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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
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AHRC-funded network exploring the range and significance of musical imagery and wellbeing experiences 🎵

Led by @freyabailes.bsky.social and @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social

https://musicinmyhead.org/
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🎶 We're thrilled to share that the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network's International Symposium is now held in association with Sempre!

💫 Students and unwaged delegates can now apply for funding to support their attendance.

🗓️ Deadline: 4 Nov 2025

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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🌀 Still time to submit to our international symposium!

📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026

🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025

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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
musicinmyhead.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Our Call for Contributions is still open! Please share widely 💥
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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💥 Call for Contributions 💥

We are seeking contributions for our symposium at Durham University, 18–19 May 2026.

Deadline: 4 Nov 2025.

Full details below 👇

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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
musicinmyhead.org
August 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network is a Strategic Partner of the 4th World Tinnitus Congress & XV International Tinnitus Seminar, 30 June–2 July 2027.

@freyabailes.bsky.social will lead a track on Consciousness, Inner Music & Auditory Imagery.

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WTC & ITS 2027
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August 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🧠🎶 We’re not organising it—but we think it’s worth your radar.

The International Conference on Music and Sleep 2026 dives into sound, neuroscience, and sleep studies.

📍 Aarhus, Denmark | 📅 1–3 Oct 2026 🔗 Learn more: musicinthebrain.au.dk
Center for Music in the Brain
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July 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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freyabailes.bsky.social
@innermusicgroup.bsky.social, this looks like some fascinating research
lennietm.bsky.social Lennie (Thomas M.) @lennietm.bsky.social · Jun 12
The Emotional-Motivational Functions of Musical Imagery in Parkinson's Patients by Marietta Ungerer at #SysMus25
June 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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New entry in our database of musical imagery in fiction and biography! 📖

Jack Reacher, the protagonist of @leechild58.bsky.social's novels, often experiences music internally rather than through external devices. Example from 'The Killing Floor' below 👇

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Killing Floor - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Jack Reacher, the protagonist of Lee Child’s novels, often experiences music internally rather than through external devices. He has a deep appreciation for blues music, and songs frequently play in h...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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freyabailes.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening I'll be delivering a public talk about the 'Science of 'Earworms': reasons to care about the 'sounds' of silence': www.cafe-sci.org.uk Ideas relating to our work at the @innermusicgroup.bsky.social
Cafe Sci Leeds
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May 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Thanks to @aliyaedwards.bsky.social from @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social for this excellent guest blog post about the opportunities she’s been afforded by the Inner Music and Wellbeing network!
May 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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We have a new blog post!

@aliyaedwards.bsky.social reflects on our Collaborative Exchange scheme ☕💬

Read here:

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Blog 3: Networking is always less intimidating when pre-arranged with a cuppa - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Networking is always less intimidating when pre-arranged with a cuppa: an Early Career Researcher’s experience of the network’s monthly Collaborative Exchange meetings  Networking can sometimes feel l...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The blog continues to grow! Our second post is live. ⚡

@kellyjakubowski.bsky.social offers some thoughts following our second webinar led by Dr Jan Coebergh.

Read it through the link below 👇

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Blog 2: Unwanted inner music: When and why does it become difficult? - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
The second webinar of the AHRC Inner Music and Wellbeing Network was led by Dr Jan Coebergh, who works as a Consultant Neurologist in the UK. Dr Coebergh has documented cases of musical hallucinations...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Our first blog post is live! 📖 🤩

@freyabailes.bsky.social reflects on our first webinar led by Professor Andrea Halpern and @jgkennaway.bsky.social.

Read it through the link below👇

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Blog 1: Attitudes To and Perceptions of Musical Imagery and Wellbeing - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
The first session of the Inner Music and Wellbeing webinar series was a celebration of different disciplinary perspectives, featuring talks by two of our network members. Professor Andrea Halpern is a...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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📖 We're looking for examples to populate our database of inner music in fiction and biography. 📖

All are welcome to submit - please share widely!

More details below:

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Inner Music in Fiction and Biography - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography ‘Inner music’ or ‘musical imagery’ refers to the music that one hears in one’s own head. For example, an ‘earworm’ is a catchy piece of music that is stuck in one’...
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February 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Thanks to all who attended our webinar today! And particular thanks to Dr Jan Coebergh and his guests for a fascinating presentation 🌟
January 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
innermusicgroup.bsky.social
Submissions are always welcome to our database ✏️

We're looking for examples of inner music in fiction and biography. Anyone welcome to submit - please share widely!

More details below:

musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography ‘Inner music’ or ‘musical imagery’ refers to the music that one hears in one’s own head. For example, an ‘earworm’ is a catchy piece of music that is stuck in one’...
musicinmyhead.org
January 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
innermusicgroup.bsky.social
Our network member Andrea Halpern has been cited in a recent article by Stan B Klein and Judith Loftus titled 'Creating a World in the Head'

This has got us thinking: how might musical imagery and wellbeing relate in an evolutionary perspective?

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December 18, 2024 at 5:11 PM
innermusicgroup.bsky.social
We still need help with our database!

We're looking for examples of inner music in fiction and biography. Anyone welcome to submit - please share widely!

More details below:

musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography ‘Inner music’ or ‘musical imagery’ refers to the music that one hears in one’s own head. For example, an ‘earworm’ is a catchy piece of music that is stuck in one’...
musicinmyhead.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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Participants needed for a study run by one of our members! ✏️

Details in the power below:
December 4, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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Not our conference but likely of interest to network members!

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Call for Papers (spoken presentations and posters): The Mind’s Ear and Inner Voice 2025

Transdisciplinary Conference (April 14 -16, 2025)
The University of Auckland, New Zealand

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The Mind's Ear and Inner Voice 2025 | Conference | Anauralia Lab
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November 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM