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... #musicscience

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

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

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