We're delighted to announce that professor Tuomas Eerola will return to the University of Jyväskylä @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social, thanks to a grant from the Research Council of Finland.
Welcome back @tuomaseerola.bsky.social! 🤩
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New study on lexical processing skills and their association with music perception skills in children with bilateral hearing loss.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1159/0005...
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A new project by our researcher Alessandro Ansani has been funded by the Research Council of Finland under the Academy Research Fellow program! 🤩 The project explores the cross-modal connections between features across different senses, such as sight & sound.
More info: r.jyu.fi/Fgw
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Music listening turns everyday moments into cinematic scenes. How do young people use music as a soundtrack for their lives to reflect, imagine & understand themselves? New study explores the cinematic side of music listening & identity construction.🎬
Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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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.
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.
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Can the same song make you feel happy and sad? Our new study shows emotional complexity—feeling both positive and negative emotions—is common with personally meaningful music, but varies across people. Discover what influences it: doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...
#musicscience #emotions #personalityresearch
Excited to announce the MUSICONNEX Conference @ Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body, and Brain, Uni of Jyväskylä FI, Sep 22–24 2026! 🤩
Keynotes: Prof. Katrina McFerran, Prof. Elizabeth Margulis & Prof. Hauke Egermann. Abstract submissions open!
Info: www.jyu.fi/en/events/mu...
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A poster with a text: "Love concerts? Join our study! Chance to win a 30€ S-group voucher. We are looking for music lovers in Finland. Live concert goers, Livestream concert watchers, Musicians." On the background a picture of a live concert with blue lights and a crowd with their hands in the air. Logos of Jyväskylän yliopisto/University of Jyväskylä, VTT and MUSICOTAS.
🎶 Love concerts? Join our study & tell us why! 🎶 mmbb.ltdk.helsinki.fi/publix/9y7h9...
We look for:
Active concert-goers
Online stream watchers
Musicians
Living in Finland
We need you to be:
Fluent in English
Over 18
Able to take part in a video call
#Music #Musiikki #Finland #Suomi #Concerts
Music plays an important role in relationships, especially in the early stages. It can help people express identity, share emotions and bond. But how does music contribute to romantic love at different stages of a relationship?
Read more: doi.org/10.12688/ope...
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Looking forward to Valentine's day? Our researcher, Dr Joshua Bamford @js.bamford.id.au has some relationship advice, based upon recent studies into music and love. 🥰💘
Read it here: scienceillustrated.com/humans/one-p...
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New systematic review/meta-analysis: Music is widely used in exercise, yet its cognitive & affective effects remain unclear. Results show no consistent overall effects, but meta-regression indicates that higher exercise intensity predicts smaller effects of music. Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Come study with us! We are excited to announce the international application period for our Master’s Degree in Music and Science is now open!
www.jyu.fi/en/study-wit...
You can apply until 21 January 2026. Please distribute to anyone interested!
MT can be implemented in individual & group settings w/ different methods: improvisation, music imagery, music listening & songwriting. It can enhance depression, anxiety & functioning, support agency, self-expression & emotion regulation, promote wellbeing & facilitate self-reflection/awareness.
Two people facing each other playing djembé drums. The picture is cut in a way that only the hands of the two people and part of their arms and legs are showing in the picture. In the background two keyboards facing each other.
New review out on music therapy in treatment of depression-related disorders in working-age population! MT is an effective treatment for depression, anxiety and work-related stress. 1/2
Read here: www.psykiatriantutkimussaatio.fi/wp-content/u...
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🎧 New #FENS - #EJN Journal Club Podcast episode!
🧠 In this episode, Hanna Poikonen explores what brain synchrony reveals about expertise and why taking #neuroscience out of the lab could bring us closer to understanding real-life experiences.
👉 https://loom.ly/bft__7k
Also the Finnish Broadcasting company Yle is featuring our research on teenage music memories! They’re collecting people’s own musical memories — go share yours!
👉 yle.fi/a/74-20191537
#MusicScience #Musiikkimuistot #Musiikkipsykologia
Great news: Our recent paper on the reminiscence bump in music just got featured in Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish): www.hs.fi/tiede/art-20...
Using dynamic functional connectivity analysis, we show that musicians’ brains shift more often between sensorimotor, emotional, and cognitive networks involving frontal, motor, and auditory regions & non-musicians engage more self-referential patterns centred on medial prefrontal & parietal areas.
New paper out on how musical training shapes the brain’s dynamics during naturalistic music listening. Musical expertise, it seems, transforms how the brain moves with music. (1/2, continues in comments.)
Read here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
We are excited to announce the first major study on the NEW MuPsych app!
Find out how listening to Music on your phone influences your Emotions.
To take part, go to www.MusicStudy.eu
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Interesting systematic review on music-based emotion regulation!
Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
#MusicScience #MusicEmotion #MusicPsychology #EmotionRegulation
Looking for interesting podcasts about music in #finnish / #suomeksi? Check out our podcasts about "Musiikit ja ammatit": professionals from various fields tell how they benefit of having music as their hobby.
Available in Spotify and Youtube, links in comments!
#MusicScience #Musiikki #Podcast
2/2 Explore the data here: t.ly/e1EtP
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Our study about reminiscence bump(s) in personally meaningful music:
Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2
Read: t.ly/u2qvJ
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2/2 We show that occipital regions are engaged during music (attention, imagery, emotion) and that the brain more often shifts from DMN to orbitofrontal–limbic states, patterns that may help explain how music supports emotion and reward processing in children.
A new study out on dynamic functional connectivity in preadolescents during music listening and resting state. (1/2, continues in comments)
Read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
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