‼️ APSCOM/AMPS 2026 Conference Early Bird Registration‼️ Don't forget early bird registration closes next Wednesday on 1st July 2026! 🐦 Registrations are now open for in-person and online attendance. Register now: amps.org.au/conference-r...

Announcing AMPS/APSCOM 2026 Conference Keynote Presenters 📣 Please watch this space as we add to the list of incredible presenters at this year’s conference: amps.org.au/2026-confere...

🚨New Publication of Empirical Musicology Review 20(1)🚨 The current volume presents a number of empirical studies and commentaries, and one data report that altogether highlight the breadth of topics suitable for the journal. Read more here: emusicology.org/issue/324/in...

✨Online Survey on Music and Parental Wellbeing✨ Music and Parental Wellbeing Alliance's multilingual survey is now live: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/7tBZ5BaGrp Please note that the survey will remain open until Friday 19 June for first-round responses.

I will soon be recruiting a postdoc for projects on auditory perception in people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, based here in Auckland. It will probably be a 2-yr post If you're looking for a postdoc and are keen to live and work in NZ, you can submit an expression of interest here

it took some doing but I am stoked to be able to attend #cogsci2026 in Rio in a few weeks (turns out brazil is far from nz?!) cogsci is my favourite meeting! we're doing a workshop on 'unconventional communication' with some lovely people. hope to see you there and/or at the conf 🩷

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays 💻 Mid-year crunch time!? Join us to stay motivated! 💪 Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

✨Online Study Survey✨ Exploring audio-visual preferences and practices [Phase 2] 🎧🎶 You are invited to take part in a research study examining people’s musical preferences: jcu.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

✨Online Study Survey✨ Investigating the relationship between alcohol and music usage behaviours 🍷🎶 You are invited to take part in a research project on the relationship between music preferences, listening behaviours, and alcohol use: jcu.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨 #AMPlify Seminar 3: Change of Date! 🚨 Missed out on the past two sessions? No worries, book tickets now for the webinar on Monday 10 August 4-5pm AEST (previously AMPlify July Seminar)! Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays 💻 June so soon!? Join us to beat the clock! ⏰ Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

Study Participants Wanted! 📣 Luiza Mesquita is inviting anyone who leads music groups for young children to complete the following questionnaire for her study, 'Music without Barries: Fostering Early Learning for Neurodivergent Students and Students with Disabilities': go.unimelb.edu.au/g8b2

great to be online for @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social 's #AMPlify2026 session today with Prof Nikki Rickard

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays 💻 Paper submission due soon? Milestone coming up? Overloaded with work? Join us to get motivated! 🤩 Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

Final call for papers! 📣 🗣 More info here: amps.org.au/call-for-pap... 🗓 Important Dates Extended abstract submission deadline – 6 May 2026 Abstract notifications – 29 May 2026 Conference: 9-11 December 2026

🚨 #AMPlify2026 May Seminar: Tuning into Wellbeing: Refining Measurement in Music and Wellbeing Research 🗓When: Wednesday 6 May, 4-5pm AEST 🌐Where: Via Zoom 💻Link to register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays 💻 Good culture, good company, and a good time writing. What more do you need? 🤔 Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

🔥#HotOffThePress🔥 April Edition Here are new publications from AMPS members: Ayyildiz, C., Prince, J.B., Delalande, J., & Herff, S. A. (2026). doi.org/10.1057/s415... Vidas, D., Nitschinsk, L., Osborne, M. S., & Rickard, N. S. (2026). doi.org/10.1525/mp.2...

🚨AMPS/APSCOM 2026 Call for Workshops 🚨 🗣 More info here: amps.org.au/call-for-wor... 🗓 Important Dates Workshops due: 15 May 2026 Notifications by: 8 June 2026 Workshop Date (Gold Coast): 8 December 2026

🚨 AMPS/APSCOM 2026 Hybrid Event!🚨 🗣 More info here: amps.org.au/call-for-pap... 🗓 Important Dates Extended abstract submission deadline – 6 May 2026 Abstract notifications – 29 May 2026 Conference: 9-11 December 2026

🚨 AMPS/APSCOM 2026 Abstract Deadline EXTENDED! 🚨 🗣 More info here: amps.org.au/call-for-pap... 🗓 Important Dates Extended abstract submission deadline – 6 May 2026 Abstract notifications – 29 May 2026 Conference (Hybrid): 9-11 December 2026

#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠 🎶 2026 AMPS/APSCOM | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia [hybrid] | 9-11 December 2026 🎤 Deadline for abstracts due 24 April 2026 🎟 Registration open now: amps.org.au/conference-r... 🌐 amps.org.au/amps-apscom-...

How do music and science shape identity? Explore your experiences and identity in this Australian study. No background or interest in music or science is required - all perspectives are welcome! 🤗 Enter a prize draw to win one of four $50 AUD gift cards: bit.ly/24JCUii

Rhythmic skills mediate the link between music training and cognition via attention and phonological processing www.nature.com/articles/s44... Interesting that there was no difference on speech in noise performance ....

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays 💻 Get back into routine after the Easter holiday and join our #SUAW session. A friendly reminder of the time change to 10 am for our members in Queensland! ⏰ Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

🔥#HotOffThePress🔥March Ed. Evans, et al. doi.org/10.1002/snz2... Krause, et al. doi.org/10.1177/1029... Lowe-Brown, et al. doi.org/10.1177/1029... Mazzarolo, et al. doi.org/10.1177/1321... Nitschinsk, et al. doi.org/10.1177/1029... Yeom, et al. doi.org/10.1007/s105...

