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Steffen Herff

@steffenherff.bsky.social
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Sydney Horizon Fellow | ARC DECRA Research fellow (University of Sydney). Interested in Imagination, Music, Learning, Memory, Biofeedback, and Neuroscience.

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Ceren Ayyildiz @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Following the publication of our paper "Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery", the University of Sydney has just shared a media release! How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
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How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
New research from the Sydney Music, Mind and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney has found that even the smallest of human touches in music can shape and enhance...
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Ceren Ayyildiz @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The first study from my PhD project is now available! 🎉 "Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery" Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery
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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · 11/08/2025
“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.
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Music is good company: new study shows music induces social imagination
Music keeps you company: a new study led by Dr Steffen A. Herff, cognitive neuroscientist at Sydney, Music, Mind and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has shown for the first time empirically that music can indeed keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
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Sydney Music, Mind, and Body Lab @smmb-lab.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Wonderful to see our research being featured on the ABC's Weekend Breakfast. In a wonderful chat between @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the Sydney, Music, Mind, and Body Lab, and Fauziah Ibrahim & Tom Oriti from the ABC, they discussed how music can be good company. @sydney.edu.au
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the @smmb-lab.bsky.social just did a wonderful interview on live TV discussing our recent research looking at 'Can Music be good company'. #musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Can you think of examples of books, films, TV shows, etc. featuring earworms or other types of imagined music? Please share them here! musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
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Inner Music in Fiction and Biography - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography ‘Inner music’ or ‘musical imagery’ refers to the music that one hears in one’s own head. For example, an ‘earworm’ is a catchy piece of music that is stuck in one’...
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Ceren Ayyildiz @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My supervisor, Dr @steffenherff.bsky.social, and I wrote this piece for The Conversation on music and imagination: “Can music be good company?” …based on our lab’s recent work @smmb-lab.bsky.social theconversation.com/can-music-be...
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Can music be good company? Research shows it makes our imagination more social
When people listen to music, they’re more likely to imagine social interactions.
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Sydney Music, Mind, and Body Lab @smmb-lab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Can music be good company? We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery theconversation.com/can-music-be...
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Can music be good company? Research shows it makes our imagination more social
When people listen to music, they’re more likely to imagine social interactions.
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Sydney Music, Mind, and Body Lab @smmb-lab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Delighted to share our new work 'Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions'. We show that music is indeed good company! #musicscience #mentalimagery www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I had the great pleasure to chat with Sarah Ayoub about Music, Imagination, and their potential benefits for children transitioning from day care to 'big school' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @australia.theguardian.com @sydneyuni.bsky.social #mentalimagery #musicscience
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Worried about your child’s transition from daycare to ‘big school’? Music can make it easier | Sarah Ayoub
Music may help to connect children to one another and their new place – if it is well chosen
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Australian Linguistic Society @auslingsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
The ALS is offering five scholarships and prizes to provide funding support of up to $5,000 for linguistics research students conducting research in any area of linguistics. Deadline: 6 May 2024 Find out more here: www.als.asn.au/Pages/ALS/Gr...
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
I’m truly honoured to have been awarded a Sydney Horizon Fellowship at USYD. #musicscience #mentalimagery www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
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Sydney attracts top research talent with innovative Fellowships
The University of Sydney's unprecedented investment in its appointment of 40 research fellows across a range of disciplines.
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The MARCS Institute @marcsinstitute.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
Discover the science behind why some tunes stick in your head forever! Dr Steffen Herff breaks down the relationship between music and memory. From emotional nostalgia to the 'reminiscence bump', explore the power of musical memories. Read more: tinyurl.com/2vk5cy72 | @steffenherff.bsky.social
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The MARCS Institute @marcsinstitute.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
"Think about music as a strong emotional amplifier, and we can use it for many purposes." ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Dr Steffen Herff (@steffenherff.bsky.social), talked about harnessing the power of music with ABC Classic. #musicscience #powerofmusic | Read more: tinyurl.com/ycyxer7w
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
Delighted to share that our (with @matskussner.bsky.social S.Hashim @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social) project on using music-induced #mentalimagery to alleviate feelings of loneliness in older adults was funded (2yrs) by the DAAD and the UA under the AU/GER Joint Research Cooperation Scheme #musicscience
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Johanna Rimmele @johannarimmele.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Do you want to do a phd on #speech and #song and how we use our brain for it #electrophysiology #neuroimaging #motor #rhythm ? Come work with us at the MPI_ae ! Apply here and contact me for questions. e-recruiting.pro/jobposting/7... Please forward to everyone interested!
