Anthony Moles
@anthonymoles.bsky.social
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Hi! I'm a #composer, #musicscience researcher, psychology grad, #mentalhealth worker, and aspiring clinician.
I’m here to connect with people who share interests in:
#Composition
#Musicscience
#Psychology
#Well-being
#socialpsychology
Social & Applied Music Psychology
Gaming
Stationery
I’m here to connect with people who share interests in:
#Composition
#Musicscience
#Psychology
#Well-being
#socialpsychology
Social & Applied Music Psychology
Gaming
Stationery
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A new study out on dynamic functional connectivity in preadolescents during music listening and resting state. (1/2, continues in comments)
Read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
#MusicPsychology #MusicScience #MusicNeuroscience #Neuroscience
Read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
#MusicPsychology #MusicScience #MusicNeuroscience #Neuroscience
Frontiers | Differences in dynamic functional connectivity between naturalistic music listening and rest in preadolescents
IntroductionEngagement with music is a significant aspect of adolescents' lives and this interest blossoms during preadolescence. Compared to the extensive b...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A new study out on dynamic functional connectivity in preadolescents during music listening and resting state. (1/2, continues in comments)
Read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
#MusicPsychology #MusicScience #MusicNeuroscience #Neuroscience
Read more here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
#MusicPsychology #MusicScience #MusicNeuroscience #Neuroscience
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Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre
The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail
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October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
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Our study about reminiscence bump(s) in personally meaningful music:
Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2
Read: t.ly/u2qvJ
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2
Read: t.ly/u2qvJ
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our study about reminiscence bump(s) in personally meaningful music:
Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2
Read: t.ly/u2qvJ
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2
Read: t.ly/u2qvJ
#MusicScience #MusicPsychology
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🎶🎧 Call for young participants aged 5-11 for short online listening expt describing anything music makes them feel or imagine.
Thank you for participating/sharing! #musicscience #musiceducation
Info/access (adult consent required):
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Thank you for participating/sharing! #musicscience #musiceducation
Info/access (adult consent required):
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎶🎧 Call for young participants aged 5-11 for short online listening expt describing anything music makes them feel or imagine.
Thank you for participating/sharing! #musicscience #musiceducation
Info/access (adult consent required):
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Thank you for participating/sharing! #musicscience #musiceducation
Info/access (adult consent required):
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Here's a video of the premiere of my piece, The Tower.
The Tower will be performed this Sunday September 14, at Nazareth University.
It’s part of flutist Laura Lentz’s Between Magic and Structure concert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXx...
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
The Tower will be performed this Sunday September 14, at Nazareth University.
It’s part of flutist Laura Lentz’s Between Magic and Structure concert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXx...
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
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September 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Here's a video of the premiere of my piece, The Tower.
The Tower will be performed this Sunday September 14, at Nazareth University.
It’s part of flutist Laura Lentz’s Between Magic and Structure concert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXx...
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
The Tower will be performed this Sunday September 14, at Nazareth University.
It’s part of flutist Laura Lentz’s Between Magic and Structure concert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXx...
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
I'm so hyped. Should be live in the next couple of hours.
#nightreign #DepthOfNight #gaming #videogames #Aus
#nightreign #DepthOfNight #gaming #videogames #Aus
Elden Ring Nightreign will add a new high difficulty mode on September 11 with Deep of Night. This will feature special Depth Relics items and weapons with multiple additional, but also detrimental effects: www.rpgsite.net/news/18298-e...
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm so hyped. Should be live in the next couple of hours.
#nightreign #DepthOfNight #gaming #videogames #Aus
#nightreign #DepthOfNight #gaming #videogames #Aus
I’m thrilled that my piece The Tower will be performed this Sunday, Sept 14, at Nazareth University, NY. It will be featured as part of Laura Lentz’s Between Magic and Structure concert. It’s a super cool program, so I am flattered to be involved.
