Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS)
@ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social
The Australian Music & Psychology Society comprises researchers sharing a passion for all things music & psychology
http://amps.org.au #MusicScience
http://amps.org.au #MusicScience
🔥#HotOffThePress🔥November Edition
If you have a paper that's just been published or about to be, please reach out!
New publication from AMPS members:
Lowe-Brown, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
Thompson, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1177/2055...
Vidas, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
If you have a paper that's just been published or about to be, please reach out!
New publication from AMPS members:
Lowe-Brown, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
Thompson, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1177/2055...
Vidas, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🔥#HotOffThePress🔥November Edition
If you have a paper that's just been published or about to be, please reach out!
New publication from AMPS members:
Lowe-Brown, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
Thompson, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1177/2055...
Vidas, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
If you have a paper that's just been published or about to be, please reach out!
New publication from AMPS members:
Lowe-Brown, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
Thompson, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1177/2055...
Vidas, et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1145/3726...
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Thrilled to share the first Stage 2 manuscript from this @pci-regreports.bsky.social programmatic protocol, led by @zixuanjia.bsky.social. In Mandarin, we replicated song-speech differences found by @yutoozaki.bsky.social et al., and explored the mediating role of musicianship:
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November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thrilled to share the first Stage 2 manuscript from this @pci-regreports.bsky.social programmatic protocol, led by @zixuanjia.bsky.social. In Mandarin, we replicated song-speech differences found by @yutoozaki.bsky.social et al., and explored the mediating role of musicianship:
osf.io/gwavn_v1
osf.io/gwavn_v1
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 Methodological Challenges and Perspectives in Multimodal Music Performance Research | University of Luxembourg [In-person] | 26-27 January, 2026
🎤 Send proposal via email to laura.serramarin@uni.lu by 16 November, 2025
🌐 amps.org.au/2025/10/30/s...
🎶 Methodological Challenges and Perspectives in Multimodal Music Performance Research | University of Luxembourg [In-person] | 26-27 January, 2026
🎤 Send proposal via email to laura.serramarin@uni.lu by 16 November, 2025
🌐 amps.org.au/2025/10/30/s...
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 Methodological Challenges and Perspectives in Multimodal Music Performance Research | University of Luxembourg [In-person] | 26-27 January, 2026
🎤 Send proposal via email to laura.serramarin@uni.lu by 16 November, 2025
🌐 amps.org.au/2025/10/30/s...
🎶 Methodological Challenges and Perspectives in Multimodal Music Performance Research | University of Luxembourg [In-person] | 26-27 January, 2026
🎤 Send proposal via email to laura.serramarin@uni.lu by 16 November, 2025
🌐 amps.org.au/2025/10/30/s...
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 Creating Wellbeing: Youth, Arts, and Mental Health (CAWRI) | Melbourne, AU (in-person) | 10 April 2026
🎤 Submit proposals before 11:59pm AEDT Friday 6 February 2026 by following the link below:
forms.office.com/r/KHtRAJqz49
🌐 www.cawri.com.au/events
🎶 Creating Wellbeing: Youth, Arts, and Mental Health (CAWRI) | Melbourne, AU (in-person) | 10 April 2026
🎤 Submit proposals before 11:59pm AEDT Friday 6 February 2026 by following the link below:
forms.office.com/r/KHtRAJqz49
🌐 www.cawri.com.au/events
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 Creating Wellbeing: Youth, Arts, and Mental Health (CAWRI) | Melbourne, AU (in-person) | 10 April 2026
🎤 Submit proposals before 11:59pm AEDT Friday 6 February 2026 by following the link below:
forms.office.com/r/KHtRAJqz49
🌐 www.cawri.com.au/events
🎶 Creating Wellbeing: Youth, Arts, and Mental Health (CAWRI) | Melbourne, AU (in-person) | 10 April 2026
🎤 Submit proposals before 11:59pm AEDT Friday 6 February 2026 by following the link below:
forms.office.com/r/KHtRAJqz49
🌐 www.cawri.com.au/events
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New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Reposted by Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS)
Fascinating to hear @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social talk at Leeds about how music shapes imagination, covering importance of genre, age, auditory features and contextual associations with music for content of imagined thoughts when listening! Brilliant collaborative work!
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fascinating to hear @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social talk at Leeds about how music shapes imagination, covering importance of genre, age, auditory features and contextual associations with music for content of imagined thoughts when listening! Brilliant collaborative work!
#AMPSCommunityEngagement initiative is under way! 🎉
Our AMPS committee members, Xanthe Lowe-Brown and Dianna Vidas, went out to St Margaret's Anglican Girls School and kick started our Community Engagement initiative.
Read more: amps.org.au/2025/10/31/a...
More info here: amps.org.au/engagement/
Our AMPS committee members, Xanthe Lowe-Brown and Dianna Vidas, went out to St Margaret's Anglican Girls School and kick started our Community Engagement initiative.
Read more: amps.org.au/2025/10/31/a...
More info here: amps.org.au/engagement/
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
#AMPSCommunityEngagement initiative is under way! 🎉
Our AMPS committee members, Xanthe Lowe-Brown and Dianna Vidas, went out to St Margaret's Anglican Girls School and kick started our Community Engagement initiative.
Read more: amps.org.au/2025/10/31/a...
More info here: amps.org.au/engagement/
Our AMPS committee members, Xanthe Lowe-Brown and Dianna Vidas, went out to St Margaret's Anglican Girls School and kick started our Community Engagement initiative.
Read more: amps.org.au/2025/10/31/a...
More info here: amps.org.au/engagement/
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Only a few more sessions this year to go. Don't miss out!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Only a few more sessions this year to go. Don't miss out!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Only a few more sessions this year to go. Don't miss out!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Only a few more sessions this year to go. Don't miss out!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
We're still going in November! See you there.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
We're still going in November! See you there.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
We're still going in November! See you there.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
We're still going in November! See you there.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
We are excited to announce that we have a page on Linkedin. If you are a past or current committee member and would like to refer to our community on your Linkedin profile, please refer to the following link:
www.linkedin.com/company/aust...
www.linkedin.com/company/aust...
Australian Music & Psychology Society | LinkedIn
Australian Music & Psychology Society | 4 followers on LinkedIn. Australian Music and Psychology Society (AMPS) stimulates discussion and scholarly research on music and psychology. | AMPS has gro...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
We are excited to announce that we have a page on Linkedin. If you are a past or current committee member and would like to refer to our community on your Linkedin profile, please refer to the following link:
www.linkedin.com/company/aust...
www.linkedin.com/company/aust...
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Need help getting into the flow of writing? Get your day started with us to feel motivated and ready for the day!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Need help getting into the flow of writing? Get your day started with us to feel motivated and ready for the day!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Need help getting into the flow of writing? Get your day started with us to feel motivated and ready for the day!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Need help getting into the flow of writing? Get your day started with us to feel motivated and ready for the day!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
Working hard or hardly working by yourself. Join us to achieve your writing goals!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Working hard or hardly working by yourself. Join us to achieve your writing goals!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
October 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
Working hard or hardly working by yourself. Join us to achieve your writing goals!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Working hard or hardly working by yourself. Join us to achieve your writing goals!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
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Interesting new study exploring patterns and trends in published research on music & emotion regulation.
Short take—it’s developed tremendous over the decades and remains of continued scholarly interest 🤩
Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#musictherapy #musicscience #emotionregulation
Short take—it’s developed tremendous over the decades and remains of continued scholarly interest 🤩
Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#musictherapy #musicscience #emotionregulation
Frontiers | Music-based emotion regulation: a bibliometric systematic review (2000–2024)
BackgroundMusic Emotion Regulation (MER) research has emerged as a significant field in mental health intervention, yet a comprehensive bibliometric analysis...
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Interesting new study exploring patterns and trends in published research on music & emotion regulation.
