Connor Kirts
@kirtsconnor.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Durham University, UK. Looking into music and emotion, music cognition, and psychometric development.
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What prevents music psychologists from sharing primary research data?
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What prevents music psychologists from sharing primary research data?
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Cool stuff coming out from PhD work done by @nashraa.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Cool stuff coming out from PhD work done by @nashraa.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Fantastic display of collaboration in #musicpsych!!
Finally out!
Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? This is what we investigated in a multilab that joined together 33 research units from 15 different countries.
Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? This is what we investigated in a multilab that joined together 33 research units from 15 different countries.
Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Fantastic display of collaboration in #musicpsych!!
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Fascinating to hear @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social talk at Leeds about how music shapes imagination, covering importance of genre, age, auditory features and contextual associations with music for content of imagined thoughts when listening! Brilliant collaborative work!
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fascinating to hear @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social talk at Leeds about how music shapes imagination, covering importance of genre, age, auditory features and contextual associations with music for content of imagined thoughts when listening! Brilliant collaborative work!
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Which memorisation techniques help young piano students perform their best?
PhD @charasteliou.bsky.social presented at #ISPS25 in Shanghai, showing that multimodal memorisation goes beyond repetition exercises in a pedagogical intervention study.
#musicscience #psychology #MusicSky #musiciansky
PhD @charasteliou.bsky.social presented at #ISPS25 in Shanghai, showing that multimodal memorisation goes beyond repetition exercises in a pedagogical intervention study.
#musicscience #psychology #MusicSky #musiciansky
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Which memorisation techniques help young piano students perform their best?
PhD @charasteliou.bsky.social presented at #ISPS25 in Shanghai, showing that multimodal memorisation goes beyond repetition exercises in a pedagogical intervention study.
#musicscience #psychology #MusicSky #musiciansky
PhD @charasteliou.bsky.social presented at #ISPS25 in Shanghai, showing that multimodal memorisation goes beyond repetition exercises in a pedagogical intervention study.
#musicscience #psychology #MusicSky #musiciansky
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How does a performer's interpretation of timing and dynamics affect the emotions we perceive in music?
We explore this question and more in our latest article published in QJEP:
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
@maplelab.bsky.social @michaelschutz.bsky.social
#musicscience
We explore this question and more in our latest article published in QJEP:
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
@maplelab.bsky.social @michaelschutz.bsky.social
#musicscience
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October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How does a performer's interpretation of timing and dynamics affect the emotions we perceive in music?
We explore this question and more in our latest article published in QJEP:
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
@maplelab.bsky.social @michaelschutz.bsky.social
#musicscience
We explore this question and more in our latest article published in QJEP:
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
@maplelab.bsky.social @michaelschutz.bsky.social
#musicscience
Great to see ECR colleagues promoted in the #musicscience community. Best of luck to @harinlee.info!
Catching up to congratulate @harinlee.info after their best student paper award presentation at #ICMPC18.
Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"!
Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ
Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"!
Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ
Congratulating Harin Lee - Best Student Paper Award ICMPC18
YouTube video by ESCOM
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October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Great to see ECR colleagues promoted in the #musicscience community. Best of luck to @harinlee.info!
It was a pleasure to get a quick interview with Lalit while at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo.
#musicscience #musicpsychology
#musicscience #musicpsychology
Looking back to a great presentation at #ICMPC18 from the best student paper runner up Lalit Mohan!
Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in
Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw
Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in
Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw
Catching up with Lalit Mohan after ICMPC18
YouTube video by ESCOM
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October 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It was a pleasure to get a quick interview with Lalit while at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo.
#musicscience #musicpsychology
#musicscience #musicpsychology
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Lab member @fruzsiszucs.bsky.social has written about her recent experience going to her first international conference at musicscience.net!
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
September 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lab member @fruzsiszucs.bsky.social has written about her recent experience going to her first international conference at musicscience.net!
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
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🚨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...