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
September 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m thrilled that my piece The Tower will be performed this Sunday, Sept 14, at Nazareth University, NY. It will be featured as part of Laura Lentz’s Between Magic and Structure concert. It’s a super cool program, so I am flattered to be involved.
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
#newmusic #flute #concert #NY #NazarethUniversity
The perusal score for my sax quartet, Millennial, is now on my website. This high-energy, "dark-grooves" work is still in need of a premiere! Message me for a workshop sound sample or the parts.
tinyurl.com/mr3kvxrx
#saxophone #saxophonequartet #saxophonist #newmusic #classicalmusic
tinyurl.com/mr3kvxrx
#saxophone #saxophonequartet #saxophonist #newmusic #classicalmusic
Millennial - saxophone quartet (2019) — Anthony Moles - Composition and Psychology
10 minutes
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September 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The perusal score for my sax quartet, Millennial, is now on my website. This high-energy, "dark-grooves" work is still in need of a premiere! Message me for a workshop sound sample or the parts.
tinyurl.com/mr3kvxrx
#saxophone #saxophonequartet #saxophonist #newmusic #classicalmusic
tinyurl.com/mr3kvxrx
#saxophone #saxophonequartet #saxophonist #newmusic #classicalmusic
The Shape of Dreams demo is killer! It uses MOBA controls, and this rogue-like has similarities to Hades and Path of Exile, but I'm finding myself enjoying it even more. The large and satisfying demo has me ready for the full game release on Sept 11!
#shapeofdreams #gaming #videogames
#shapeofdreams #gaming #videogames
August 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The Shape of Dreams demo is killer! It uses MOBA controls, and this rogue-like has similarities to Hades and Path of Exile, but I'm finding myself enjoying it even more. The large and satisfying demo has me ready for the full game release on Sept 11!
#shapeofdreams #gaming #videogames
#shapeofdreams #gaming #videogames
New ink day! Or, more accurately, a reunion with a favorite.
Sailor yamadori. It's the real teal.
#fountainpens #ink #fountainpenink #stationery
Sailor yamadori. It's the real teal.
#fountainpens #ink #fountainpenink #stationery
August 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
New ink day! Or, more accurately, a reunion with a favorite.
Sailor yamadori. It's the real teal.
#fountainpens #ink #fountainpenink #stationery
Sailor yamadori. It's the real teal.
#fountainpens #ink #fountainpenink #stationery
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Findings from this newly-published study make a connection between music-based coping (esp active music making) and resilience in adults, both healthy and those with depression.
#musicscience #musictherapy
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#musicscience #musictherapy
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Frontiers | The role of active music making in fostering resilience
Previous studies suggest a positive association between engagement with music and psychological resilience, yet most existing research has focused on specifi...
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August 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Findings from this newly-published study make a connection between music-based coping (esp active music making) and resilience in adults, both healthy and those with depression.
#musicscience #musictherapy
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#musicscience #musictherapy
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
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Nice to see this article out in issue! #MusicScience
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
cc: @jasongoopy.bsky.social @melissaforbes.bsky.social
I did a #PubChat thread over on the other site, so repeating it here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
cc: @jasongoopy.bsky.social @melissaforbes.bsky.social
I did a #PubChat thread over on the other site, so repeating it here:
Becoming singular: Musical identity construction and maintenance through the lens of identity process theory - Melissa Forbes, Jason Goopy, Amanda E Krause, 2025
This study uses identity process theory to understand the social–psychological processes that motivate individuals to construct an identity in which music, sing...
journals.sagepub.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nice to see this article out in issue! #MusicScience
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
cc: @jasongoopy.bsky.social @melissaforbes.bsky.social
I did a #PubChat thread over on the other site, so repeating it here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
cc: @jasongoopy.bsky.social @melissaforbes.bsky.social
I did a #PubChat thread over on the other site, so repeating it here:
New Pen Day! The Lamy 2000 is back in the collection.
After selling my first one to focus on Japanese pens, buying a Safari reminded me how much I enjoy Lamy. It was time for a reunion.
Currently inked with Iroshizuku Kon-peki.
#fountainpens #newpenday #fountainpenink #stationery
After selling my first one to focus on Japanese pens, buying a Safari reminded me how much I enjoy Lamy. It was time for a reunion.
Currently inked with Iroshizuku Kon-peki.
#fountainpens #newpenday #fountainpenink #stationery
August 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
New Pen Day! The Lamy 2000 is back in the collection.
After selling my first one to focus on Japanese pens, buying a Safari reminded me how much I enjoy Lamy. It was time for a reunion.
Currently inked with Iroshizuku Kon-peki.
#fountainpens #newpenday #fountainpenink #stationery
After selling my first one to focus on Japanese pens, buying a Safari reminded me how much I enjoy Lamy. It was time for a reunion.
Currently inked with Iroshizuku Kon-peki.
#fountainpens #newpenday #fountainpenink #stationery
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A new study interviews 22 composers to uncover how composers intentionally shape emotional experience—bridging gaps between psychology, musicology, and the creative process.
Read in the Journal of New Music Research
doi.org/10.1080/0929...
Read in the Journal of New Music Research
doi.org/10.1080/0929...
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A new study interviews 22 composers to uncover how composers intentionally shape emotional experience—bridging gaps between psychology, musicology, and the creative process.
Read in the Journal of New Music Research
doi.org/10.1080/0929...
Read in the Journal of New Music Research
doi.org/10.1080/0929...
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Fernando Castellar from the SMMBL shows how the use of music and mental imagery differs between athletes and coaches and as a function of competitive level. #icmpc18 #musicscience
July 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fernando Castellar from the SMMBL shows how the use of music and mental imagery differs between athletes and coaches and as a function of competitive level. #icmpc18 #musicscience
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🎼 What is “new music research”—and how has it changed?
An editorial and reflection from the Journal of New Music Research Editors-in-Chief David Meredith and Johanna Devaney.
📰 Read the editorial: doi.org/10.1080/0929...
#NewMusic #MusicResearch #Academia #MusicTechnology musicology.bsky.social
An editorial and reflection from the Journal of New Music Research Editors-in-Chief David Meredith and Johanna Devaney.
📰 Read the editorial: doi.org/10.1080/0929...
#NewMusic #MusicResearch #Academia #MusicTechnology musicology.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🎼 What is “new music research”—and how has it changed?
An editorial and reflection from the Journal of New Music Research Editors-in-Chief David Meredith and Johanna Devaney.
📰 Read the editorial: doi.org/10.1080/0929...
#NewMusic #MusicResearch #Academia #MusicTechnology musicology.bsky.social
An editorial and reflection from the Journal of New Music Research Editors-in-Chief David Meredith and Johanna Devaney.
📰 Read the editorial: doi.org/10.1080/0929...
#NewMusic #MusicResearch #Academia #MusicTechnology musicology.bsky.social
Take part in a short #psychology study exploring how people perceive others based on their #music preference.
- 15-minute online survey
- Chance to win 1 of 2 $100 gift cards
- Open to anyone aged 17+ in Australia
👉 Head to:
bit.ly/JCU-EOMLT2
#Musicscience
- 15-minute online survey
- Chance to win 1 of 2 $100 gift cards
- Open to anyone aged 17+ in Australia
👉 Head to:
bit.ly/JCU-EOMLT2
#Musicscience
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Take part in a short #psychology study exploring how people perceive others based on their #music preference.
- 15-minute online survey
- Chance to win 1 of 2 $100 gift cards
- Open to anyone aged 17+ in Australia
👉 Head to:
bit.ly/JCU-EOMLT2
#Musicscience
- 15-minute online survey
- Chance to win 1 of 2 $100 gift cards
- Open to anyone aged 17+ in Australia
👉 Head to:
bit.ly/JCU-EOMLT2
#Musicscience
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Hats off to Imogen & JCU Psychology Association for last night's 'Psych Breakthroughs and Brews' event in TSV. A fantastic evening hosted by Carolyn Heward, featuring research led by Sam Teague, @danmiller3.bsky.social, and myself. Last night's #MusicScience topic was on genre preferences. Fun!
