagine? #musicscience #musiceducation Info and access: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Super funky getting to see the first use of my new music stimulus set (!) in a replication project by some Durham Uni undergrads! 🫢 Research replication is cool 😎 #musicpsychology #musicscience

The final speaker of the term will be Oliver Durcan on "Exploring the Dynamics of Flow State Episodes" — those moments of heightened absorption, effortless control, and increased enjoyment during skilled activities like music making. Join us in person this Thursday (12-1PM) or DM for an online link.

And our findings: Big Finding #1: First we found that misinfo consistently evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, and when it does it is shared more. Interestingly, *this is specific to outrage* !! It is not just a general association with negative emotion in general. 6/

Some #musicscience humor to start the week

Mansplaining "What is clear is that instead of immediately responding with prescriptive and generic advice, asking a question or giving tailored, solicited advice can confer respect and reduce women’s stereotype threat." Santoro & Markus (2024): doi.org/10.1177/0956... #Psychology #SocialPsyc 🧪

www.instagram.com/p/DC9xDa7AN1... My friend, Pip Booth, is doing amazing work investigating musicians’ experiences with disordered eating. She’s posted on her Instagram (linked) a call for participants to take her questionnaire. Spread the word #musicscience community! #musicskyence

Music communicates emotions across cultures, but how much is universal vs cultural? ✨Newly funded #ARC #Discovery Project will explore music's impact on #health, #wellbeing, and the global #music industry. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2fda6wy5 #MusicScience @katestevartssci.bsky.social

I'm proud to announce a new textbook for #musicscience titled "Music and Science: A Guide to Empirical Research". It covers methods in music psychology, empirical research, #openresearch & music computation in 298 pages. For details, see doi.org/10.4324/9781.... Codes at tuomaseerola.github.io/emr/

Dear musician friends, My PhD student, Aliya, is doing a survey asking musicians to describe how they use imagining music in their heads in their work. It will likely take you less than 20 minutes, and you can win an Amazon voucher. Thanks in advance! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, now more than ever, we need to honour & remember those that came before us who we’ve lost to anti-trans hatred & violence. Here’s a list of people just from the US this year alone, though likely incomplete. Their losses will not be in vain! Hate will not win!

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day. Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.