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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 02/10/2026

early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here

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Connor Kirts @kirtsconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our article got published today!! 🎉🎉🎉 If you’re looking to capture contextual variables around emotional episodes with music, this 35 item instrument will help! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #musicscience #emotion #psychology #psychometrics #measurement #psychsky #music

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it’s the 2nd annual Psych Breakthroughs and Brews tonight. great to be chatting @jcuofficial.bsky.social research at the pub

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@h-r-peltola.bsky.social suggests that online music platforms allow rich ways for self-construction. Through digital ethnography data on young Finns, she summarised the insights of the thematic analysis into three: 1. discovery, 2. engagement, and 3. social interaction. #MUSICONNEX #musicscience

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Samantha Patane @samanthapatane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Really interesting #research on how #musicidentity is shaped not just by what we listen to, but by who we see ourselves as in relation to others. The gender stereotypes piece is especially interesting... a good reminder that musical taste can carry a lot more social meaning than we might realise.

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Agnieszka Siry, How daily musical experiences shape mood, emotion, and social feeling -music buffers the emotional consequences of negative social experiences, primarily by enhancing pos emotions rather than reducing neg ones -quality of experience matters! #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lotta Kourilehto, on everyday music listening fostering connectedness in youth -inter-connected themes of self-connectedness, social connectedness, + situational connectedness -are the social aspects of listening more than what's been identified as the 'social functions' of music? #MUSICONNEX

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anastasios Mavrolampados, Predicting emotional outcomes in everyday music listening -evoked emotions not a stable outcome of the audio signal. there's an interaction of listener, mood, situation, and self-assessment of music. -implications for models/designs/applications #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Will Randall presents where #MUSICONNEX is going in the new project, HARMONICS. in which @mupsych.bsky.social data and digital ethnography data will be considered together to produce a validated taxonomy of regulation strategies + conditions under which each is adaptive/successful #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Naomi Ziv, looking at interactions of military uniform and guitar playing on women's attraction to men: playing classical guitar in uniform leading to highest attractiveness ratings in her sample #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Elizabeth Fair on the role of music after a bereavement: -key themes of regulation, connection to the person who has died, connection to the music, and taking next steps -music in reorientating --> remembering the past, anchoring the present, and moving forward #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@anthonymoles.bsky.social shares our research applying the social identity approach to music identity at #MUSICONNEX. -there are multiple identities - and a mixture of self/other + in/out-group comparisons -w. some really strong gender stereotypes are at play #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Julia Vigl on music preference similarity in couples: -couples are more similar in preferences than pseudo-couples -fave. artist similiarity shows a small association with relationship quality sooo interesting. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

i got to talk about our work on communal, focused music listening experiences at #MUSICONNEX today. - super interesting to think about the other sensory elements of a listening event. music is both multi-sensory and trans-temporal so there's still much to learn! #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

title slide, has our names and the presentation title - examining communal, focused music listening experiences

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@margulisa.bsky.social runs through a stack of research on musical imagination and shared experience in a #MUSICONNEX keynote. -fictional imagining is common -imaginings unfold dynamically -shared content emerges early in development but doesnt extend cross-culturally #MusicScience

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@margulisa.bsky.social delivers Day 3 Keynote at #MUSICONNEX about imagination, shared experience, and connection: what we know about people imagining while listening to music: very concrete, often similar imagery across people, similar narratives, as measured by semantic similarity.

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Connor Kirts @kirtsconnor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@studylistening.bsky.social showcasing how music programming and environment relate to the improvement of mood and well being; focused listening outcomes are driven not only by the music, but also the context, and listener interactions #musiconnex

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@studylistening.bsky.social explores the topic of social deep listening, a practice organised by Sonaur in Australia, through interviews. Fascinating setup for a study that reveals notions about focus, well-being & motivation to listen to music in a particular frame of mind #MusicScience #MUSICONNEX

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nicole Koefler, Live music fosters collective effervescence and leads to lasting positive outcomes: collective effervescence is intertwined experience of connection and sacredness felt in crowds (eg., sporting events, concerts, religious gatherings) #MusicScience #MUSICONNEX

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Serena Allegra argues the history of music is also an archive of experiments on human connection, carried out over centuries #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Alessandro Ansani, Solitropic and sociotropic tendencies as predictors for individual and social music listening: - healthy listeners are "connected yet comfortable alone" (high sociotropism, high solitude, low isolation) #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Natalie Miller, on a study of live video game music concerts -thought descriptions highlight thoughts about the concert but also social relationships and memories. - absorption sig. predicts social connection to audience + performers + fan community #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Margarida Baltazar, Attending concerts in-person: - Connecting to the audience + artists, subjective experiences, personal relationships with music, and live-in-person concert characteristics. - VIBES are important. - Synergy with previous work we've done on format prefs. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dan Baczkowski, Effects of listener-responsive visuals and bespoke composition on social connection in a Western-classical concert setting >highlighting that while we want to do the science, it's always the concert that comes first making this work challenging. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maren Hochgesand, examining audience movement at live music: - positive association between movement entrainment and social connection at an indie rock concert and also in a dj club setting - at the concert, ppl felt a stronger connection to musicians than other audience #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social tells us how older adults’ musical choices for alleviating loneliness are different from the music they like; and the key ingredients are greater autobiographical memories, positive affect, & meaning. Great talk! #MUSICONNEX #musicscience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Adelaide Beckwith, asking how people with hearing loss engage with everyday music listening + how is this related to well-being: - average daily listening: 2hr, 17min - increased use of music for mood regulation assoc. w. higher WB scores #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Gunter Kreutz, sharing on a secondary analysis of german household data re: Leisure activities and adolescents’ wellbeing: findings support the HYP that lack of leisure opportunities might increase mental health risks in young adolescents. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Gladys Heng, Impact of music engagement on mental health and quality of life in an Asian context: showing that a moderate amount of music listening is associated with better physical and psychological health (with the caveat that additional future work is needed) #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jovana Blagojević on well-being of youth choir singers: perceived optimism in choir buffers against anxiety, independent of age. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jan Stupacher, talking on the pleasurable urge to move to music in people with Parkinson’s disease: data from an experiment showing that movement synchrony adds more than a timing cue. it adds motivation and social connection as well. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social--> comparing music selections older adults believe alleviate loneliness vs. music they simply like, there appears to be a difference in terms of the music being immersive/memory-based (lonely) and hedonic enjoyment/aesthetic (liked only) #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hauke Egermann runs through a solid set of live concert studies to discus how social bonding in the audience can create social connection. Amazing body of work that shows the importance/interaction of spatial co-presence and temporal simultaneously #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky

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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#MUSICONNEX Day 2 keynote by Hauke Egermann about social bonding in the audience. New tools for live music research and great conceptual framework to bring the crucial elements under the focus of #musicscience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Niels Chr. Hansen speaks to music for coping with different types of crises (both personal and societal). #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Catherine Tan has looked at age and music mood regulation, finding slight declines in strategy use but stability in underlying functions. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ana Lucia Louro and Teresa Mateiro show how graduate student diaries have a "double position" in being a mirror (formative device) and a window (source of understanding). + identity, emotion, relationships interact in their formation. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Caroline Owen demonstrates that children as young as five articulate/interpret musical experiences with incredible depth -- with multiple layers of inward introspection/description/reflection, outward reflection on others/the world, and a blend or blurring of both. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hazel Van Der Walle demonstrates the richness obtained through a qualitative+co-occurence network approach to understanding mental content during music listening. resulting in a really cool consideration of the narrative, referential, and experiential components. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

great to hear from @spooky-kat.bsky.social on young adults using scary music (self-selected) to make sense of what fear might mean in their everyday lives. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

neat to see drawing on the @mupsych.bsky.social dataset to explore music and sleep. data showing people listen to a RANGE of music and not necessarily that which is on "sleep playlists" #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thought provoking keynote from Katrina McFerran, who's deliberately thinking about 'choosing' rather than 'using' music & advocating for (1) the consideration of intuitive and intellectual choice and (2) digging deeper into what 'participant-chosen' 'preferred' music is #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

while sad i'm not actually in Finland, I'm so excited to be able to participate in the #MUSICONNEX2026 conference online. Very much looking forward to few days of #MusicScience!

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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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Music, Mind, Body and Brain @coe-mmbb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#musictherapy publication: Our study explores how interactive singing, rhythmic cues, and culturally meaningful music can support emotional, social & motor engagement in a person with advanced dementia. Read more in Voices: doi.org/10.15845/voi...

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Interactive Music to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in Advanced Dementia: An Exploratory Single-Case Study | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy

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Music, Mind, Body and Brain @coe-mmbb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How can #music help improve the affective experience of #exercise? Our new chapter explores strategies for enhancing how people feel during exercise & the role of music influencing affective responses & supporting more positive exercise experiences. Read more: doi.org/10.4324/9781... #musicscience

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Strategies to Improve the Affective Experience of Exercise | 29 | The

Drawing on principles from cognitive neuroscience, exercise psychology, and behavioral science, this chapter examines strategies to enhance the affective

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Do you remember The 21st of September?" Happy Earth, Wind & Fire day to all those who celebrate. 🎉🌈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...

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Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

great to see our listening and self-compassion study led by @whenmusicbreaks.bsky.social now issued in Psychology of Music #MusicScience #MusicPsychSky open-access article --> journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... previous thread --> bsky.app/profile/stud...

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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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