June 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hats off to Imogen & JCU Psychology Association for last night's 'Psych Breakthroughs and Brews' event in TSV. A fantastic evening hosted by Carolyn Heward, featuring research led by Sam Teague, @danmiller3.bsky.social, and myself. Last night's #MusicScience topic was on genre preferences. Fun!
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latest 'creativity talks' podcast features Trisna and Merrick chatting fans of violent music and people who have continued arts careers into older age. #MusicScience #CAWRI
www.cawri.com.au/posts/episod...
www.cawri.com.au/posts/episod...
CAWRI
www.cawri.com.au
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
latest 'creativity talks' podcast features Trisna and Merrick chatting fans of violent music and people who have continued arts careers into older age. #MusicScience #CAWRI
www.cawri.com.au/posts/episod...
www.cawri.com.au/posts/episod...
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Today’s #MusicScience #PubChat article: Rocke, Davidson, & @StudyListening (2025). Wellbeing in professional chamber music performance contexts. Musicology Australia. doi.org/10.1080/0814...
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Wellbeing in Professional Chamber Music Performance Contexts
The factors influencing wellbeing for musicians, audience members, and concert venue staff in professional chamber music performance contexts are considered using exploratory data collected from a...
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June 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Today’s #MusicScience #PubChat article: Rocke, Davidson, & @StudyListening (2025). Wellbeing in professional chamber music performance contexts. Musicology Australia. doi.org/10.1080/0814...
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🚨New study alert!🚨 MAPLE Lab grads Max Delle Grazie and @camandrsn.bsky.social reveal how Shostakovich's music rewrote the emotional playbook🎹🎭
Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@michaelschutz.bsky.social #musicscience
Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@michaelschutz.bsky.social #musicscience
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚨New study alert!🚨 MAPLE Lab grads Max Delle Grazie and @camandrsn.bsky.social reveal how Shostakovich's music rewrote the emotional playbook🎹🎭
Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@michaelschutz.bsky.social #musicscience
Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@michaelschutz.bsky.social #musicscience
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🧠💬 10 sessions ain't therapy, it’s a warm-up. We binge ten episodes in a weekend but we only get ten Medicare sessions a year to deal with life?
Let's raise the cap!
#MentalHealthMatters #MoreThan10 #Medicare #AusPol
Let's raise the cap!
#MentalHealthMatters #MoreThan10 #Medicare #AusPol
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Increase the psychology 10-session Medicare cap
chng.it
June 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🧠💬 10 sessions ain't therapy, it’s a warm-up. We binge ten episodes in a weekend but we only get ten Medicare sessions a year to deal with life?
Let's raise the cap!
#MentalHealthMatters #MoreThan10 #Medicare #AusPol
Let's raise the cap!
#MentalHealthMatters #MoreThan10 #Medicare #AusPol
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mums & dads!! we're looking for ~20 families to participate in a study like this one
if you have a baby (up to 4 months old) & live in AoNZ you are eligible. super fun, you get music, toys & $$, and also fancy graphs of your baby's data in the study
sign up at themusiclab.org/signup
if you have a baby (up to 4 months old) & live in AoNZ you are eligible. super fun, you get music, toys & $$, and also fancy graphs of your baby's data in the study
sign up at themusiclab.org/signup
Singing to babies boosts their mood and wellbeing, study shows
A new study shows singing to babies can actually boost their mood and wellbeing.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
mums & dads!! we're looking for ~20 families to participate in a study like this one
if you have a baby (up to 4 months old) & live in AoNZ you are eligible. super fun, you get music, toys & $$, and also fancy graphs of your baby's data in the study
sign up at themusiclab.org/signup
if you have a baby (up to 4 months old) & live in AoNZ you are eligible. super fun, you get music, toys & $$, and also fancy graphs of your baby's data in the study
sign up at themusiclab.org/signup