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The Pitch Exploration Lab is a space for any major at Penn State to explore music, brain, and psychology topics related to the construct of musical pitch and rhythm.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Undergraduate student Joanna “Joey” Kieran Mendez is the labs project coordinator featured in the news at Penn State today. Go Joey!
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Here we demonstrate the variable roles of intentional, flexibility, and pitch imagery in musician skills like error, detection, and melodic dictation. Fresh off the press today!
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We report a combination of musical instrument experience yields musical benefits later in life - now out in Frontiers in Psychology👏

🔗 Read the article: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1579714/full
October 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposted by Pitch Lab Penn State
Coming soon in 2026! Unmuted—A new ADRI podcast mini-series from Penn State’s College of Arts & Architecture on the arts and why we need them.
August 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Joey will be conducting research this summer in Toronto, focusing on the neurophysiological mechanisms of absolute pitch. She aims to explore how the brain processes pitch and supports vocal performance. Following this, she will do Columbia University’s Summer Public Health Scholars Program.
May 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Great visit from Penn State alum at University of St. Thomas in Minnesota!
April 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Undergraduate student team presents on music psychology at the Suncoast Symposium for music, wellness, and sustainability. “Bravi!”
February 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Good work, everyone!
December 9, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Data collection training completed!
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Lab alumna Annie Liu publishes first first-author paper. Yay Annie!
November 26, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Great talk by lab coauthor and collaborator Laura Stambaugh. Thanks for a great visit last week!!
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 PM