Ceren Ayyildiz
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social
PhD Candidate - University of Sydney | rhythm, timbre, mental imagery 🎶🧠
@sydney.edu.au @smmb-lab.bsky.social @steffenherff.bsky.social @andytonality.bsky.social @muireannirish.bsky.social
The original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This study also contributes to the amazing work that our lab is doing! @smmb-lab.bsky.social
One including a recent publication on how music induces social interactions in imagination!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One including a recent publication on how music induces social interactions in imagination!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions
www.nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This study also contributes to the amazing work that our lab is doing! @smmb-lab.bsky.social
One including a recent publication on how music induces social interactions in imagination!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One including a recent publication on how music induces social interactions in imagination!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stimuli, experiment, and the code are available at osf.io/2qr4n/. 👩💻
Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery
Music can shape the vividness, sentiment, and content of directed mental imagery. Yet, the role of specific musical features in these effects remains elusive. One important aspect of human musical per...
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August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Stimuli, experiment, and the code are available at osf.io/2qr4n/. 👩💻
We also found that responses above were not uniform! They varied with individual differences in absorption (immersion), musical training, and imagery ability.
These findings have implications for the use of music to support imagery in creative, recreational, and therapeutic settings.
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These findings have implications for the use of music to support imagery in creative, recreational, and therapeutic settings.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We also found that responses above were not uniform! They varied with individual differences in absorption (immersion), musical training, and imagery ability.
These findings have implications for the use of music to support imagery in creative, recreational, and therapeutic settings.
🎵♟️🧠⛸️
These findings have implications for the use of music to support imagery in creative, recreational, and therapeutic settings.
🎵♟️🧠⛸️
What we found (100 participants imagining a journey):
- Random micro-variations enhanced the vividness of imagined content compared to silence and mechanical playing.
- With random micro-variations, participants imagined travelling further and for longer.
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- Random micro-variations enhanced the vividness of imagined content compared to silence and mechanical playing.
- With random micro-variations, participants imagined travelling further and for longer.
💡🚶♂️⏳
August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
What we found (100 participants imagining a journey):
- Random micro-variations enhanced the vividness of imagined content compared to silence and mechanical playing.
- With random micro-variations, participants imagined travelling further and for longer.
💡🚶♂️⏳
- Random micro-variations enhanced the vividness of imagined content compared to silence and mechanical playing.
- With random micro-variations, participants imagined travelling further and for longer.
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We asked: how do random micro-variations in timing and loudness shape mental imagery, compared to mechanical drumming (that does not have those variations!) or silence?
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August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We asked: how do random micro-variations in timing and loudness shape mental imagery, compared to mechanical drumming (that does not have those variations!) or silence?
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One important aspect of human musical performances is the presence of micro-variations—small deviations in timbre, pitch, and timing, driven by motor and attentional processes.
The ones that enhance perceived naturalness in music!
The ones that enhance perceived naturalness in music!
August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
One important aspect of human musical performances is the presence of micro-variations—small deviations in timbre, pitch, and timing, driven by motor and attentional processes.
The ones that enhance perceived naturalness in music!
The ones that enhance perceived naturalness in music!
I seem to have missed this super interesting talk! But thank you so much for sharing the plotted genre map - very cool!
August 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I seem to have missed this super interesting talk! But thank you so much for sharing the plotted genre map - very cool!
Reposted by Ceren Ayyildiz
Glenn speaks of genres as communities -- that genres are "really based in people". That you can speak to characteristics but "they're a result of the people involved".
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
Every Noise at Once
everynoise.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Glenn speaks of genres as communities -- that genres are "really based in people". That you can speak to characteristics but "they're a result of the people involved".
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
The stats teacher in me loves that scatterplots underpin the plotted genre map: everynoise.com
#MusicScience
Thank you so much Connor! It was amazing to see you in person 😊🙏🏻
July 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank you so much Connor! It was amazing to see you in person 😊🙏🏻