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Jan Stupacher

@stupacher.bsky.social
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Associate professor at the Center for Music in the Brain at Aarhus University in Denmark. sites.google.com/view/stupacher

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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Excited to share that I’ll give a talk at this year’s Lindy Hop Festival in Aarhus on September 27! The talks are open to the public. aarhuslindyhoppers.dk/daytime-acti...
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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Here’s a great press article about the study – in English: health.au.dk/en/display/a...
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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Another potential influence might be differences in sensation seeking – a trait characterized by the pursuit of novel and complex experiences – which is associated with increased preferences for intense music and the development of drug use.
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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This finding may be linked to changes in the brain's reward system caused by repeated dopamine surges from drug use. As a result, everyday rewards may feel less pleasurable or motivating, which could explain why people with substance use disorders are drawn to more intense and complex music.
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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Our new study is out in this week’s issue of PNAS! People in therapy for heroin and cocaine addiction felt more groove – the pleasurable urge to move to music – when listening to complex rhythms and harmonies, compared to people without drug addiction. Open access: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Individuals with substance use disorders experience an increased urge to move to complex music | PNAS
Substance use disorders disrupt the dopaminergic system of the human brain, which plays a central role in movement and reward processing, altering ...
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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The rumors travel fast 😅 We are at the beginning of conversations with @peercommunityin.bsky.social and no decision has been made so far. If anyone is interested in contributing to an eventual PCI Systematic Musicology as a recommender or reviewer, please get in touch with us!
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Jan Stupacher @stupacher.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I had a lovely chat with Mimi O'Neill on the Psychology of Music Podcast, which is dedicated to exploring the fascinating fields of music psychology and music cognition. We're talking about the pleasurable urge to move to music and social bonding in musical contexts. open.spotify.com/episode/7IP5...
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2. Stupacher - Groove
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