Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
@dancingresearch.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @PsychologyTCD
Visiting Researcher Cambridge
Music | Agency | Dance | Identity | Wellbeing
#musicpsych #musictherapy #research
Visiting Researcher Cambridge
Music | Agency | Dance | Identity | Wellbeing
#musicpsych #musictherapy #research
Pinned
Delighted to be awarded a New Foundations grant from
@researchireland.bsky.social with #Neurodiversity Ireland to explore neurodivergent people’s experience of music and arts events
We’re going to use Photovoice to see things from a whole new perspective
😅✨🤹🏻♂️🎪🎷
#musicscience #inclusivetrinity
@researchireland.bsky.social with #Neurodiversity Ireland to explore neurodivergent people’s experience of music and arts events
We’re going to use Photovoice to see things from a whole new perspective
😅✨🤹🏻♂️🎪🎷
#musicscience #inclusivetrinity
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
* CURRENTLY RECRUITING *
Do you have experience of hearing loss? Do you regularly listen to music? If you can answer yes to both questions, then we would like to hear from you.
This study is concerned with understanding the link between everyday music listening, mental health & wellbeing.
1/4
Do you have experience of hearing loss? Do you regularly listen to music? If you can answer yes to both questions, then we would like to hear from you.
This study is concerned with understanding the link between everyday music listening, mental health & wellbeing.
1/4
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
* CURRENTLY RECRUITING *
Do you have experience of hearing loss? Do you regularly listen to music? If you can answer yes to both questions, then we would like to hear from you.
This study is concerned with understanding the link between everyday music listening, mental health & wellbeing.
1/4
Do you have experience of hearing loss? Do you regularly listen to music? If you can answer yes to both questions, then we would like to hear from you.
This study is concerned with understanding the link between everyday music listening, mental health & wellbeing.
1/4
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Why are heavy metal fans so nice?
#heavymetal #metalheads #musicpsychology #mentalhealth #neuroscience #sciencecommunication
#heavymetal #metalheads #musicpsychology #mentalhealth #neuroscience #sciencecommunication
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Why are heavy metal fans so nice?
#heavymetal #metalheads #musicpsychology #mentalhealth #neuroscience #sciencecommunication
#heavymetal #metalheads #musicpsychology #mentalhealth #neuroscience #sciencecommunication
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
🎶💤 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
Bad news: A deadline I thought was in February is this Friday. ❌
Good news: My February just opened up. ✅
#backToSchool #Academic #WhatIsTime
Good news: My February just opened up. ✅
#backToSchool #Academic #WhatIsTime
a man is reading a book with fire coming out of his chest
ALT: a man is reading a book with fire coming out of his chest
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Bad news: A deadline I thought was in February is this Friday. ❌
Good news: My February just opened up. ✅
#backToSchool #Academic #WhatIsTime
Good news: My February just opened up. ✅
#backToSchool #Academic #WhatIsTime
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
Nice reminder that we can dance our way through the bleakness of just about anything - even January…
🎶💃🕺🪩👯♀️🎶
Nice reminder that we can dance our way through the bleakness of just about anything - even January…
🎶💃🕺🪩👯♀️🎶
Opinion | Whatever Ails You, the Answer Is Dance
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
Nice reminder that we can dance our way through the bleakness of just about anything - even January…
🎶💃🕺🪩👯♀️🎶
Nice reminder that we can dance our way through the bleakness of just about anything - even January…
🎶💃🕺🪩👯♀️🎶
Nice new paper here providing a model of why we want to move.
#musiccognition #music #research #musicscience
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#musiccognition #music #research #musicscience
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
NYAS Publications
Prominent theories suggest that the urge to move along to rhythmic music is driven by precision-weighted prediction errors. We operationalized this account as a Bayesian model which outputs surprisal...
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Nice new paper here providing a model of why we want to move.
#musiccognition #music #research #musicscience
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#musiccognition #music #research #musicscience
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Not even finished data collection, and this magician has already declared us victorious, and built an AI model to select music based on facial expressions.
NO IDEA how or why you would want to select music this way, but allegedly now we can.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NO IDEA how or why you would want to select music this way, but allegedly now we can.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New intelligent music therapy method for applications of enhancing social skills of autism children based on TL-GCN and deep learning - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - New intelligent music therapy method for applications of enhancing social skills of autism children based on TL-GCN and deep learning
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Not even finished data collection, and this magician has already declared us victorious, and built an AI model to select music based on facial expressions.
NO IDEA how or why you would want to select music this way, but allegedly now we can.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NO IDEA how or why you would want to select music this way, but allegedly now we can.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phenomenal discussions today with Artist Moss Russell exploring how socially engaged art can foster autonomy and agency - in preparation for het new performance ‘Uncooth’ as part of the disability arts festival in March 2026
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Phenomenal discussions today with Artist Moss Russell exploring how socially engaged art can foster autonomy and agency - in preparation for het new performance ‘Uncooth’ as part of the disability arts festival in March 2026
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
It was great to see everyone at the exhibition "How Music and Arts Support Neurodiversity"!
Thanks so much to Rachel for the photos.
#neurodiverse #neurosciences #psychology #art #neurodiversityireland @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Thanks so much to Rachel for the photos.
#neurodiverse #neurosciences #psychology #art #neurodiversityireland @dancingresearch.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It was great to see everyone at the exhibition "How Music and Arts Support Neurodiversity"!
Thanks so much to Rachel for the photos.
#neurodiverse #neurosciences #psychology #art #neurodiversityireland @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Thanks so much to Rachel for the photos.
#neurodiverse #neurosciences #psychology #art #neurodiversityireland @dancingresearch.bsky.social
I just backed YES! Dublin – A New LGBTQ+ Café & Nightclub on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/yes...
YES! Dublin – A New LGBTQ+ Café & Nightclub
Café by day, nightclub by night, always a space with purpose. Back YES! and help shape the future of queer day & nightlife in Dublin.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I just backed YES! Dublin – A New LGBTQ+ Café & Nightclub on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/yes...
We had a great time at the launch today, it was a full public display of emotion and we got a great response from the attendees.
Still time to check it out tomorrow…
Still time to check it out tomorrow…
Join us today and tomorrow (30th-31st) for the "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition" in the Trinity Business School from 12:00 - 20:00
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We had a great time at the launch today, it was a full public display of emotion and we got a great response from the attendees.
Still time to check it out tomorrow…
Still time to check it out tomorrow…
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
This amazing exhibition will run today and tomorrow from 12:00 - 20:00 at the Trinity Business School.
#neurodiversity #ireland #art #exhibition #music #psychology Hosted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
#neurodiversity #ireland #art #exhibition #music #psychology Hosted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This amazing exhibition will run today and tomorrow from 12:00 - 20:00 at the Trinity Business School.
#neurodiversity #ireland #art #exhibition #music #psychology Hosted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
#neurodiversity #ireland #art #exhibition #music #psychology Hosted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Join us today and tomorrow (30th-31st) for the "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition" in the Trinity Business School from 12:00 - 20:00
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us today and tomorrow (30th-31st) for the "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition" in the Trinity Business School from 12:00 - 20:00
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo
Here we are setting up the photovoice exhibition - thankfully we had an expert in straight lines with us…
Looking forward to the public launch tomorrow - but the tickets are now sold out!
@georginacoyle.bsky.social #Photovoice @researchireland.ie
Looking forward to the public launch tomorrow - but the tickets are now sold out!
@georginacoyle.bsky.social #Photovoice @researchireland.ie
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here we are setting up the photovoice exhibition - thankfully we had an expert in straight lines with us…
Looking forward to the public launch tomorrow - but the tickets are now sold out!
@georginacoyle.bsky.social #Photovoice @researchireland.ie
Looking forward to the public launch tomorrow - but the tickets are now sold out!
@georginacoyle.bsky.social #Photovoice @researchireland.ie
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Join us for the launch Tomorrow at 2pm - "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition"
Grab a free ticket here:
tinyurl.com/3wub8377
The exhibition is open daily from 12:00–20:00 on 29th, 30th, and 31st October 2025 at Trinity Business School. @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Grab a free ticket here:
tinyurl.com/3wub8377
The exhibition is open daily from 12:00–20:00 on 29th, 30th, and 31st October 2025 at Trinity Business School. @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition
Join us at Trinity Business School on Oct 30 @ 2 PM for our Photovoice Exhibition on music, arts & neurodiversity. Free but limited tickets!
www.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Join us for the launch Tomorrow at 2pm - "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition"
Grab a free ticket here:
tinyurl.com/3wub8377
The exhibition is open daily from 12:00–20:00 on 29th, 30th, and 31st October 2025 at Trinity Business School. @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Grab a free ticket here:
tinyurl.com/3wub8377
The exhibition is open daily from 12:00–20:00 on 29th, 30th, and 31st October 2025 at Trinity Business School. @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Cant wait for this - the artwork gives a beautiful insight into how different minds work, from extremely literal to impossibly abstract.
