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Kelly Jakubowski

@kellyjakubowski.bsky.social
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Professor of Music Psychology at Durham University, violinist, researching musical memory and imagination

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Cognition @cognitionjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How does our environment impact our everyday, free-flowing thoughts? This study used music as a window into the factors that influence the content of these thoughts.
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interesting new guest blog post on our Inner Music website about the ABSENCE of inner music!
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New paper alert! ⚠️ How does our environment impact our everyday, free-flowing thoughts? We used music as a window into the factors that influence the content of these thoughts. Nearly 1800 participants reported open-ended thoughts while listening to 120 excerpts of music.
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some unexpected participants waiting outside the Music & Science Lab today. Should I start a study on pigeon entrainment? They look more willing to get involved than the UG students
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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Join us in Durham on 14 September for this free workshop on music and imagination, featuring @margulisa.bsky.social and lots of other brilliant speakers! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-h...
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Workshop: How Does Music Listening Shape Inner Experience?
Interdisciplinary presentations and discussions on capturing inner experience during music listening and other forms of arts engagement
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Elise Piazza @elisepiazza.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New preprint alert: "Mapping the abstraction of song representations from perception to autobiographical memory", led by @rcassanocoleman.bsky.social, with @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📖 New blog post! 📖 Phil Beaman explores how memory shapes our inner musical life. musicinmyhead.org/blog-5-worki...
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Blog 5: Working Memory, Inner Music, and Wellbeing - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
A little over 15 years ago, I was a memory researcher with interests in how auditory distraction affects immediate memory. It’s well-known that playing sound – including music – in the background has ...
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Elise Piazza @elisepiazza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The SoNIC lab and friends are excited to arrive at Northwestern for #SMPC2026! Check out our talks and poster (featuring @rcassanocoleman.bsky.social, @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social, @jayneuro.bsky.social, @coralineiordan.bsky.social). 🎹 🎶🧠
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So pleased for these two fantastic students!
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
About one more week to apply to join us in Durham this coming academic year as a Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW347/t...
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Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology at Durham University
An academic position as a Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Looking forward to presenting and hearing these other brilliant speakers! Feel free to join us online tomorrow!
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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Good news if you are interested in attending #SysMus26: we've extended our registration deadline till 3 July! Hope to see you in Durham soon!
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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How do features of music shape the contents of our thoughts? Check out our new preprint here, led by Wei Wu, modelling the relationship between auditory and semantic dimensions of music listening: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A new blog post is live! 💥 Kelly Jakubowski reflects on themes from our International Symposium at Durham University, 18–19 May. Read it here: musicinmyhead.org/blog-4-inter....
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Blog 4: International Symposium on Inner Music and Wellbeing - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
The first International Symposium on Inner Music and Wellbeing was held on 18-19 May 2026 at Durham University. The event brought together a wide range of different disciplinary perspectives and speak...
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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Check out our latest research led by @fruzsiszucs.bsky.social on how semantic associations with music (e.g., music that sounds like "rain" or "birds") impact autobiographical memories recalled in response to this music. You can read the preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We've got a 0.5 Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology role going for this coming academic year. Please spread the word, and feel free to get in touch with me if you want to know more: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So pleased for Dr Steliou!
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Really looking forward to two full days of interdisciplinary conversation around inner music and wellbeing next week, a highlight of which will be this event that is free and open to all!
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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Our PhD student, Fruzsi Szucs, is performing a FREE concert this Wednesday afternoon! This is part of a live audience study run by another PhD student in our lab, Nao Toyama, who will collect data about your experience during the performance. Sign up here! www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044EA5...
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Piano Duo Recital 11th Mar
Come along to a live piano duo recital and participate in the Music & Thought project! Sign up here to secure your seat for the concert.  Admission to this concert is free.  What's involved? Listen to...
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
If you're in Durham next week please consider helping out my PhD student by participating in a fun study on music listening. You will receive £5 cash at the session!
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network is pleased to partner with the World Tinnitus Congress London 2027, an international forum bringing together researchers, clinicians, and interdisciplinary scholars to explore the full complexity of tinnitus.
Combined logos from the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network and the 4th World Tinnitus Congress
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Last week to submit abstracts to join our group in Durham in July for the SysMus26 conference! Please share with any interested #musicscience students! musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
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SysMus26
We are looking forward to hosting the next International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology very soon! SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology—i…
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Sylvie Nozaradan @sylvienozaradan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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!
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Follow @innermusicgroup.bsky.social for more news soon on our Inner Music and Wellbeing Symposium in Durham this May, and other exciting events on this topic!
