European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music - ESCOM
@escom.bsky.social
ESCOM is an international non-profit society which promotes theoretical, experimental and applied research in the cognitive sciences of music.
Keep updated about society news and with our journal, MUSICÆ SCIENTIÆ, on https://www.escomsociety.org
Keep updated about society news and with our journal, MUSICÆ SCIENTIÆ, on https://www.escomsociety.org
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📢 Calling all musicology students!
The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️
📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters!
Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#SysMus #AcademicSky
The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️
📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters!
Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#SysMus #AcademicSky
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
📢 Calling all musicology students!
The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️
📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters!
Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#SysMus #AcademicSky
The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️
📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters!
Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#SysMus #AcademicSky
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🎶💤 Registration for the 1st #ConfMusSleep in Aarhus, DK is now open!
🕒 Early-bird: until 15/03/26
🕒 Regular: 16/03–26/04/26
👉 For registration link, fees and deadlines: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
#musicscience
🕒 Early-bird: until 15/03/26
🕒 Regular: 16/03–26/04/26
👉 For registration link, fees and deadlines: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
#musicscience
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🎶💤 Registration for the 1st #ConfMusSleep in Aarhus, DK is now open!
🕒 Early-bird: until 15/03/26
🕒 Regular: 16/03–26/04/26
👉 For registration link, fees and deadlines: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
#musicscience
🕒 Early-bird: until 15/03/26
🕒 Regular: 16/03–26/04/26
👉 For registration link, fees and deadlines: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
#musicscience
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Thinking of hosting #SysMus27? There’s still time to get your application in! 🗓️
We’re aiming for a global, multi-hub 20th anniversary and would love to hear from your institution.
Deadline: 31/1/2026. Details here: sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...
We’re aiming for a global, multi-hub 20th anniversary and would love to hear from your institution.
Deadline: 31/1/2026. Details here: sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Thinking of hosting #SysMus27? There’s still time to get your application in! 🗓️
We’re aiming for a global, multi-hub 20th anniversary and would love to hear from your institution.
Deadline: 31/1/2026. Details here: sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...
We’re aiming for a global, multi-hub 20th anniversary and would love to hear from your institution.
Deadline: 31/1/2026. Details here: sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...
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Excited to start 2026 by sharing great news: Our Associate Professor Boris Kleber @boris-kle.bsky.social has received an infrastructure grant from @carlsbergfondet.dk 🙂 This will enable a new hyperscanning setup at MIB 🧠Thanks to Carlsbergfondet🙌
musicinthebrain.au.dk/display/arti...
#neuroscience
musicinthebrain.au.dk/display/arti...
#neuroscience
Associate Professor Boris Kleber, Center for Music in the Brain, receives grant from Carlsbergfondet
Infrastructure grant from Carlsbergfondet enables new hyperscanning setup at Center for Music in the Brain.
musicinthebrain.au.dk
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Excited to start 2026 by sharing great news: Our Associate Professor Boris Kleber @boris-kle.bsky.social has received an infrastructure grant from @carlsbergfondet.dk 🙂 This will enable a new hyperscanning setup at MIB 🧠Thanks to Carlsbergfondet🙌
musicinthebrain.au.dk/display/arti...
#neuroscience
musicinthebrain.au.dk/display/arti...
#neuroscience
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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!
www.jyu.fi/en/study-wit...
You can apply until 21 January 2026. Please distribute to anyone interested!
Master's Degree Programme in Music and Science
The Master's Degree Programme in Music and Science at the University of Jyväskylä aims to help students understand the various functions of music in modern everyday life by examining music through a c...
www.jyu.fi
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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!
www.jyu.fi/en/study-wit...
You can apply until 21 January 2026. Please distribute to anyone interested!
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Research position suitable for a PhD student (or beyond), keen to work with multimodal vocal performance data in beatboxing: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Deadline: 12 January!
Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2429
Feel free to contact me with questions about the position
Deadline: 12 January!
Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2429
Feel free to contact me with questions about the position
jobportal.uni-koeln.de
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Research position suitable for a PhD student (or beyond), keen to work with multimodal vocal performance data in beatboxing: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Deadline: 12 January!
Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2429
Feel free to contact me with questions about the position
Deadline: 12 January!
Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2429
Feel free to contact me with questions about the position
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Do you want to host SysMus in 2027? To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we want to connect early-career researchers around the globe. Any institution from around the world can join this multi-hub endeavour! Find out more at sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Do you want to host SysMus in 2027? To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we want to connect early-career researchers around the globe. Any institution from around the world can join this multi-hub endeavour! Find out more at sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky
Fantastic display of collaboration in #musicpsych!!
Finally out!
Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? This is what we investigated in a multilab that joined together 33 research units from 15 different countries.
Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? This is what we investigated in a multilab that joined together 33 research units from 15 different countries.
Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Fantastic display of collaboration in #musicpsych!!
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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
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
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
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
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
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
Catching up to congratulate @harinlee.info after their best student paper award presentation at #ICMPC18.
Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"!
Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ
Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"!
Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ
Congratulating Harin Lee - Best Student Paper Award ICMPC18
YouTube video by ESCOM
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October 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Catching up to congratulate @harinlee.info after their best student paper award presentation at #ICMPC18.
Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"!
Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ
Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"!
Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ
Looking back to a great presentation at #ICMPC18 from the best student paper runner up Lalit Mohan!
Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in
Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw
Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in
Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw
Catching up with Lalit Mohan after ICMPC18
YouTube video by ESCOM
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Looking back to a great presentation at #ICMPC18 from the best student paper runner up Lalit Mohan!
Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in
Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw
Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in
Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw
The final keynote for #ICMPC18 was from Dr. Andrea Schiavio @yorkmusicpsych.bsky.social! He discussed 4E cognitive approaches for #musicscience and #musiceducation!
July 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The final keynote for #ICMPC18 was from Dr. Andrea Schiavio @yorkmusicpsych.bsky.social! He discussed 4E cognitive approaches for #musicscience and #musiceducation!
Excited to have @danielasammler.bsky.social for the fourth keynote of #ICMPC18!! A deep dive into the behavioural and neurological mechanisms of performers #musicscience
July 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Excited to have @danielasammler.bsky.social for the fourth keynote of #ICMPC18!! A deep dive into the behavioural and neurological mechanisms of performers #musicscience
For the third keynote of #ICMPC18 we are joined by Dr. Marcelo Wanderly on the development of interfaces for musical expression! #musicscience
July 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For the third keynote of #ICMPC18 we are joined by Dr. Marcelo Wanderly on the development of interfaces for musical expression! #musicscience
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It is amazing to be in São Paulo at #ICMPC18 this year to be presenting my research on layering rhythms and mental imagery! @smmb-lab.bsky.social 🎶
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the SMMBL shares at #ICMPC18 the results of her latest study, showing how layering rhythms and instruments affects imagination! #MusicScience #MentalImagery
July 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It is amazing to be in São Paulo at #ICMPC18 this year to be presenting my research on layering rhythms and mental imagery! @smmb-lab.bsky.social 🎶
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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
July 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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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Kilian Vogt, Sight over sound in judgements of audio-visual music performances?
presents a replication of Tsay's visual dominance hyp (which has mixed support). future needs to have more, different instruments involved in the replications/extensions.
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
presents a replication of Tsay's visual dominance hyp (which has mixed support). future needs to have more, different instruments involved in the replications/extensions.
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
July 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kilian Vogt, Sight over sound in judgements of audio-visual music performances?
presents a replication of Tsay's visual dominance hyp (which has mixed support). future needs to have more, different instruments involved in the replications/extensions.
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
presents a replication of Tsay's visual dominance hyp (which has mixed support). future needs to have more, different instruments involved in the replications/extensions.
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
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. @norijacoby.bsky.social, Mapping cross-cultural internal representations in music
a whopper of research-packed keynote -- new behavioural methods (incl. online and field exps.) can address Qs about perception of music and their underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
a whopper of research-packed keynote -- new behavioural methods (incl. online and field exps.) can address Qs about perception of music and their underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
July 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
. @norijacoby.bsky.social, Mapping cross-cultural internal representations in music
a whopper of research-packed keynote -- new behavioural methods (incl. online and field exps.) can address Qs about perception of music and their underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
a whopper of research-packed keynote -- new behavioural methods (incl. online and field exps.) can address Qs about perception of music and their underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms
#ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Congratulations to @harinlee.info for winning the #ICMPC18 best student paper award! 🥇
July 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Congratulations to @harinlee.info for winning the #ICMPC18 best student paper award! 🥇
Looking forward to a week of #musicscience at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo! Starting strong with a keynote from Dr. Vinoo Alluri
July 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Looking forward to a week of #musicscience at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo! Starting strong with a keynote from Dr. Vinoo Alluri
Wonderful #musicscience presentations from early career researchers over the last three days at #SysMus25!!
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wonderful #musicscience presentations from early career researchers over the last three days at #SysMus25!!
Final keynote of #SysMus25 @sysmus.bsky.social by Prof. Bruno Laeng @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social! Using pupillometry to peer into the emotional impact of “chilling” music, he found endogenous opioids may reduce intensity of musical pleasure
#musicscience #cogsci #psychology
#musicscience #cogsci #psychology
June 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Final keynote of #SysMus25 @sysmus.bsky.social by Prof. Bruno Laeng @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social! Using pupillometry to peer into the emotional impact of “chilling” music, he found endogenous opioids may reduce intensity of musical pleasure
#musicscience #cogsci #psychology
#musicscience #cogsci #psychology