Kira Vibe Jespersen
@kiravibe.bsky.social
Research on music, health, sleep, insomnia and relaxation in all combinations.
Associate Professor at Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University.
Associate Professor at Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University.
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Out now in @commsbio.nature.com!
We studied brain-heart interactions during mind wandering and mind blanking.
Mind blanking is associated with a greater heart/brain decoupling, complicating the idea of an attentional switch between external & internal environments!
🧠🔄🫀🧪
We studied brain-heart interactions during mind wandering and mind blanking.
Mind blanking is associated with a greater heart/brain decoupling, complicating the idea of an attentional switch between external & internal environments!
🧠🔄🫀🧪
Multimodal analysis of spontaneous attentional state dynamics during sustained task performance reveals distinctive profiles of brain-heart interaction in mind-wandering and mind-blanking.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
When your heart isn’t in it anymore: cardiac correlates of task disengagement - Communications Biology
Multimodal analysis of spontaneous attentional state dynamics during sustained task performance reveals distinctive profiles of brain–heart interaction in mind-wandering and mind-blanking.
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Out now in @commsbio.nature.com!
We studied brain-heart interactions during mind wandering and mind blanking.
Mind blanking is associated with a greater heart/brain decoupling, complicating the idea of an attentional switch between external & internal environments!
🧠🔄🫀🧪
We studied brain-heart interactions during mind wandering and mind blanking.
Mind blanking is associated with a greater heart/brain decoupling, complicating the idea of an attentional switch between external & internal environments!
🧠🔄🫀🧪
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!🥳
Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will give a talk titled "Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo".
Read more here:
www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...
Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will give a talk titled "Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo".
Read more here:
www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...
Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo
- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion
Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.
www.uio.no
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!🥳
Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will give a talk titled "Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo".
Read more here:
www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...
Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will give a talk titled "Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo".
Read more here:
www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...
Help us learn more about the experience of sleep music. Follow the link: lgfl4ra6vi.cognition.run
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Help us learn more about the experience of sleep music. Follow the link: lgfl4ra6vi.cognition.run
Interesting new research on closed-loop auditory stimulation in sleep
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effectiveness of auditory stimulation in sleep varies with thalamocortical spindle phase
Slow oscillations and sleep spindles are neural events that both occur during non-rapid eye movement sleep and are implicated in sleep-dependent memor…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Interesting new research on closed-loop auditory stimulation in sleep
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excellent keynote by Mélanie Strauss on auditory perception during sleep at the #ConfMusSleep 🎶🎺👂
We’re delighted to announce our second keynote speaker for #ConfMusSleep: Dr. Mélanie Strauss! 🎶 Her talk “When the Sleeping Brain Keeps Listening” explores how predictive coding and auditory novelty detection (MMN, P300) persist and evolve as we drift into sleep.
🔗 confmussleep.au.dk #musicscience
🔗 confmussleep.au.dk #musicscience
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Excellent keynote by Mélanie Strauss on auditory perception during sleep at the #ConfMusSleep 🎶🎺👂
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
🎶 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.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
🎶 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.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!)
Looking forward to hearing Prof. Marcus Pearce and the #ConfMusSleep may next year!
At #ConfMusSleep, Marcus Pearce will present “Learning to listen, Listening to learn: Modelling musical perception and pleasure.” The lecture explores how brain predictions shape musical perception and pleasure, with optimal predictability depending on person and context. More on confmussleep.au.dk
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Looking forward to hearing Prof. Marcus Pearce and the #ConfMusSleep may next year!
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
What happens in the brain when we manipulate our thoughts?
We asked 30 epilepsy patients to mentally invert short melodies.
Intracerebral #iEEG recordings suggest brain synchrony and sensory inhibition are key for mental manipulation:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroskyence #musicscience
We asked 30 epilepsy patients to mentally invert short melodies.
Intracerebral #iEEG recordings suggest brain synchrony and sensory inhibition are key for mental manipulation:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroskyence #musicscience
Brain Dynamics of Mental Manipulation
Humans effortlessly juggle their internal thoughts, but the neuronal dynamics that support mental manipulation are largely unknown. Leveraging the high spatiotemporal fidelity of intracranial recordin...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
What happens in the brain when we manipulate our thoughts?
We asked 30 epilepsy patients to mentally invert short melodies.
Intracerebral #iEEG recordings suggest brain synchrony and sensory inhibition are key for mental manipulation:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroskyence #musicscience
We asked 30 epilepsy patients to mentally invert short melodies.
Intracerebral #iEEG recordings suggest brain synchrony and sensory inhibition are key for mental manipulation:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroskyence #musicscience
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
🎶🛏️ Call for contributions!
