Maham Riaz will have her disputation next Tuesday, April 7, starting with trial lecture at 11:15 CEST, followed by public defence at 13:15 CEST. Read more about it here:

When birdsong suddenly appears, it affects us, and most often in a positive way🎶🐦 That's our experience from RITMO from when Maham Riaz carried out an experiment on her unsuspecting colleagues😅

Our brains predict the world before it happens🧠 Postdoctoral researcher Vinicius Rezende Carvalho studies how brain rhythms shape predictions and how deep brain recordings can unlock new insight into cognition, perception, and language. @viniciusrc.bsky.social

What happens when nature, technology, and music meet?🐜🎶 PhD fellow Pedro Lucas explores how swarms, biology, and extended reality can shape new interactive musical systems where humans and intelligent agents improvise together.

The brain turns chaos into meaning🤯🧠 PhD fellow Olgerta Asko studies the prefrontal cortex to understand how we make predictions about the world and transform information into action. @olgasko.bsky.social

Really nice experience being interviewed on hyperscanning together with Anne-Kristin Solbakk and Sigurd Alnes by Elise Kjørstad. When we measure brain activity from multiple people at once, the brains synchronize. 🔗 www.forskning.no/hjerneforskn... @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social @uio.no

EDM is made for the dance floor but created in the solitude of digital audio workstations🎛️ Postdoctoral researcher Baptiste Bacot studies how producers use DAWs, how technology influences their decisions, and how technology reshapes the way they make and think about music.

What happens in the body and brain when we improvise?🧠 PhD fellow Atilla Vrasdonk studies flamenco artists and jazz musicians to understand the behavior and cognition of creativity and improvisation💃

RITMO's annual report is out! Have a look at what we did in 2025 🥳

Still some time to apply for our MishMash postdoc position "AI Methods for Creative Applications" with deadline 1 March. Also check out the 13 other postings for PhD / postdoc at mishmash.no ! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Deadline approaching soon: 28 February!! A postdoctoral research fellowship on gesture-vocalization interactions in three vocal performance traditions, based at the University of Oslo. If you have any questions about the position, please get in touch!

When we encounter something completely unfamiliar, our bodies know what to do before our minds catch up!🏃🧠 Read about Martin Pleiß' research here: www.uio.no/english/rese...

📢 Calling all musicology students! The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️ 📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters! Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu... #SysMus #AcademicSky

How to think about culture in psychology and neuroscience? What about seeing it as a source and product of perceptual plasticity? Such an inspiring journey to co-write this paper with R Polak, A Danielsen, N Jacoby, L Pearson, S Horlor, S Aubinet, J London. osf.io/preprints/ps... Feedback welcome!

Join Olgerta Asko's public defence today at 10:15 CET! In Forsamlingssalen, and streaming on YouTube: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis... @olgasko.bsky.social

Perhaps you should start the new year with welcoming life's surprises?🤔 Your brain becomes slightly more fine-tuned every time you have an experience that defies your expectations!🧠 Read about @olgasko.bsky.social's research here: www.uio.no/english/rese...

Huge congratulations to Guilherme Câmara, who has received funding from the Research Council of Norway for his project “GROOVE: Mapping, Modeling, and Perceiving the Combinatorics of Groove-Based Rhythms”! 🥳 Read about it here (Norwegian): www.hf.uio.no/om/aktuelt/a...

📣We have a 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 in the computational analysis of gesture-vocalization interactions. The position is connected to our new project 𝘊𝘰-𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦) led by Research Professor Lara Pearson

Just published, the co-structuring of gesture-vocal dynamics in vocal performance, with @wimpouw.bsky.social and Thomas Nuttall. Which dimensions of hand and head gestures co-structure with which vocal modalities, and how does this differ across individuals? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The concert "Quantum Loops, Broken Symmetries" is now at 18:00 CET, which will be streamed on YouTube from Salen, ZEB, UiO. The program includes explorations into violins, self-playing pianos, AI and quantum computing with Eduardo Reck Miranda and Victoria Johnson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Panr...

Remember today's Seminar Series with Prof. Renee Timmers at 13:15 CET!

Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!🥳 Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will give a talk titled "Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo". Read more here: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

Starting at 13:15 CEST today!