How do you identify with music? Participate in an anonymous survey online to support research in understanding the development of people's musical identities. Enter the prize draw to win 1 of 4 $50 AUG gift cards: bit.ly/MIM-2026

New study out: Can we measure people’s preferences for listening to music alone or with others? Yes, we can now! We developed a new scale (ISMUS-LI) and found the two preferences to be uncorrelated and partly dependent on gender and age. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

🚨 #AMPlify2026 March Seminar: So… Can I Use AI for That? Ethical and Practical AI Use in Music Psychology Research with Dr. Solange Glasser 🗓When: Wednesday 11 March, 4-5pm AEDT 🌐Where: Via Zoom 💻Link to register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...

🚨 #AMPlify2026 March Seminar: So… Can I Use AI for That? Ethical and Practical AI Use in Music Psychology Research with Dr. Solange Glasser 🗓When: Wednesday 11 March, 4-5pm AEDT 🌐Where: Via Zoom 💻Link to register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amplify-20...

Today we’re launching the website and social media pages for the new Music Cognition Lab from Dublin, Ireland! Stay tuned for #Music #Cognition updates 🎶🧠🎶🎉 @escom.bsky.social @creativebrainweek.bsky.social @sas.upenn.edu @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social @musicperception.bsky.social #musicpsychology

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays 💻 Join our community for a #SUAW session: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

#AMPSWritingGroup fortnightly on Wednesdays! 💻 You can find more details including dates here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...

🚨 Announcing the AMPS/APSCOM 2026 Call for Papers! 🚨 🗣 Abstract submission site: airtable.com/appPhXqfNZqi... 🗓 Important Dates Abstract submission deadline – 24 April 2026 Abstract notifications – 29 May 2026 Conference: 9-11 December 2026 🌐 Conference website: amps.org.au/amps-apscom-...

👥 AMPS Community Networking Opportunity 🗓 Wednesday, 25th February ⏰ 4:00-4:45 pm AEDT 🌐 Online Event We are hosting our first online social gathering for AMPS for 2026. Register now: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-welco...

✨Announcing the 2026 #AMPlify Series 📣 We are excited to announce the 2026 AMPlify ECR professional development series featuring a dynamic line-up of inspiring speakers! #savethedate

#AMPlify your weekend with FREE online resources available on our YouTube channel 📺 Watch our previous series #AMPlify2025 on YouTube now. 'A fireside chat with Spotify's former Data Alchemist - Glenn McDonald': youtu.be/BfyR34xfFkw?...

#AMPlify your weekend with FREE online resources available on our YouTube channel 📺 Watch our previous series #AMPlify2025 on YouTube now. 'Music science in Europe with A/Professor Laura Ferreri': youtu.be/6CtPztTFEn0?...

#AMPlify your weekend with FREE online resources available on our YouTube channel 📺 Watch our previous series #AMPlify2025 on YouTube now. 'A fireside chat about working in the music industry with Matthew O’Leary': youtu.be/QLVCQGLcD_I?...

#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠 🎶 SysMus26 | Durham University, United Kingdom (hybrid - multi-hubs) | July 22–24 2026 🎤 Abstract submission due 30th of January, 2026 Acceptance notifications by 13th of March, 2026 🌐 sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...

#AMPlify your weekend with FREE online resources available on our YouTube channel 📺 Watch our previous series #AMPlify2025 on YouTube now, 'The doctoral journey with Professor Gary McPherson': youtu.be/lIigHQUR0Ek?...

Happy New Year! 🎉🎈 #AMPS30th 🥂 Celebrate with us at our upcoming conference #AMPSAPSCOM✨ Save the date: 🗓 December 9-11, 2026 📍Gold Coast, Bond University 🏢 Crowne Plaza, Broadbeach, with special events/activities held on the Bond University campus.

🔥#HotOffThePress🔥December Edition If you have a paper that's just been published or about to be, please reach out! Here is a new publication from AMPS members: Blackwell, J., & Matherne, N. (2025) doi.org/10.1177/0255...

🎄Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎁 Did you miss a day from our #AMPSAdventCalendar? Revisit the previous days here: app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=...

🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 24 🙏 Happy Holidays! Thank You! We celebrate the academics, post-docs, and students whose passion and hard work drive music psychology research forward across Australia. Thank you for your science! amps.org.au/research-gro...

🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 23 📚 Support for Publishing AMPS helps members navigate the academic world. Our network offers support, advice, and connections for publishing your research in top music psychology journals. amps.org.au/research/

🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 22 🧩 The Psychology Connection AMPS is closely affiliated with the broader scientific community, recognizing the importance of psychological science in understanding musical experience. amps.org.au

🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 21 🎂 Our Founding Year AMPS was officially founded in 1996. It now represents the national body of researchers in this field and is a member of APSCOM apscom.weebly.com and ICMPC icmpc.org/icmpc_about....

🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 20 🎶 Support Music Research Donations directly support high-quality Australian research exploring how music influences cognition, emotion, and behaviour. Support this research: amps.org.au/donations/

🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 19 🏫 Beyond the Lab: School Visits AMPS members visit schools to show students how music psychology works, like leading hands-on experiments on music and taste perception! See our community page: amps.org.au/community-sp...