The 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep is now open for abstract submissions (poster & oral).
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025.
More info 👉 confmussleep.au.dk
#confmussleep #musicscience
The 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep is now open for abstract submissions (poster & oral).
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025.
More info 👉 confmussleep.au.dk
#confmussleep #musicscience
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎶🛏️ Call for contributions!
The 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep is now open for abstract submissions (poster & oral).
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025.
More info 👉 confmussleep.au.dk
#confmussleep #musicscience
The 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep is now open for abstract submissions (poster & oral).
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025.
More info 👉 confmussleep.au.dk
#confmussleep #musicscience
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Did you know? Emotions in national anthems reveal surprising patterns in geography and culture. 1/2 (continues in comments)
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Musicscience #MusicPsychology #MIR #NationalAnthems #Emotion
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Musicscience #MusicPsychology #MIR #NationalAnthems #Emotion
The emotional geography of National anthems - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The emotional geography of National anthems
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Did you know? Emotions in national anthems reveal surprising patterns in geography and culture. 1/2 (continues in comments)
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Musicscience #MusicPsychology #MIR #NationalAnthems #Emotion
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Musicscience #MusicPsychology #MIR #NationalAnthems #Emotion
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Excited to share that Peter Vuust will give the welcome lecture at the 1st Int. Conf. on Music & Sleep! 🎶💤
Director of MIB, Prof. at AU and RAMA, and acclaimed jazz musician, Vuust unites science & creativity. His lecture will explore music neuroscience & predictive coding of music.
#ConfMusSleep
Director of MIB, Prof. at AU and RAMA, and acclaimed jazz musician, Vuust unites science & creativity. His lecture will explore music neuroscience & predictive coding of music.
#ConfMusSleep
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Excited to share that Peter Vuust will give the welcome lecture at the 1st Int. Conf. on Music & Sleep! 🎶💤
Director of MIB, Prof. at AU and RAMA, and acclaimed jazz musician, Vuust unites science & creativity. His lecture will explore music neuroscience & predictive coding of music.
#ConfMusSleep
Director of MIB, Prof. at AU and RAMA, and acclaimed jazz musician, Vuust unites science & creativity. His lecture will explore music neuroscience & predictive coding of music.
#ConfMusSleep
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Our Assistant Professor Anna Zamorano has written a really nice piece for videnskab.dk and The Conversation - enjoy the read :-)
theconversation.com/neuroscience...
theconversation.com/neuroscience...
September 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our Assistant Professor Anna Zamorano has written a really nice piece for videnskab.dk and The Conversation - enjoy the read :-)
theconversation.com/neuroscience...
theconversation.com/neuroscience...
Very interesting review on the intimate relationship between sleep and depression.
Sleep Neurophysiology in Depression - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Sleep Neurophysiology in Depression - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Sleep Neurophysiology in Depression
Sleep disturbances are both a primary symptom of and risk factor for major depressive
disorder (MDD). Sleep alterations in MDD include the presence of insomnia or hypersomnia
and aberrations in sleep ...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Very interesting review on the intimate relationship between sleep and depression.
Sleep Neurophysiology in Depression - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Sleep Neurophysiology in Depression - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Thanks to @carlsbergfondet.dk for their generous support for the Music and Sleep Conference. With this contribution, we can create an excellent conference program, and we look forward to welcoming all interested researchers and students.
More info: confmussleep.au.dk
#ConfMusSleep #Musicscience
More info: confmussleep.au.dk
#ConfMusSleep #Musicscience
September 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Thanks to @carlsbergfondet.dk for their generous support for the Music and Sleep Conference. With this contribution, we can create an excellent conference program, and we look forward to welcoming all interested researchers and students.
More info: confmussleep.au.dk
#ConfMusSleep #Musicscience
More info: confmussleep.au.dk
#ConfMusSleep #Musicscience
Looking forward to presenting my work for a lot of high school students as part of the Hearts & Minds festival tomorrow.
(heartsandminds.fuau.dk)
A brief survey distributed among the participants do confirm our previous findings that young people more often use music for sleep!
(heartsandminds.fuau.dk)
A brief survey distributed among the participants do confirm our previous findings that young people more often use music for sleep!
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Looking forward to presenting my work for a lot of high school students as part of the Hearts & Minds festival tomorrow.
(heartsandminds.fuau.dk)
A brief survey distributed among the participants do confirm our previous findings that young people more often use music for sleep!
(heartsandminds.fuau.dk)
A brief survey distributed among the participants do confirm our previous findings that young people more often use music for sleep!