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
Join us at Trinity Business School on Oct 30 @ 2 PM for our Photovoice Exhibition on music, arts & neurodiversity. Free but limited tickets! Hosted by @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Cant wait for this - the artwork gives a beautiful insight into how different minds work, from extremely literal to impossibly abstract.
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
"Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening" - Dr Claire Howlin, Assistant Professor, was featured in the Associated Press. Please read the full article below:
@dancingresearch.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/musi...
@dancingresearch.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/musi...
Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
Hospitals and doctors' offices are inviting singers and musicians to help patients manage their pain, as music's ability to reduce pain is gaining attention.
apnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening" - Dr Claire Howlin, Assistant Professor, was featured in the Associated Press. Please read the full article below:
@dancingresearch.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/musi...
@dancingresearch.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/musi...
Cant wait for this - the artwork gives a beautiful insight into how different minds work, from extremely literal to impossibly abstract.
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
Join us at Trinity Business School on Oct 30 @ 2 PM for our Photovoice Exhibition on music, arts & neurodiversity. Free but limited tickets! Hosted by @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Cant wait for this - the artwork gives a beautiful insight into how different minds work, from extremely literal to impossibly abstract.
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly,
including non speaking people, and professional artists.
🧑🎨 🧠🌈
#dublin #psychology
Nice opportunity opening up here in Dublin for someone to design a Clinical Creativity course for medical students
www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/10/03/n...
www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/10/03/n...
NCAD Part-Time Lecturer – Clinical Creativity - Arts + Health
The CFA at National College of Art and Design (NCAD), with the support of Creative Ireland, is seeking a suitably qualified individual to research, design, and develop a new module specification “Clinical Creativity”.
www.artsandhealth.ie
October 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Nice opportunity opening up here in Dublin for someone to design a Clinical Creativity course for medical students
www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/10/03/n...
www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/10/03/n...
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for an exchange of Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners. President Trump, who pushed to broker the deal, said both sides had agreed to the first phase of his peace plan, which involves a pullback of Israeli troops. Follow live: nyti.ms/48ifs4o
October 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for an exchange of Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners. President Trump, who pushed to broker the deal, said both sides had agreed to the first phase of his peace plan, which involves a pullback of Israeli troops. Follow live: nyti.ms/48ifs4o
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
QUIET HOUR at the Museum
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
QUIET HOUR at the Museum
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
Does anyone have any boring music for music for experiments?
I need music that people are unlikely to find absorbing.
#musicscience @musicpsychshef.bsky.social @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social #aesthetics #musicpsych
I need music that people are unlikely to find absorbing.
#musicscience @musicpsychshef.bsky.social @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social #aesthetics #musicpsych
October 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Does anyone have any boring music for music for experiments?
I need music that people are unlikely to find absorbing.
#musicscience @musicpsychshef.bsky.social @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social #aesthetics #musicpsych
I need music that people are unlikely to find absorbing.
#musicscience @musicpsychshef.bsky.social @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social #aesthetics #musicpsych
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Join us at Trinity Business School on Oct 30 @ 2 PM for our Photovoice Exhibition on music, arts & neurodiversity. Free but limited tickets! Hosted by @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Join us at Trinity Business School on Oct 30 @ 2 PM for our Photovoice Exhibition on music, arts & neurodiversity. Free but limited tickets! Hosted by @dancingresearch.bsky.social
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
Register below:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...
Reposted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠
Want better sleep? Nature reports how circadian research shows how important your body’s internal clock is to blissful slumber. Scientists emphasize three basics: contrasting light and dark, consolidating mealtimes and keeping sleep times consistent. 🧪
How to get the best night’s sleep: what the science says
Chuck the gadgets, the fads and the alarm. Circadian research reveals how important your body’s internal clock is to blissful slumber.
go.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Want better sleep? Nature reports how circadian research shows how important your body’s internal clock is to blissful slumber. Scientists emphasize three basics: contrasting light and dark, consolidating mealtimes and keeping sleep times consistent. 🧪