Short take—it’s developed tremendous over the decades and remains of continued scholarly interest 🤩
Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#musictherapy #musicscience #emotionregulation
Short take—it’s developed tremendous over the decades and remains of continued scholarly interest 🤩
Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#musictherapy #musicscience #emotionregulation
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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
#MusicPerformance Concert Event 🎶🎵
🎶 Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) | Rediscovering Music Sydney | Macquarie Park, NSW [Free event registration essential]
🗓 Friday 14 November 2025, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
🌐 Event info: cso.org.au/concerts/red...
🎶 Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) | Rediscovering Music Sydney | Macquarie Park, NSW [Free event registration essential]
🗓 Friday 14 November 2025, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
🌐 Event info: cso.org.au/concerts/red...
REDISCOVERING MUSIC SYDNEY
cso.org.au
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#MusicPerformance Concert Event 🎶🎵
🎶 Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) | Rediscovering Music Sydney | Macquarie Park, NSW [Free event registration essential]
🗓 Friday 14 November 2025, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
🌐 Event info: cso.org.au/concerts/red...
🎶 Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) | Rediscovering Music Sydney | Macquarie Park, NSW [Free event registration essential]
🗓 Friday 14 November 2025, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
🌐 Event info: cso.org.au/concerts/red...
Dr Karen Heath at the University of Melbourne is seeking musicians and music educators for a new study. Full details below, and the survey is available to complete here: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Dr Karen Heath at the University of Melbourne is seeking musicians and music educators for a new study. Full details below, and the survey is available to complete here: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 7th International Music and Performing Arts Conference (IMPAC2025) [Online] | 25-27 November 2025
🎤 Early Bird Registration ends 15 October 2025
🌐 impac.upsi.edu.my
🎶 7th International Music and Performing Arts Conference (IMPAC2025) [Online] | 25-27 November 2025
🎤 Early Bird Registration ends 15 October 2025
🌐 impac.upsi.edu.my
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 7th International Music and Performing Arts Conference (IMPAC2025) [Online] | 25-27 November 2025
🎤 Early Bird Registration ends 15 October 2025
🌐 impac.upsi.edu.my
🎶 7th International Music and Performing Arts Conference (IMPAC2025) [Online] | 25-27 November 2025
🎤 Early Bird Registration ends 15 October 2025
🌐 impac.upsi.edu.my
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Settling into AEDT? New times, new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Settling into AEDT? New times, new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
October 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Settling into AEDT? New times, new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Settling into AEDT? New times, new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
To our fellow members in AEDT, please be aware of time changes. Continuing and new members will need to sign up to the event for a new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
To our fellow members in AEDT, please be aware of time changes. Continuing and new members will need to sign up to the event for a new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
To our fellow members in AEDT, please be aware of time changes. Continuing and new members will need to sign up to the event for a new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
To our fellow members in AEDT, please be aware of time changes. Continuing and new members will need to sign up to the event for a new Zoom link. See you there!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 ISPS 2025 | Performance Science in Practice | Shanghai, China [Hybrid]
🎤 29 October 2025: Start of ISPS 2025
31 January 2026: Article submission deadline for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
🌐 Register: performancescience.org/conference/i...
🎶 ISPS 2025 | Performance Science in Practice | Shanghai, China [Hybrid]
🎤 29 October 2025: Start of ISPS 2025
31 January 2026: Article submission deadline for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
🌐 Register: performancescience.org/conference/i...
ISPS 2025 – International Symposium on Performance Science
performancescience.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 ISPS 2025 | Performance Science in Practice | Shanghai, China [Hybrid]
🎤 29 October 2025: Start of ISPS 2025
31 January 2026: Article submission deadline for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
🌐 Register: performancescience.org/conference/i...
🎶 ISPS 2025 | Performance Science in Practice | Shanghai, China [Hybrid]
🎤 29 October 2025: Start of ISPS 2025
31 January 2026: Article submission deadline for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
🌐 Register: performancescience.org/conference/i...
