SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology—is being held this coming year at Durham University, UK, July 22–24 (Wed–Fri), 2026! Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026. Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details: musicscience.net/events/sysmu...

New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺 Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing! Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...

when being fully on leave isn’t actually being completely disconnected because of external deadlines — but now, exhausted, see ya later with fingers crossed.

Research aims and objectives aren’t the same thing but are related It helps to understand the differences and connections patthomson.net/2025/11/01/r...

Thrilled to share our new publication in Aesthetics, Creativity & the Arts! 🎶 Huge thanks to my wonderful collaborators for making this possible. Our paper explores how culture shapes emotions felt with favorite music and their implications for arts & health. Read it here: doi.org/10.1037/aca0...

New York knows how to do Halloween!

Sign up at tinyurl.com/AcWriMo2025 - it kicks off November 1, but you can join throughout the month.

As the clocks change, my latest piece for the BBC: The BBC as the nation’s timekeeper. Featuring, among others, Big Ben, Sunday lunchtimes, Tony Blackburn on the joys and perils of breakfast radio, Monica Sims on daytime possibilities, Richard Hoggart on TV evenings, and the 1987 Hurricane’

We are excited to announce that we have a page on Linkedin. If you are a past or current committee member and would like to refer to our community on your Linkedin profile, please refer to the following link: www.linkedin.com/company/aust...

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

Two research terms to get clear on, contributions and significance patthomson.net/2025/10/19/r...

it was awesome to join @danielshanahan.bsky.social ‘s grad seminar yesterday to discuss my research on everyday music listening. these emerging #MusicScience folks didn’t hold back - critically engaging with our knowledge and pushing it forward. a true pleasure and some ideas to reflect on!

Interesting new study exploring patterns and trends in published research on music & emotion regulation. Short take—it’s developed tremendous over the decades and remains of continued scholarly interest 🤩 Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy... #musictherapy #musicscience #emotionregulation

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

Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge. The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education. Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...

🎶🎧 Call for young participants aged 5-11 for short online listening expt describing anything music makes them feel or imagine. Thank you for participating/sharing! #musicscience #musiceducation Info/access (adult consent required): york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Excited to be part of @theindigoproject’s Attune Festival — a free month-long program of talks, workshops and sound experiences exploring mental health through sound, somatics & ideas. Join my session on Deep Listening on 20 October. Register: www.theindigoproject.com.au/attune/

Today’s #MusicScience #PubChat article: Chrisp, Putter, & @StudyListening (2025). How music listening can support antepartum and intrapartum maternal well-being: A scoping review. Music Perception, advance online publication. doi.org/10.1525/mp.2...

Chuffed that our music and Parkinson’s paper on ‘The Use of Music Among Swiss People with Parkinson’s: A Mixed Methods Survey and Comparison to the UK Findings’ led by the wonderful Prof Dawn Rose and with lots of fab collaborators, is now out! #PPI #Parkinsons journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Don't underestimate the effect of the arts—music, dance, visual, gardening, crafts, theater—for promoting health, a systematic review @naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our Call for Contributions is still open! Please share widely 💥

i've really been enjoying the @t-fun.bsky.social Festival. I'm looking forward to presenting as part of the day 3 festivities (on engagement and belonging). #EduSky

london, uk. #MiEL

leeds, uk. #MiEL

wellcome collection display pieces. london, uk. #MiEL

buskers. trafalgar square surrounds, london, uk. #MiEL

also not quite a #MiEL but close enough because i can’t not post the lobster phone (want!) by dali. london, uk.

Babel by Meireles. London, uk. #MiEL

Gustav Holst statue. cheltenham, uk. #MiEL

Cheltenham, uk. #MiEL

Leeds, uk. #MiEL

Ephemera; Townsville, qld. #MiEL

check out the attune festival - www.theindigoproject.com.au/attune/

📣 Call for Papers – SEMPRE Student Study Day 26 Nov 2025 | UCL IOE + online A supportive space for postgrad/doctoral students in #MusicPsychology & #MusicEducation to share work + connect. Submit by 1 Oct 2025 For details: sempre.org.uk/conference/s... Feel free to share within your networks🎶

we're online this afternoon with Julie Ballantyne for our @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social #AMPlify2025 session. #MusicScience

💥 Call for Contributions 💥 We are seeking contributions for our symposium at Durham University, 18–19 May 2026. Deadline: 4 Nov 2025. Full details below 👇 musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...

Episode 6 of Mempathy is all about the power of music for people with dementia-related memory loss. Having studied this for many years, it has been a joy to see it in practice with my mum. In the episode I share practical ways to get the best from music: mempathy.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...

Nice to see this article out in issue! #MusicScience journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... cc: @jasongoopy.bsky.social @melissaforbes.bsky.social I did a #PubChat thread over on the other site, so repeating it here:

hanging out in gathertown today for our JCU Department of Psychology 4th year mini-conference. With @helloklaire.bsky.social kicking it all off!

at yesterday's @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social Writing Group, we pulled our theses off the shelf - in support of those who are working towards and just completing theirs. the supportive community is one of the things i love about AMPS. #MusicScience #GetYourManuscriptOut

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

today's really exciting @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social #AMPlify session is with Glenn McDonald (author of You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song: How Streaming Changes Music) #MusicScience

“Whether we’re celebrating or grieving, music is something we can turn to." A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.

psychological literacy is super important, but undergrad psych students don't always love learning research methods and stats. Thanks to a JCU grant, i've wrapped season 1 of my alumni spotlights for our Professionally Psyched podcast. You can listen on Spotify: lnkd.in/gWEVpR4g

great music at today’s community day. #townsville #MiEL

Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is ‘winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV? I talk with media studies professor and public media expert Josh Shepperd for an explainer. In short, it's dire Gift 🔗

nice to hear live music tonight. #MiEL