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Nick Kathios

@nickkathios.bsky.social
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t32 postdoc fellow @ usc interested in #musicscience #development | previously @ columbia, northeastern | he/him

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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ecstatic to share that i successfully defended my dissertation yesterday! a huge thank you to all who supported me during my phd, esp advisors drs. @psycheloui.bsky.social, @laurelgd.bsky.social, + juliet davidow. excited for my next steps as a t32 postdoc fellow with dr. assal habibi at USC! 🎸
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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I am excited to share I successfully defended my dissertation, earning my PhD. Many thanks to my advisors and colleagues at Northeastern and the Institute for Cognitive & Brain Health. I look forward to my next chapter as a post doctoral research fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital!
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Why does live music hit different? Our new paper has a neural answer: EEG in a concert hall showed stronger brain-rhythm phase locking during live vs. recorded Bach violin — and that predicts higher pleasure & engagement. 1/2
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
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Contact 3 — Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
New paper 🚨! Our class project on Illusions of the Mind: Laurel vs. Yanny and Sometimes Behave So Strangely #speech2songillusion now out www.nature.com/articles/s41... with 3 undergrad, 2 postgrad, & 1 postdoc, & 3 PI authors #musicscience
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Laurel–Yanny percept affects the speech-to-song illusion, but musical anhedonia does not - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Laurel–Yanny percept affects the speech-to-song illusion, but musical anhedonia does not
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
celebrating my birthday this yr with a recent first author paper acceptance! here, we found that perceptual biases towards lower frequencies—but not individual differences in music reward sensitivity—modulate the perception of the classic speech-to-song illusion. preprint 🔗 tinyurl.com/3sca8vr2
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Last but certainly not the least, @nickkathios.bsky.social on Finding the Self in Others' Music: Self and Other Representations in Theory of Mind Network During Music Listening
Nick’s actual poster title is Finding the Self in Others' Music: Self and Other
Representations in Prefrontal & Parietal Cortices During Music (two people discussing a poster with lots of brain images)
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Adam Tierney @adamtierney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New preprint! Do individuals with musical anhedonia perceive illusory speech in song? Sort of! They rate all speech stimuli as less musical than controls, but hear increased musicality with repetition. And they don't like hearing speech, whether or not it transforms into song. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Sarah Faber @sciencebanshee.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
You can read our new paper on modelling multiple data streams with varying dimensionality (alternately titled "What am I going to do with all these dimensions?!") if you want to. It's not even a little bit illegal.
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Dear musician friends, My PhD student, Aliya, is doing a survey asking musicians to describe how they use imagining music in their heads in their work. It will likely take you less than 20 minutes, and you can win an Amazon voucher. Thanks in advance! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Help us learn more about why we like listening to music! Our collaborative study at Northeastern University is seeking participants ages 7-17 years old local to the Boston area. For more info, email mindlabwes@gmail.com & pls share! 🎸🕺🎧
Flyer describing research opportunity for individuals between the ages of 7-17 years old at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter @michaelle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🚨 New-er pub! We studied the effects of an art intervention on teen mental health This comes from my post-bacc at U of Minnesota working w/ a team of incredible scientist & artists (none on 🦋) Feel free to check it out - it’s open access! All thoughts welcome 💖 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Impact of a Creativity Camp Intervention on Depression and Well-Being in Adolescents - Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Depression is a serious public health problem that often emerges during adolescence. Many adolescents do not respond to standard treatments, necessitating the development of novel interventions. We co...
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
with an uptick in #musicscience interest on here i thought i’d take the time to introduce myself w a few recent pubs! im a 4th yr phd candidate @ northeastern u interested in music, reward, and development. to start off is a recently in press paper at memory: tinyurl.com/2r6jed9r
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On the role of familiarity and developmental exposure in music-evoked autobiographical memories
Music-evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) are typically elicited by music that listeners have heard before. While studies that have directly manipulated music familiarity show that familiar mu...
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David R. Quiroga-Martinez 🧠👂🎵🎸🇨🇴🕺 @dquiroga.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
For all the newcomers, here is a starter pack of people to follow on #musicscience, music cognition and related topics. just comment below if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4oZbDpj #musicskyence
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
#ASFP2024 Roll Call! I’m a PhD student at Northeastern U who’s helping underrepresented PhD applicants through @asfp.io because there shouldn't be a hidden curriculum in applying to graduate school!
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ASFP @asfp.io · 29/10/2024
The applicant portal is OPEN! Applicants, here's what to expect after you submit your statement drafts. ✅ Remember to submit at www.asfp.io/applicants/s... by Oct. 31! #CognitivePsychSky #ClinicalPsychSky #DevelopmentalPsychSky #SocialPsychSky
Image detailing the ASFP applicant process : Students applying to psychology phd programs can submit statement drafts by October 31st, to get matched with 2 double-blind reviewers, and recieve feedback on their statements by November 9th. 