New paper! Excellent work by Rebecca Jane Scarratt on the neural responses to relaxation music published in the journal Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. @musicinthebrain.bsky.social #Musicscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
September 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New paper! Excellent work by Rebecca Jane Scarratt on the neural responses to relaxation music published in the journal Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. @musicinthebrain.bsky.social #Musicscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Excited to share that the 1. International Conf. on Music & Sleep (May 6–8, 2026) takes place in the stunning Chamber Music Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus 🎶 A bright, elegant venue with views of ARoS. More info 👉 confmussleep.au.dk
@lullabyte.bsky.social #ConfMusSleep #musicscience
@lullabyte.bsky.social #ConfMusSleep #musicscience
August 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Excited to share that the 1. International Conf. on Music & Sleep (May 6–8, 2026) takes place in the stunning Chamber Music Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus 🎶 A bright, elegant venue with views of ARoS. More info 👉 confmussleep.au.dk
@lullabyte.bsky.social #ConfMusSleep #musicscience
@lullabyte.bsky.social #ConfMusSleep #musicscience
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
🚨NEW BLOG🚨
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
Conferences, huh. What’s the point?
In this post, Hazel, Katie, and Connor highlight some reasons why you should consider attending an academic conference, supplemented by our recent experience from attending the 18th International C…
musicscience.net
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🚨NEW BLOG🚨
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
A really amazing project!
Since Lullabyte began, we’ve been collaborating on a project blending Sleep, Music & Data Science. We're excited to share Somnosphere at the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin on June 28th, an immersive AV experience exploring how can we share the private nature of sleep. tinyurl.com/LNDWLullabyte
July 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A really amazing project!
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
The first two papers from the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Music & Imagination project are now out, led by the fantastic @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social! First, we built and validated a stimulus set of over 350 music clips varying in genre, familiarity, emotion, etc. doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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July 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The first two papers from the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Music & Imagination project are now out, led by the fantastic @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social! First, we built and validated a stimulus set of over 350 music clips varying in genre, familiarity, emotion, etc. doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
We are excited to announce the 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep @musicinthebrain.bsky.social, Aarhus, DK, in collaboration with RAMA and @lullabyte.bsky.social.
Dates: 6-8 May 2026. #musicscience
Please mark your calendars and share the post.
musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
Dates: 6-8 May 2026. #musicscience
Please mark your calendars and share the post.
musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
July 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We are excited to announce the 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep @musicinthebrain.bsky.social, Aarhus, DK, in collaboration with RAMA and @lullabyte.bsky.social.
Dates: 6-8 May 2026. #musicscience
Please mark your calendars and share the post.
musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
Dates: 6-8 May 2026. #musicscience
Please mark your calendars and share the post.
musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...
Looking forward to the third @lullabyte.bsky.social summer camp in Berlin next week! An excellent programme with science discussions, start-up strategies, keynotes, a Sleep Concert and the presentation of the joint artistic project of the PhD students named 'Somnosphere'
lullabyte.eu/2025/06/19/l...
lullabyte.eu/2025/06/19/l...
Lullabyte at the Long Night of the Sciences | Lullabyte
lullabyte.eu
June 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Looking forward to the third @lullabyte.bsky.social summer camp in Berlin next week! An excellent programme with science discussions, start-up strategies, keynotes, a Sleep Concert and the presentation of the joint artistic project of the PhD students named 'Somnosphere'
lullabyte.eu/2025/06/19/l...
lullabyte.eu/2025/06/19/l...
Reposted by Kira Vibe Jespersen
Postdoctoral Position in Interdisciplinary Concert Research at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Postdoctoral position in music cognition and concert research at Aarhus University, Denmark. Full-time role focused on interdisciplinary experimental research. Eligible candidates must hold a PhD.…
Postdoctoral position in music cognition and concert research at Aarhus University, Denmark. Full-time role focused on interdisciplinary experimental research. Eligible candidates must hold a PhD.…
Postdoctoral Position in Interdisciplinary Concert Research at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Postdoctoral position in music cognition and concert research at Aarhus University, Denmark. Full-time role focused on interdisciplinary experimental research. Eligible candidates must hold a PhD. Apply by 25 June 2025. Location: Aarhus, Denmark. Advance your academic career in a leading research environment.
higherjobz.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Postdoctoral Position in Interdisciplinary Concert Research at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Postdoctoral position in music cognition and concert research at Aarhus University, Denmark. Full-time role focused on interdisciplinary experimental research. Eligible candidates must hold a PhD.…
Postdoctoral position in music cognition and concert research at Aarhus University, Denmark. Full-time role focused on interdisciplinary experimental research. Eligible candidates must hold a PhD.…
