Sarah Hennessy
@hennessysarah.bsky.social
Post-doc at @ U of Arizona. Interested in self, memory, and music-evoked emotion in aging. 🎶 🧠 🌈 Views are my own.
Thank you @psypost.bsky.social for this piece on our work on music-evoked nostalgia!
In fascinating study, neuroscientists reveal the unique impact of nostalgic music on the brain
In fascinating study, neuroscientists reveal the unique impact of nostalgic music on the brain
New brain imaging study shows nostalgic music triggers powerful emotional and autobiographical brain responses, especially in aging listeners.
www.psypost.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thank you @psypost.bsky.social for this piece on our work on music-evoked nostalgia!
Thank you @salonnewsroom.bsky.social for this great article featuring my work on nostalgia and @agvacca.bsky.social's work on mixed feelings!
Loved being a part of this amazing article on how affective neuroscientists are grappling with conceptualizing mixed emotions!
www.salon.com/2025/03/23/m...
www.salon.com/2025/03/23/m...
Why feeling mixed emotions can actually be healthy
Simultaneous joy and rage aren't contradictions — they're part of a spectrum of emotional intelligence
www.salon.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Thank you @salonnewsroom.bsky.social for this great article featuring my work on nostalgia and @agvacca.bsky.social's work on mixed feelings!
Excited to share that dissertation work is published in Human Brain Mapping! Self-selected nostalgic music engaged the DMN, reward network, and MTL in younger and older adults. With @assalh.bsky.social, @jonaskaplan.bsky.social, Petr Janata, and Talia Ginsberg
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Music‐Evoked Nostalgia Activates Default Mode and Reward Networks Across the Lifespan
Music-evoked nostalgia activates the default mode network, reward network, medial temporal lobe, and supplementary motor regions of the brain more than non-nostalgic but familiar music that sounds mu....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Excited to share that dissertation work is published in Human Brain Mapping! Self-selected nostalgic music engaged the DMN, reward network, and MTL in younger and older adults. With @assalh.bsky.social, @jonaskaplan.bsky.social, Petr Janata, and Talia Ginsberg
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
My friend and colleague @acidtown.bsky.social made an app that magically restores holidays and dates to your Google Calendar (e.g., BHM, Pride month, Juneteenth) that have been silently removed due to "scaling issues." 🤔 scaleissue.netlify.app
Restore Dates to Google Calendar
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February 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My friend and colleague @acidtown.bsky.social made an app that magically restores holidays and dates to your Google Calendar (e.g., BHM, Pride month, Juneteenth) that have been silently removed due to "scaling issues." 🤔 scaleissue.netlify.app