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Last session before daylight savings - see you there! Look out for time changes in October. 🕰
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Last session before daylight savings - see you there! Look out for time changes in October. 🕰
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
September 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👨💻 #TeamTuesdays
Last session before daylight savings - see you there! Look out for time changes in October. 🕰
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Last session before daylight savings - see you there! Look out for time changes in October. 🕰
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
🗣️ SEMPRE Student Study Day: sempre.org.uk/conference/s...
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
11.00am-2.00pm GMT
Room 938, Institute of Education, UCL and online
Proposals due Wed, 1 Oct 2025
Contact: Proposals to Eunice Tang (eunice.tang@ucl.ac.uk), cc Professor Graham F Welch (graham.welch@ucl.ac.uk)
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
11.00am-2.00pm GMT
Room 938, Institute of Education, UCL and online
Proposals due Wed, 1 Oct 2025
Contact: Proposals to Eunice Tang (eunice.tang@ucl.ac.uk), cc Professor Graham F Welch (graham.welch@ucl.ac.uk)
SEMPRE Student Study Day – Sempre
The SEMPRE Autumn Conference will be a hybrid Student Study Day, taking place on Wednesday, 26th November 2025, from 11:00am to 2:00pm. The event will be held b
sempre.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🗣️ SEMPRE Student Study Day: sempre.org.uk/conference/s...
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
11.00am-2.00pm GMT
Room 938, Institute of Education, UCL and online
Proposals due Wed, 1 Oct 2025
Contact: Proposals to Eunice Tang (eunice.tang@ucl.ac.uk), cc Professor Graham F Welch (graham.welch@ucl.ac.uk)
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
11.00am-2.00pm GMT
Room 938, Institute of Education, UCL and online
Proposals due Wed, 1 Oct 2025
Contact: Proposals to Eunice Tang (eunice.tang@ucl.ac.uk), cc Professor Graham F Welch (graham.welch@ucl.ac.uk)
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
Nearly the end of another season, but not for writing. See you next Thursday!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Nearly the end of another season, but not for writing. See you next Thursday!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
#AMPSWritingGroup 👩💻 #TeamThursdays
Nearly the end of another season, but not for writing. See you next Thursday!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
Nearly the end of another season, but not for writing. See you next Thursday!
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/amps-writi...
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I'm increasingly convinced that musicianship should be a prerequisite for #neuroscience research 🤣🧠🎼
@earlkmiller.bsky.social describing neuronal spiking as "like buzzing lips into a trumpet mouthpiece" is 😽
(Incidentally, we create similar resonance patterns in our bodies when we hum or sing)
@earlkmiller.bsky.social describing neuronal spiking as "like buzzing lips into a trumpet mouthpiece" is 😽
(Incidentally, we create similar resonance patterns in our bodies when we hum or sing)
Talk: Cognition is Emergent - Earl K. Miller
Neuroscience and Philosophy Salon, 9-12-25
youtu.be/Sk4ehOcsDmM?...
Neuroscience and Philosophy Salon, 9-12-25
youtu.be/Sk4ehOcsDmM?...
"Cognition is emergent" by Earl Miller
YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'm increasingly convinced that musicianship should be a prerequisite for #neuroscience research 🤣🧠🎼
@earlkmiller.bsky.social describing neuronal spiking as "like buzzing lips into a trumpet mouthpiece" is 😽
(Incidentally, we create similar resonance patterns in our bodies when we hum or sing)
@earlkmiller.bsky.social describing neuronal spiking as "like buzzing lips into a trumpet mouthpiece" is 😽
(Incidentally, we create similar resonance patterns in our bodies when we hum or sing)
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If you're in Barcelona, check out this open MusicGens event happening tomorrow! A roundtable about the musical genome with @musiccognition.bsky.social and more inspiring speakers! 🎵 🎹
The Musical Genome - Roundtable- Do we carry music in our genes?
Do we carry music in our genes? 17th September 2025.
www.palaumusica.cat
September 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you're in Barcelona, check out this open MusicGens event happening tomorrow! A roundtable about the musical genome with @musiccognition.bsky.social and more inspiring speakers! 🎵 🎹