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:

Fadi al-Ghawanmeh will publicly defend his dissertation "Ṭarab and AI: Maqām Music Generation through Machine Translation and Motion Capture" on Thursday September 25. The defence is streamed on Zoom, link will be available on this website.

Have you tried to just... listen? PhD candidate Maham Riaz writes about listening to our surroundings in our latest blog post!

Thursday, 11 September, we are excited about hosting a workshop with two renowned international artists, Kristin Norderval and Nick Wishart. Through hands-on sessions with EVII and Round Sounds, participants get to experience body-based music control and discuss the future of musicking technologies.

If you’re curious about how one of the world’s greatest musicians reflects on gender dynamics in classical music, the importance of mentorship, physical and mental resilience, and her personal philosophy for wellbeing, you can read the full interview with Mrs. Anne-Sophie Mutter here:

Welcome to a workshop on the wellbeing of women music performers! Today at 13:00 CEST. Read more about it and find the YouTube stream here: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

🤔How does the human brain predict unexpected sounds? Our new study shows that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t work as a single unit. Instead, the orbitofrontal and lateral prefrontal cortex make distinct, time-sensitive contributions. #iEEG #BrainLesion #OFC #LPFC doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Heidi's disputation starts in about 45 minutes, 10:15 CEST! www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

Are you strongly moved by music?🥹🎶 Then you might also be open, compassionate, and sensitive!🤗 Read about RITMO PhD fellow Heidi's research: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

ADHD in adults manifests differently than in children. A new test that reveals the extent of mind wandering may contribute to more accurate diagnoses. Researchers from RITMO and The Helgeland Hospital Trust have examined if a test of mind wandering can be incorporated as part of diagnostic tools.🧠🔍

Heidi Hansen will publicly defend her dissertation "Musical sensibility and motivations for music use: A twin study of the underlying structure, personality correlates, and genetic and environmental underpinnings" on Friday August 29. The defence is also streamed on YouTube.

Remember when we had a whole workshop on ventilation sound? What if we told you there's even a #VentHackz video, exploring the musicality of ventilation systems as well?🤯

Last day of #SysMus25! It's been a pleasure hosting you all 🫶 @sysmus.bsky.social

Final keynote of #SysMus25 @sysmus.bsky.social by Prof. Bruno Laeng @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social! Using pupillometry to peer into the emotional impact of “chilling” music, he found endogenous opioids may reduce intensity of musical pleasure #musicscience #cogsci #psychology

Check out our new mini review on making robotic dance expressive & responsive! 🕺🕺🕺🤖🤖🤖 Expressiveness: conveying thoughts & feelings through varied, flexible movements. Responsiveness: reacting to stimuli in real-time. With @benediwa.bsky.social and Alex Szorkovszky @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social

1/ Excited to share our new paper just out in Scientific Reports! 🧠🎧 Using intracranial EEG, we show how the human brain automatically encodes patterns in random sounds– without attention or explicit awareness. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Tomorrow and saturday (from 9.30 both days): Symposium on the platformization of music production at UiO. Program and live-stream available here: www.hf.uio.no/imv/english/... #musicproduction #musicology #musictech #platforms

🛏️ Room Share Opportunity for #SysMus25! Looking to share accommodation? A self-service Google Sheet is available to help you connect with other attendees. 🔗 Add your info & reach out directly to others: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

Check out this playlist if you want to know more about what some of our current and previous researchers do! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It’s out! 🎉 The #SysMus25 program is out! Check out the amazing keynotes, workshops, and talk sessions curated by the fantastic organizing team at #RITMO (@unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social). Follow the link below to explore the full program. www.uio.no/ritmo/englis... #musicology #music #musicresearch

Ever wonder how your brain predicts the next beat in music? What happens if the rhythm is aperiodic?🤔 RITMO doctoral fellow Sandra Solli is studying the neural mechanisms underlying auditory temporal prediction and rhythm perception by combining EEG and behavioral experiments🧠🎶

Who is headed to the SEMPRE conference this week? Some great presentations by our lab members and other #musicscience researchers happening this week! sempre.org.uk/conference/s...

Professor Janeen Loehr will give a talk at RITMO Seminar Series later today (13:15 CEST)!🎶 Available on YouTube as well🥳

Recently added @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social to the #musicscience labs starter pack. If there are other labs I’ve missed let me know!

If you're ever curious what's going on at RITMO, you can have a look at our events page:

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