Henkjan Honing
@musiccognition.bsky.social
Professor of Music Cognition at http://mcg.uva.nl | Member Elect @knaw-nl.bsky.social | Fascinated by our capacity for music | http://linktr.ee/musiccognition
Sandra Trehub, David Huron and Iain Morley (picture from 2014) are no longer with us. I miss them: their wit, sharpness and commitment to science.
We are preparing a 2nd edition of this workshop at the Lorentz Center in April 2026, 12 years later (again a small-scale, intimate, invitation-only).
We are preparing a 2nd edition of this workshop at the Lorentz Center in April 2026, 12 years later (again a small-scale, intimate, invitation-only).
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sandra Trehub, David Huron and Iain Morley (picture from 2014) are no longer with us. I miss them: their wit, sharpness and commitment to science.
We are preparing a 2nd edition of this workshop at the Lorentz Center in April 2026, 12 years later (again a small-scale, intimate, invitation-only).
We are preparing a 2nd edition of this workshop at the Lorentz Center in April 2026, 12 years later (again a small-scale, intimate, invitation-only).
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
Which bird can imitate the white-blue robot from Star Wars better than any other? Spoiler: it’s not the parrot. www.folia.nl/en/wetenscha...
Which bird species best imitates R2D2? “Part of sexual selection”
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November 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Which bird can imitate the white-blue robot from Star Wars better than any other? Spoiler: it’s not the parrot. www.folia.nl/en/wetenscha...
Thursday at the Paleissymposium in Amsterdam – Keynote entitled : "Musical Animals—Are We? Can There Be?" | lnkd.in/eCUZeJWk
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thursday at the Paleissymposium in Amsterdam – Keynote entitled : "Musical Animals—Are We? Can There Be?" | lnkd.in/eCUZeJWk
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
European starlings outperform even the smartest and most intelligent parrots at imitating the iconic Star Wars robot R2-D2. Why is that?
Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g...
Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g...
Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Geen vogel doet de Star Wars-robot R2-D2 beter na dan de spreeuw, zelfs de papegaai niet
De spreeuw is de beste imitator van robotgeluiden uit de filmreeks Star Wars, dankzij zijn bijzondere stembanden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden onder tien vogelsoorten. Papegaaie...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
European starlings outperform even the smartest and most intelligent parrots at imitating the iconic Star Wars robot R2-D2. Why is that?
Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g...
Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@musiccognition.bsky.social
Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g...
Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@musiccognition.bsky.social
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
🎶 Test your musical memory! 🎯
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl
@musiccognition.bsky.social and others have made something wonderful: a science game for matching familiar melodies from around the world.
Play TuneTwins and help us advance research on music cognition. (Seen at #ICMPC, more to come!)
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl
@musiccognition.bsky.social and others have made something wonderful: a science game for matching familiar melodies from around the world.
Play TuneTwins and help us advance research on music cognition. (Seen at #ICMPC, more to come!)
TuneTwins
Test your musical memory! Can you find the matching tunes and clear the board? Play TuneTwins to find out — a science game from the University of Amsterdam.
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🎶 Test your musical memory! 🎯
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl
@musiccognition.bsky.social and others have made something wonderful: a science game for matching familiar melodies from around the world.
Play TuneTwins and help us advance research on music cognition. (Seen at #ICMPC, more to come!)
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl
@musiccognition.bsky.social and others have made something wonderful: a science game for matching familiar melodies from around the world.
Play TuneTwins and help us advance research on music cognition. (Seen at #ICMPC, more to come!)
BBC Reel from October 2022 w/ Dame Evelyn Glennie and Laurel Trainor. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Can music shape us in the womb?
Why do we move to a rhythm, are we actually born to be musical, and how does music really shape who we are?
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October 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BBC Reel from October 2022 w/ Dame Evelyn Glennie and Laurel Trainor. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Filming on and speaking at the Musicality Genomics Consortium (www.musicgens.org) public event at the @palaumusicacat.bsky.social in Barcelona, september 2025 w/ Henechowicz et al. #musicality #genomics
September 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Filming on and speaking at the Musicality Genomics Consortium (www.musicgens.org) public event at the @palaumusicacat.bsky.social in Barcelona, september 2025 w/ Henechowicz et al. #musicality #genomics
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Twee uur interview over muziek, muzikaliteit en meer … #iedereenismuzikaal #musicscience
Panorama Zondag - Beluister Het culturele landschap van hoogleraar muziekcognitie Henkjan Honing (7 september 2025) | Podcasts
Beluister Panorama Zondag: Het culturele landschap van hoogleraar muziekcognitie Henkjan Honing (7 september 2025)
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September 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Twee uur interview over muziek, muzikaliteit en meer … #iedereenismuzikaal #musicscience
ヒトはなぜ歌うのか | Why do humans sing?
ヒトはなぜ歌うのか | Why do humans sing?
YouTube video by Music Cognition Group (UvA)
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September 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
ヒトはなぜ歌うのか | Why do humans sing?
August 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Why does a well-tuned modern piano not sound out-of tune?
Why does a well-tuned modern piano not sound out-of tune?
Karlheinz Stockhausen is listening. "Neue Musik ist anstrengend" , wrote Die Zeit some time ago: "Der seit Pythagoras’ Zeiten unternomme...
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August 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Why does a well-tuned modern piano not sound out-of tune?
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
Het doel van TuneTwins is niet alleen te kijken óf mensen muziek herkennen, maar vooral wat ze precies onthouden ⤵️
Met dit muzikale memoryspel help je de wetenschap
Wat onthoud je precies als je naar muziek luistert? De melodie, de klankkleur, het ritme? Met het online spel TuneTwins
proberen onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Amsterdam daarachter te komen. “He...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Het doel van TuneTwins is niet alleen te kijken óf mensen muziek herkennen, maar vooral wat ze precies onthouden ⤵️
Un juego científico para poner a prueba la memoria musical | #música | por @alvy.bsky.social www.microsiervos.com/archivo/musi...
Un juego científico para poner a prueba la memoria musical
TuneTwins: el juego donde recordar melodías distorsionadas es un experimento, no una tortura musical.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
And #birdsingalong launch at #ICMPC18 - this Tuesday in Sampa, Brazil 🎵🚀😎🦜
July 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
And #birdsingalong launch at #ICMPC18 - this Tuesday in Sampa, Brazil 🎵🚀😎🦜