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Henkjan Honing
@musiccognition.bsky.social
Professor of Music Cognition at http://mcg.uva.nl | Member Elect @knaw-nl.bsky.social | Fascinated by our capacity for music | http://linktr.ee/musiccognition
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European starlings outperform even the smartest and most intelligent parrots at imitating the iconic Star Wars robot R2-D2. Why is that?

Read in de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl (in Dutch): www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/g...

Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Geen vogel doet de Star Wars-robot R2-D2 beter na dan de spreeuw, zelfs de papegaai niet
De spreeuw is de beste imitator van robotgeluiden uit de filmreeks Star Wars, dankzij zijn bijzondere stembanden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden onder tien vogelsoorten. Papegaaie...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
🎶 Test your musical memory! 🎯
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl

@musiccognition.bsky.social and others have made something wonderful: a science game for matching familiar melodies from around the world.

Play TuneTwins and help us advance research on music cognition. (Seen at #ICMPC, more to come!)
TuneTwins
Test your musical memory! Can you find the matching tunes and clear the board? Play TuneTwins to find out — a science game from the University of Amsterdam.
tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
BBC Reel from October 2022 w/ Dame Evelyn Glennie and Laurel Trainor. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Can music shape us in the womb?
Why do we move to a rhythm, are we actually born to be musical, and how does music really shape who we are?
www.bbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Filming on and speaking at the Musicality Genomics Consortium (www.musicgens.org) public event at the @palaumusicacat.bsky.social in Barcelona, september 2025 w/ Henechowicz et al. #musicality #genomics
September 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ヒトはなぜ歌うのか | Why do humans sing?
ヒトはなぜ歌うのか | Why do humans sing?
YouTube video by Music Cognition Group (UvA)
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
August 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Why does a well-tuned modern piano not sound out-of tune?
Why does a well-tuned modern piano not sound out-of tune?
Karlheinz Stockhausen is listening. "Neue Musik ist anstrengend" , wrote Die Zeit some time ago: "Der seit Pythagoras’ Zeiten unternomme...
musiccognition.blogspot.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
Het doel van TuneTwins is niet alleen te kijken óf mensen muziek herkennen, maar vooral wat ze precies onthouden ⤵️
Met dit muzikale memoryspel help je de wetenschap
Wat onthoud je precies als je naar muziek luistert? De melodie, de klankkleur, het ritme? Met het online spel TuneTwins proberen onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Amsterdam daarachter te komen. “He...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
July 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
And #birdsingalong launch at #ICMPC18 - this Tuesday in Sampa, Brazil 🎵🚀😎🦜
July 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Henkjan Honing
The 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC)
São Paulo, Brazil
21-25 July 2025

The ICMPC 18 will be held in a hybrid format, with most activities live-streamed and accessible remotely.

Abstract submission deadline: 20 January 2025
18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition - Submissions - // Call for Papers
www.icmpc2025.abcogmus.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Nice post. #MusicGens 2023 was cool! www.mcg.uva.nl/musicgens/
July 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sleeping newborns process musical beat; Transition probabilities are not enough to explain beat processing in newborn infants; No evidence of statistical learning; Results converge with previous evidence on beat processing of newborn infants. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
July 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM