Ceren Ayyildiz
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social
PhD Candidate - University of Sydney | rhythm, timbre, mental imagery 🎶🧠
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Ceren Ayyildiz
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery
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The first study from my PhD project is now available! 🎉
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Following the publication of our paper "Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery", the University of Sydney has just shared a media release!
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
New research from the Sydney Music, Mind and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney has found that even the smallest of human touches in music can shape and enhance...
www.sydney.edu.au
September 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Following the publication of our paper "Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery", the University of Sydney has just shared a media release!
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
The first study from my PhD project is now available! 🎉
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery
www.nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The first study from my PhD project is now available! 🎉
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery"
Supervised by wonderful @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social and @muireannirish.bsky.social.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
Glenn speaks of genres as communities -- that genres are "really based in people". That you can speak to characteristics but "they're a result of the people involved".
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
Every Noise at Once
everynoise.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Glenn speaks of genres as communities -- that genres are "really based in people". That you can speak to characteristics but "they're a result of the people involved".
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
“Whether we’re celebrating or grieving, music is something we can turn to."
A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
Music is good company: new study shows music induces social imagination
Music keeps you company: a new study led by Dr Steffen A. Herff, cognitive neuroscientist at Sydney, Music, Mind and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has shown for the first time empirically that music can indeed keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
go.sydney.edu.au
August 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“Whether we’re celebrating or grieving, music is something we can turn to."
A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.
I enjoyed chatting about the @smmb-lab.bsky.social’s recent research on music being good company at @abcnewsbot.bsky.social’s Weekend Breakfast! 🎥
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the @smmb-lab.bsky.social just did a wonderful interview on live TV discussing our recent research looking at 'Can Music be good company'.
#musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
#musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
August 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I enjoyed chatting about the @smmb-lab.bsky.social’s recent research on music being good company at @abcnewsbot.bsky.social’s Weekend Breakfast! 🎥
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Wonderful to see our research being featured on the ABC's Weekend Breakfast. In a wonderful chat between @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the Sydney, Music, Mind, and Body Lab, and Fauziah Ibrahim & Tom Oriti from the ABC, they discussed how music can be good company. @sydney.edu.au
August 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Wonderful to see our research being featured on the ABC's Weekend Breakfast. In a wonderful chat between @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the Sydney, Music, Mind, and Body Lab, and Fauziah Ibrahim & Tom Oriti from the ABC, they discussed how music can be good company. @sydney.edu.au
My supervisor, Dr @steffenherff.bsky.social, and I wrote this piece for The Conversation on music and imagination:
“Can music be good company?”
…based on our lab’s recent work
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
“Can music be good company?”
…based on our lab’s recent work
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Can music be good company? Research shows it makes our imagination more social
When people listen to music, they’re more likely to imagine social interactions.
theconversation.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My supervisor, Dr @steffenherff.bsky.social, and I wrote this piece for The Conversation on music and imagination:
“Can music be good company?”
…based on our lab’s recent work
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
“Can music be good company?”
…based on our lab’s recent work
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
Can music be good company?
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Can music be good company? Research shows it makes our imagination more social
When people listen to music, they’re more likely to imagine social interactions.
theconversation.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Can music be good company?
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
Delighted to share our new work 'Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions'. We show that music is indeed good company! #musicscience #mentalimagery www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions
www.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Delighted to share our new work 'Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions'. We show that music is indeed good company! #musicscience #mentalimagery www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Grateful for the chance to chat with Turkish News Agency Cyprus (TAK) about music psychology + my journey! 🎶🧠
The interview was re-published in several outlets (in Turkish). E.g.,
🔗 www.yeniduzen.com/her-dinledig...
Auto-translate gives a decent read if you’re curious!
The interview was re-published in several outlets (in Turkish). E.g.,
🔗 www.yeniduzen.com/her-dinledig...
Auto-translate gives a decent read if you’re curious!
“Her dinlediğimiz müzikte zihnimizde bir şeyler değişiyor. Ben, o değişim anının peşindeyim”
Müzik çoğu için hobi ya da kaçışken, Ceren Ayyıldız için beynin işleyişine açılan bir kapı. Kıbrıslı Türk akademisyen, Sydney Üniversitesi’nde müzik psikolojisi doktorasıyla müziğin zihne etkilerini a...
www.yeniduzen.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Grateful for the chance to chat with Turkish News Agency Cyprus (TAK) about music psychology + my journey! 🎶🧠
The interview was re-published in several outlets (in Turkish). E.g.,
🔗 www.yeniduzen.com/her-dinledig...
Auto-translate gives a decent read if you’re curious!
The interview was re-published in several outlets (in Turkish). E.g.,
🔗 www.yeniduzen.com/her-dinledig...
Auto-translate gives a decent read if you’re curious!
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
We had a great time in São Paulo! A massive thanks to all attendees, both in person and online, as well as the organisers of the #icmpc18 who made this such a rich experience. #musicscience
July 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We had a great time in São Paulo! A massive thanks to all attendees, both in person and online, as well as the organisers of the #icmpc18 who made this such a rich experience. #musicscience
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In addition to her talk on the effect of rhythmic layering on mental imagery, @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the SMMBL also contributed a poster showing compelling interactions between musical micro variations and individual absorption tendencies on mental imagery #icmpc18 #musicscience
July 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In addition to her talk on the effect of rhythmic layering on mental imagery, @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the SMMBL also contributed a poster showing compelling interactions between musical micro variations and individual absorption tendencies on mental imagery #icmpc18 #musicscience
Ugur @ugurmkaya.bsky.social from our lab just gave a great talk at #ICMPC18 on how vocalists draw on their own intuitions to influence the vividness and emotional quality of listeners’ mental imagery. 🎤
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ugur @ugurmkaya.bsky.social from our lab just gave a great talk at #ICMPC18 on how vocalists draw on their own intuitions to influence the vividness and emotional quality of listeners’ mental imagery. 🎤
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
Ade (@adefathiawati.bsky.social) from our lab highlighted updated trends in Music Performance Anxiety among tertiary music students across Australia, as well as the mitigation strategies students use 📊
#ICMPC18
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
#ICMPC18
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ade (@adefathiawati.bsky.social) from our lab highlighted updated trends in Music Performance Anxiety among tertiary music students across Australia, as well as the mitigation strategies students use 📊
#ICMPC18
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
#ICMPC18
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
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Dr. Steffen Herff from @smmb-lab.bsky.social shares very rich findings at #icmpc18 about expertise-related muscle activation in drummers. This work has important implications for biofeedback interventions to help musicians develop their skills and avoid playing-related injury. #musicscience
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dr. Steffen Herff from @smmb-lab.bsky.social shares very rich findings at #icmpc18 about expertise-related muscle activation in drummers. This work has important implications for biofeedback interventions to help musicians develop their skills and avoid playing-related injury. #musicscience
My wonderful PhD supervisor, @steffenherff.bsky.social, gave a fantastic talk at #ICMPC18 on “Expertise predicts more efficient muscle spike shapes in drummers” today! 🥁 Incredible to see how nuanced motor control evolves with skill 💪
#ICMPC18 @smmb-lab.bsky.social
#ICMPC18 @smmb-lab.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My wonderful PhD supervisor, @steffenherff.bsky.social, gave a fantastic talk at #ICMPC18 on “Expertise predicts more efficient muscle spike shapes in drummers” today! 🥁 Incredible to see how nuanced motor control evolves with skill 💪
#ICMPC18 @smmb-lab.bsky.social
#ICMPC18 @smmb-lab.bsky.social
My lab colleague Fernando Castellar presented his poster on ‘The prevalence of music, mental imagery, and their combined use as a mental training technique by athletes and coaches’ at #ICMPC18 today! 🏋️🏌️♂️⛹️♀️🎶🎧💭 it’s inspiring to see how far his research has come!
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My lab colleague Fernando Castellar presented his poster on ‘The prevalence of music, mental imagery, and their combined use as a mental training technique by athletes and coaches’ at #ICMPC18 today! 🏋️🏌️♂️⛹️♀️🎶🎧💭 it’s inspiring to see how far his research has come!
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
@smmb-lab.bsky.social
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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We are very much looking forward to the #ICMPC18. The program looks excellent.
Members of the SMMBL are also involved in 9 contributions this year, if any pique your interest, drop by! #MusicScience
Members of the SMMBL are also involved in 9 contributions this year, if any pique your interest, drop by! #MusicScience
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We are very much looking forward to the #ICMPC18. The program looks excellent.