The applicant portal is now OPEN! 

Remember to submit at https://www.asfp.io/applicants/submission-form by Oct. 31!
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Help us learn more about why we like listening to music! Our collaborative study at Northeastern University is seeking participants ages 7-17 years old local to the Boston area. For more info, email mindlabwes@gmail.com & pls share! 🎸🕺🎧
Flyer describing research opportunity for individuals between the ages of 7-17 years old at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Revisiting the Musical Reminiscence Bump: Insights from neurocognitive and social brain development in adolescence: osf.io/c6d4e
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
an exciting end to #neuromusicviii was receiving word that our (myself, kelsie lopez, @laurelgd.bsky.social, and @psycheloui.bsky.social) Music@Home - Retrospective scale validation paper was accepted at behavior research methods (preprint: tinyurl.com/2h6wajrp)! a short 🧵
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
Do musical anhedonics still feel the groove? Our new #musicscience w/ Peter Benson @nickkathios.bsky.social out this week just in time for Peter’s ugrad graduation. Cool drum breaks, even cooler modeling journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Predictive coding in musical anhedonia: A study of groove
Groove, or the pleasurable urge to move to music, offers unique insight into the relationship between emotion and action. The predictive coding of music model posits that groove is linked to predictio...
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
Do musical anhedonics dislike all sounds? Our latest #musicscience w/ @nickkathios.bsky.social & Ani Patel, now out in Cognition: Musical anhedonia, timbre, and the rewards of music listening www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Why do we love music? Our lab’s 9-study suite on learning rewards from levels of predictions in a new musical system, out today in @psychscience.bsky.social #musicscience #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence, @nickkathios.bsky.social & Matt Sachs w/ Tia Ou, Euan Zhang journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Enjoyed chatting about Musical Anhedonia with Mindy Peterson on this podcast, Enhance Life with Music, covering work with @nickkathios.bsky.social @amybelfi.bsky.social, @patrickesavage.bsky.social, Ani Patel, and more 🎻🧠 open.spotify.com/episode/640E...
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Ep. 170: Unraveling the Enigma of Musical Anhedonia: The Brain, Predictions, and the Missing Joy of ...
Listen to this episode from Enhance Life with Music on Spotify. Dive into the intriguing world of musical anhedonia with Dr. Psyche Loui as she unveils the mysteries of why some people simply don't f...
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Pine_lab had a big week! Shout-out to @nickkathios.bsky.social and @KelsieLopez who submitted our manuscript with the incredible @psycheloui.bsky.social validating our new scale: Music@Home-Retrospective for indexing childhood musical environments as adults! preprint here: osf.io/eq496/?view_...
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Babies, Bopping, and Bayes Theorem, oh my! Groovy times this weekend at Neuromusic in McMaster LIVE lab. #musicscience #neuroskyence check out the inspiring posters www.neuromusic.ca
LIVE Lab: an extension of the McMaster Psychology Building!Peter Vuust trio’s lecture-concertPanel discussionPoster presentation on Perceived Intentionality of Amplitude Envelopes
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