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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great to present theoretical and critical work on musical chills at #Musiconnex w/ @tuomaseerola.bsky.social We are not ready for hypothesis-driven musical chills research, due to a weak derivation chain (no clear chills concept, no standard measures, and no causal models). More on this soon!

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Musiconnex event started at Jyväskylä, led by Suvi Saarikallio. 3 days about research findings of how music regulates & connects people #erc #EU @coe-mmbb.bsky.social

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Connor Kirts @kirtsconnor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#musicpsych #musicscience journal looking for an assistant editor!

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Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD) @mancad-uom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And that's a wrap for this year's ManCAD CAPers conference. Thanks to all of our presenters, panel members and everyone who attended. We hope you all had a great conference! #audiology #conference #universityofmanchester #hearing #research

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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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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Computational models for music emotion recognition (MER) have steadily improved. Our meta-analysis is now out in ACM Computing Surveys. We reviewed 34 studies comprising 290 models, distilled from a much larger initial pool. #musicscience #musicpsych #emotion #MIR

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

New paper in Trends in Hearing📄 1st Cadenza Challenge to improve music signal processing for listeners with hearing loss. Hearing aid users rated audio quality of music processed by entrant machine learning systems. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #MusicScience #HearingResearch #openaccess

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Connor Kirts @kirtsconnor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Excited to announce our article has been published! doi.org/10.1177/2059... I led a project to operationalise constructs that identify the emotional episodes people experience listening to music. #MusicScience experts assessed items against prior theory, a surprisingly under reported practice 🔭❗

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Margarida Baltazar @margarida-baltazar.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We are excited to announce the MUSICONNEX Conference! The hybrid conference will be hosted @coe-mmbb.bsky.social , @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social, Finland, on Sept 22–24th 2026. Check our keynotes, website, and contact information in the comments. #musicscience #musicresearch #musiconnex

MUSICONNEX conference addresses the following questions: How can music help to connect with self and others? How can we study and measure this across mind, body, and varied contexts? What are the related next steps in research and engagement platforms?

Important dates: Abstract submission opens on the 2nd of February, 2026. Abstract submittion deadline is the 31st of March, 2026. For more information, visit our website.

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Addie - inky, pinky, thinky @addiebabe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

* CURRENTLY RECRUITING * Do you have experience of hearing loss? Do you regularly listen to music? If you can answer yes to both questions, then we would like to hear from you. This study is concerned with understanding the link between everyday music listening, mental health & wellbeing. 1/4

The image is of a recruitment poster for a research study:
(images) University of Salford and Leverhulme Trust logos
(text) Hearing loss, wellbeing and music
Do you have first hand experience of hearing loss?
Do you regularly listen to music?
Are you interested in taking part in a research study?
You are eligible to take part if you: are 18 years or older, have experience of hearing loss, listen to music in your day-to-day life.
The study will involve: taking part in an online survey (about 20 minutes), answering questions about your hearing, how you engage with music, and questions about mental health and wellbeing.
For more information: Please email Addie Beckwith, PhD student at the University of Salford - a.m.beckwith@edu.salford.ac.uk.
Supervisors: Dr Duncan Williams and Dr Robert Bendall
(images) A large ear, a mute symbol, musical notes and a treble clef, an MP3 player and wired earbuds.

A QR code that leads to the survey link: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/hearing-loss-wellbeing-and-music

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Daniel Shanahan @danielshanahan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I wrote some words about David Huron for Music and Science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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David Huron (1954–2025) - Daniel Shanahan, 2025

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🎶 Nice write up of our recent work exploring musicians chills/frisson experiences while performing! 🎶 You can find the 🔓 #openaccess paper here - doi.org/10.1177/03057356251383805 #musicscience #musicpsych

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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_...

This is a chatGPT created image about barriers to data sharing.

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Delighted to share our latest research on consonance. We asked participants from India and UK to rate how “tense” different harmonic intervals sound. We found that musicians across both cultures agreed almost perfectly on which intervals feel tense or relaxed, however, ....

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Fascinating to hear @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social talk at Leeds about how music shapes imagination, covering importance of genre, age, auditory features and contextual associations with music for content of imagined thoughts when listening! Brilliant collaborative work!

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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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Caroline Owen @carocaronet.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🎶🎧 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_...

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James Cannon @j-w-cannon.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Really excited to be featured in a new Hï Ibiza mini-doc series exploring the elements of clubbing in Ibiza that take it beyond a night out to a transcendent experience. In this episode, I talk about dance music’s role in social connection, identity, and more...▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B8-...

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Professor Michelle Phillips @michelle-phillips.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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/...

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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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

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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

@kirtsconnor.bsky.social gave a presentation on the content validity assessment for his music-emotion episode instrument! Out now as a preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... #musicscience #psychometrics

Connor presenting at ICMPC18 in São Paulo

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Wonderful talk by @j-w-cannon.bsky.social from @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social presenting survey study and rich data on emotion, embodied pleasure and social connection at electronic dance music events #ICMPC18 #ICMPC2025 #MusicScience

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Tuning in online to #ICMPC18 #ICMPC2025 where I can.. Great to see really nice work from Suvi Saarikallio et al. @coe-mmbb.bsky.social on functions of listening to personally meaningful music! Findings indicating emotions and memories more prevalent in personal vs. general music. #MusicScience

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Happy to share new paper in IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, providing an overview and results of two open machine learning challenges in the Cadenza Project (cadenzachallenge.org), aiming to improve music audio quality for listeners with a hearing loss. Paper here - doi.org/10.1109/OJSP...