Members of the SMMBL are also involved in 9 contributions this year, if any pique your interest, drop by! #MusicScience
Members of the SMMBL are also involved in 9 contributions this year, if any pique your interest, drop by! #MusicScience
@miriamolsen.bsky.social from our @smmb-lab.bsky.social presented a talk on ‘The efficacy of using biofeedback to reduce playing-related musculoskeletal pain and improve performance in musicians: A systematic review and meta-analysis’ at #ICMPC18! 🎶👩🎤💪
July 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
@miriamolsen.bsky.social from our @smmb-lab.bsky.social presented a talk on ‘The efficacy of using biofeedback to reduce playing-related musculoskeletal pain and improve performance in musicians: A systematic review and meta-analysis’ at #ICMPC18! 🎶👩🎤💪
Sydney Music, Mind and Body Lab @smmb-lab.bsky.social is at #icmpc18 in São Paulo! 🇧🇷
The conference started with a great keynote by Vinoo Alluri!
The conference started with a great keynote by Vinoo Alluri!
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sydney Music, Mind and Body Lab @smmb-lab.bsky.social is at #icmpc18 in São Paulo! 🇧🇷
The conference started with a great keynote by Vinoo Alluri!
The conference started with a great keynote by Vinoo Alluri!
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
We are offering an exciting #Cross-Cultural #MusicScience PhD scholarship in Sydney for our ARC Discovery project "Revealing Universal and Cultural Origins of Music-Induced Emotion": international field trips, music cognition experiments, Bayesian analyses!
www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...
www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...
June 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
We are offering an exciting #Cross-Cultural #MusicScience PhD scholarship in Sydney for our ARC Discovery project "Revealing Universal and Cultural Origins of Music-Induced Emotion": international field trips, music cognition experiments, Bayesian analyses!
www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...
www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...
Grateful to be on this journey!
Big thanks to @steffenherff.bsky.social for the support and guidance along the way.
Read more about our research and reflections here:
Big thanks to @steffenherff.bsky.social for the support and guidance along the way.
Read more about our research and reflections here:
“A PhD is marathon not a sprint”
PhD candidate @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social is studying the profound ways in which music influences our minds, with the support of her supervisor @steffenherff.bsky.social. Read about their research experience and advice ⤵️
#AcademicSky #PhD
PhD candidate @cerenayyildiz.bsky.social is studying the profound ways in which music influences our minds, with the support of her supervisor @steffenherff.bsky.social. Read about their research experience and advice ⤵️
#AcademicSky #PhD
Mentor and Me Ceren Ayyildiz and Steffen A Herff
PhD student Ceren Ayyildiz delves into the mind to understand the power of music.
go.sydney.edu.au
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Grateful to be on this journey!
Big thanks to @steffenherff.bsky.social for the support and guidance along the way.
Read more about our research and reflections here:
Big thanks to @steffenherff.bsky.social for the support and guidance along the way.
Read more about our research and reflections here:
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
🎉 New paper out! Our study explores how older adults use music to cope with loneliness, highlighting how music can act as a social surrogate by evoking emotional support and social connection.
🔎 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1029...
#MusicPsychology #SocialSurrogacy #Loneliness
🔎 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1029...
#MusicPsychology #SocialSurrogacy #Loneliness
Music as social surrogate? A qualitative analysis of older adults’ choices of music to alleviate loneliness - Ceren Ayyildiz, Olivia Geibel, Steffen A. Herff, Sarah Hashim, Tuomas Eerola, Mats B. Küss...
People are living longer than ever. Loneliness is prevalent across various age groups, posing a serious threat to both wellbeing and health. The social surrogac...
doi.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🎉 New paper out! Our study explores how older adults use music to cope with loneliness, highlighting how music can act as a social surrogate by evoking emotional support and social connection.
🔎 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1029...
#MusicPsychology #SocialSurrogacy #Loneliness
🔎 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1029...
#MusicPsychology #SocialSurrogacy #Loneliness
"Music is remarkably resistant to forgetting". @steffenherff.bsky.social
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Unlike words and faces, musical memories don't fade with time
Music lovers show how special musical memories are, with recollections going back decades. Here's how music from childhood can form lifelong memories
www.abc.net.au
March 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"Music is remarkably resistant to forgetting". @steffenherff.bsky.social
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...