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Jonna Vuoskoski @jokavuos.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Come work with us in Oslo! We are hiring a PhD fellow in the psychology of music, AI, and creativity, affiliated with the newly established @mishmashcentre.bsky.social Details: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Doctoral research fellowship in the psychology of music, AI and creativity (290355) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral research fellowship in the psychology of music, AI and creativity (290355), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is a really cool artistic demonstration of the inner experience of music
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Anna Fiveash @anna5ash.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
📣 I am searching for a postdoc!! 📣 📌 Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Dijon, France 🌍 ⌛ 2 years 📚 Music rhythm, language, developmental language disorders Preliminary details below - please get in touch if you're interested! www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-f...
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📣 I am searching for a postdoc!! 📣 📌 Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Dijon, France 🌍 ⌛ 2 years 📚 Music rhythm, language, developmental language disorders The full announcement will come… | Anna...
📣 I am searching for a postdoc!! 📣 📌 Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Dijon, France 🌍 ⌛ 2 years 📚 Music rhythm, language, developmental language disorders The full announcement will come out in ...
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Well done Imogen!! @durhammusicdept.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
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Caroline Curwen @curwen01.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Delighted to represent @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social at the Kautilya Foundation’s Synesthesia Soirée. Shared some of my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded work on synaesthesia and musically evoked narrative imaginings. #Synaesthesia #Musicscience My talk starts from 35mins 😉 youtu.be/ZgOzid86qOA
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
We’ve got 8 PhD studentships open in Durham for interdisciplinary research, especially projects sitting at the intersection of humanities and sciences. Many music psychology projects can tick these boxes! Feel free to get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University
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Lara Pearson @musicalgesture.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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/...
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The Co‐Structuring of Gesture‐Vocal Dynamics: An Exploration in Karnatak Music Performance
In music performance contexts, vocalists tend to gesture with hand and upper body movements as they sing. But how does this gesturing relate to the sung phrases, and how do singers’ gesturing styles ...
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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened! Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement. Nominations close 18 January 2026. #AcademicSky #Research
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Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026
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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Beautiful photos by Joe Bates, Musicon, from our MR/ AR concert at Durham University, UK, Launch of Psychogeography with E.Ravilious AR app @hauntedplanet.com @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @madshaahr.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social #DreaMR @dreamr.art
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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It was such pleasure to perform in Durham!🥰thank you so much!🙏 @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Congrats to our @durhammusicdept.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social UG student authors for their publications in this year's DURMS volume! And thanks to the whole editorial team, especially @curwen01.bsky.social and @aliyaedwards.bsky.social for leading! musicscience.net/durms/volume...
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Volume 8
ISSN: 2631-8342 Volume 8, Autumn 2025 Editor’s Note Caroline Curwen & Aliya Edwards (p. 1-2) Emotional Recognition in Very Brief Musical Excerpts of Film Music Luca Whittle, Moritz Afridi…
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What prevents music psychologists from sharing primary research data? If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Calling all #musicpsych #musicscience and students working in related areas! Please consider joining us in Durham this summer for what is shaping up to be a fantastic event!
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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Mixed Reality Concert in Durham! Thanks to Musicon & @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @hauntedplanet.com @madshaahr.bsky.social and some snow here already!☃️🎵 @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social
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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🎹Arrived to Durham!Tomorrow is Musicon Mixed Reality Concert and talk on Music Department! We also included LoGaCulture music “Voices of the Boyne”! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #TrinityCollegeDublin @hauntedplanet.com @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @madshaahr.bsky.social @logaculture.bsky.social
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Any last takers for this concert on Wednesday? Should be fun! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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Svetlana Rudenko: Dreaming with Mixed Reality - Durham University
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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert! RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡 💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered 📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025 👉 rncm.ac.uk/news #DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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News - Royal Northern College of Music
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
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Haunted Planet @hauntedplanet.com · 09/11/2025
Mixed Reality Concert by Haunted Planet Studios at Durham! 19 th November 7.30 pm #music #science #DreaMR it’s also Launch “E.Ravilious: Psychogeography AR” with @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social 🎹🎻 pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... @hauntedplanet.com @madshaahr.bsky.social
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The longest author list I’ve been on yet, but for good reasons! A massive and rigorous international research collaboration. Well done to Massimo and Francesca for leading this!
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thanks to @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social and Leeds School of Music for a fun and stimulating visit. And with many thanks to the rest of the team doing this research @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social, @weiwu.bsky.social, @margulisa.bsky.social
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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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...
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
One more day!! Please consider joining us in Durham if you do research on imagined music and wellbeing!
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ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🌀 Still time to submit to our international symposium! 📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026 🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025 musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
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