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The First Cadenza Challenges: Using Machine Learning Competitions to Improve Music for Listeners With a Hearing Loss

Listening to music can be an issue for those with a hearing impairment, and hearing aids are not a universal solution. This paper details the first use of an open challenge methodology to improve the ...

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Music Psychology @ Leeds @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

For our latest blog entry, @j-w-cannon.bsky.social reports on our PGRs' experiences of the recent #SysMus25 conference in Oslo! Exceptional conference for students and early career researchers to connect, share insights, and develop impactful collaborations: music-psych.leeds.ac.uk/2025/07/03/o...

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Our PGRs’ Experience at the SysMus25 Conference | Music Psychology @ Leeds

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Francesca Talamini @francescatalamini.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

JOB OFFER: 4-year PostDoc position in the field of music psychology. Join us at the University of Innsbruck, in the heart of Austrian Alps! lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karri...

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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The authors of this latest blog from @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social are too modest to say but Leeds University Union Music Impact in the Community has also just won a Riley Award for their work. Congratulations!

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Music Psychology @ Leeds @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In our latest blog, members of Leeds University Union Music Impact in the Community (LUUMIC) share insights from their volunteer work at Headingley Hall Care Home. From musical bingo to singalongs, they explore how music fosters wellbeing, connection, and joy: music-psych.leeds.ac.uk/2025/05/12/l...

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Leeds University Union Music Impact in the Community (LUUMIC) | Music Psychology @ Leeds

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Want to measure how "major" or "minor" a musical passage feels on a sliding scale, not just as a simple label? 🤔 Mike Schutz and I refined the concept of 'relative mode', treating it as a continuous spectrum from minor to major. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #musicscience #MIR 1/3

Shows a plot of audio waveform with continuously changing estimation of majorness to minorness (relative mode) in a Bach prelude. It is a screen capture from GitHub.

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Melissa Forbes @melissaforbes.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

📣New paper!! “From music performance to prescription: A guide for musicians and health professionals” - an excellent collaboration with @genevieve132.bsky.social, Nick Aitcheson, and Christa Powell It is what it says on the tin! Open Access link 👇 shorturl.at/vmGwQ @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social

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European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music - ESCOM @escom.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Calling student members, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty in #musicscience 📣 Our Early Career Researchers’ Group (ECRG) is being established to provide support, networking, and mentorship across institutions and countries. Join up below!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Call for Early-Career Researchers in ESCOM

We invite all student members, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty (or equivalent) who are beginning their journey in music psychology research to join a newly formed "Early C...

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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@drmkirby.bsky.social is doing @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social proud at #SEMPRE conference with her Hickman Award talk on inclusive arts-based learning experiences for adults with learning abilities.

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Professor Michelle Phillips @michelle-phillips.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Last chance to register for our SEMPRE conference 9-10 April at our RNCM! sempre.org.uk/conference/s... You can join us in person if you book by the end of tomorrow (Tue 25th March), or bookings will remain open for online attendance (£50 for the whole two days - bargain!).

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James Cannon @j-w-cannon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Exciting news! I’m running a free club night & research project at Exchange, #Bristol (April 5th) with Haze (@haze_bristol on Insta) Limited FREE tickets for those who volunteer for the research, or grab a standard ticket & enjoy the night! ✨ Tickets/info: hdfst.uk/e125010 #musicscience #rave

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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We're living in a world where diversification is quickly being devalued. If you're asking, what can I do as a #musicscience researcher to show my commitment to diversifying research, check out our article, out today in Music & Science, identifying key gaps & promising trends: doi.org/10.1177/2059...

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

What emotions does music express? Through 3 experiments with association tasks & context-based activities with 5000+ participants & 600+ affect terms, we report structures that differ from music-induced emotions such as romantic, in love, free, & festive #musicscience doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Visualisation of search frequency of 213 affect terms, term similarities and clustering solution for 88 prominent terms, and the terms positioned within the affective circumplex space

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Professor Michelle Phillips @michelle-phillips.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

📣 SEMPRE conference 9-10 April 2025, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK 📣 Deadline for abstracts: 31st January 2025 Keynotes: Karen Burland & Daniel Müllensiefen Please do join us, and please share with any colleagues who you think may be interested! sempre.org.uk/conferences/...

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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🎶📄 Happy to share new #musicscience research, exploring ‘pseudo-social music listening’ experiences. Brings together music psych literature highlighting social qualities of music listening; builds on ideas of social surrogacy and parasocial interaction! #openaccess here: doi.org/10.1177/2059...

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“With a Little Help from my Friends”: Exploring Pseudo-Social Music Listening Experiences - Scott Bannister, Freya Bailes, Alinka E. Greasley, 2025

Contemporary research highlights intimate connections between music and social bonding, such that even modern music listening behaviors, including listening whe...

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hprior.bsky.social @hprior.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The next SEMPRE spring conference will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK, on 9 and 10 April 2025. Abstracts for this conference just be submitted by 31st January 2025. www.sempre.org.uk/conferences/...

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