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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
JCU has the Elizabeth Pearse Music Scholarship to fund the study of music at Masters or PhD level. Applications now open. #MusicScience
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Mats Küssner @matskussner.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
Interested in a #musicscience / #musicology internship in the Department of Musicology and Media Studies at HU Berlin? Apply for one of our projects before 10 Dec and join our team in the summer of 2024: hic.hu-berlin.de/en/internshi...
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
New #musicscience & #mentalimagery work on "Music listening evokes story-like visual imagery with both idiosyncratic and shared content" by Sarah Hashim, Lauren Stewart, @matskussner.bsky.social , Diana Omigie journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Alex Lamont @alexlamont.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Funded PhD project on music, autobiographical and collective memories with me at Keele Uni, UK -psych grads only, sorry, but distance learners welcome. Closes 4 December. #musicscience
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Welcome to PhD students @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social (researching how 🎵 rhythm & instrumentation affect directed mental imagery) & @ugurmkaya.bsky.social (how vocal techniques shape vividness & sentiment of mental imagery) who just joined our #mentalimagery and #musicscience communities on 🟦sky.
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Ceren Ayyildiz @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
+++ Luiza and I met *virtually* two years ago at SysMus21, and now we’re doing our PhDs together at the MARCS Institute, not only attended #SysMus23 together until 4 am Sydney time, but virtually sat together! 👯‍♀️🎶🎙️👀 #musicscience
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Ceren Ayyildiz @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
It was great attending #SysMus23 and presenting our recent research on the prevalent role of imagined social interactions during music listening @steffenherff.bsky.social Liila Taruffi! ✨✨✨🎶🧠 #musicscience
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
We are hiring! I’m not on this search committee, but would be great to see some #musicscience peeps apply northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor – Generative AI and Sound Design/Conversation Design
About the Opportunity Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) invites applications for open-rank (tenured or tenure-track) faculty positions in generative AI for creativ...
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
We have two postdoc positions at the Center for Philosophy of Science at Pitt. Join us in this unique place for philosophy of science. Please share widely.
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Post Doctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh - PhilJobs:JFP Post Doctoral Associate, Univer...
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Dear #mentalimagery community, I've set up a custom feed for research and discussion related to mental imagery. Just write #mentalimagery in your post, and it'll show up. You can add it to your feeds by clicking on 'feeds' on the left and search for 'mentalimagery' :-).
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Pat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
I'm accepting applications for prospective grad students to join my lab. Nov 1 is the next deadline to be considered for University of Auckland PhD scholarships starting from March 2024: auckland.ac.nz/en/study/sch... Please see my lab manual for details: drive.google.com/file/d/1ayBI...
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Steffen Herff @steffenherff.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Just finished my obligatory yearly replay of Journey. Once again I’m amazed by @awintory.bsky.social's incredible music. Also again grateful to Jenova Chen allowing us to use some of the game as stimuli in our research on music induced mental imagery #musicscience 🎵🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Music influences vividness and content of imagined journeys in a directed visual imagery task - Scie...
Scientific Reports - Music influences vividness and content of imagined journeys in a directed visual imagery task
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Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Fully funded PhD and postdoc position available! Start: early 2024 Topic: the role of mental imagery extremes in subjective perception PI: Tessa van Leeuwen Loc: Tilburg University, Netherlands In collab w me! Info: PhD: tiu.nu/21884 Postdoc: tiu.nu/21885 #CogSci #consci #VisionScience
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Job opening: PhD candidate on visual perception, mental imagery, and sensory sensitivity (21884)
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Mason Youngblood @masonyoungblood.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Updated ESLR jobs board! Big highlights: 10 PhD positions in bioacoustics + AI (bioacousticai.eu), 6 postdocs in human/earth systems at U of Cologne, (imfess.uni-koeln.de/hescor/posit...), complexity fellows at SFI (apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complex...) 🦜🌍💻 bit.ly/ESLR-Jobs
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Masters Deadline,Added,Topic/Dept/Title,Institution,Link NA,02-14-2023,People and Nature,University College London,<a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/studying-ucl-people-and-nature-lab">https...
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Tijl Grootswagers @tgro.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
We at the @MARCSInstitute are looking for a professor/chair in human neuroscience. tinyurl.com/HumanNeuro I am happy to answer questions about work-life in MARCS/WSU/Sydney/Australia. Please RT! #neuroscience #academicsky #neuroskyence
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eRecruit for UWS - Ref 4772/23 Charter Hall Chair in Human Neuroscience, MARCS Institute and School ...
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