Noticed a lot of new people and labs on Bluesky who attended #ICMPC18
I’ve added @co3lab.bsky.social and @smmb-lab.bsky.social to this starter pack!
Share it with people who are new to bsky! Also feel free to recommend any #musicscience related labs left out.
go.bsky.app/Eao5vcf
I’ve added @co3lab.bsky.social and @smmb-lab.bsky.social to this starter pack!
Share it with people who are new to bsky! Also feel free to recommend any #musicscience related labs left out.
go.bsky.app/Eao5vcf
July 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Noticed a lot of new people and labs on Bluesky who attended #ICMPC18
I’ve added @co3lab.bsky.social and @smmb-lab.bsky.social to this starter pack!
Share it with people who are new to bsky! Also feel free to recommend any #musicscience related labs left out.
go.bsky.app/Eao5vcf
I’ve added @co3lab.bsky.social and @smmb-lab.bsky.social to this starter pack!
Share it with people who are new to bsky! Also feel free to recommend any #musicscience related labs left out.
go.bsky.app/Eao5vcf
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@kirtsconnor.bsky.social gave a talk at #ICMPC18 on steps researchers can take to report their #measurement decisions and what questionable practices are common for the discipline #musicscience #psychometrics
July 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
@kirtsconnor.bsky.social gave a talk at #ICMPC18 on steps researchers can take to report their #measurement decisions and what questionable practices are common for the discipline #musicscience #psychometrics
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Had a blast 💥 at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo!! Super lucky for the opportunity to disseminate our research and engage with international colleagues! 🌏🌍🌎
July 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Had a blast 💥 at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo!! Super lucky for the opportunity to disseminate our research and engage with international colleagues! 🌏🌍🌎
Great to be in São Paulo to present what I’ve been working on at #ICMPC18! Go check it out doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#musicscience #psychometrics #measurement
#musicscience #psychometrics #measurement
@kirtsconnor.bsky.social gave a presentation on the content validity assessment for his music-emotion episode instrument! Out now as a preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#musicscience #psychometrics
#musicscience #psychometrics
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Great to be in São Paulo to present what I’ve been working on at #ICMPC18! Go check it out doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#musicscience #psychometrics #measurement
#musicscience #psychometrics #measurement
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#tunetwins will be launched this Tuesday in Sampa, Brazil at #icmpc18 @illc-uva.bsky.social @knaw-nl.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social #musicscience #cognition #psychology #iedereenismuzikaal #icmpc2025
July 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#tunetwins will be launched this Tuesday in Sampa, Brazil at #icmpc18 @illc-uva.bsky.social @knaw-nl.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social #musicscience #cognition #psychology #iedereenismuzikaal #icmpc2025
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exciting news this Saturday: another article PUBLISHED!! “Thoughtscapes” takes a deeper look people’s thought landscape while listening the range of music clips and styles in the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set :)) 👂💭 🎨💥🎬 doi.org/10.1177/0305...
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July 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
exciting news this Saturday: another article PUBLISHED!! “Thoughtscapes” takes a deeper look people’s thought landscape while listening the range of music clips and styles in the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set :)) 👂💭 🎨💥🎬 doi.org/10.1177/0305...
June 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Putting this on the #musicscience radar for those who may not know about this opportunity or follow @musiccognition.bsky.social!!
In the upcoming ‘Music Cognition Reading Group’ we will be discussing an intriguing study by Raja Marjieh et al. ! See for more information and zoom link : musicreadinggroup.wordpress.com
Music Cognition Reading Group
Monthly discussion of music cognition research
musicreadinggroup.wordpress.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Putting this on the #musicscience radar for those who may not know about this opportunity or follow @musiccognition.bsky.social!!
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exciting discipline-specific expansions on the way from @reproducibilitea.org…! 🔭💫 #OpenResearch
Hazel & Connor recently represented @durham-university.bsky.social for @ukrepro.bsky.social's retreat, hosted by @lselibrary.bsky.social! They presented @reproducibilitea.org's new discipline-specific resources, using their interdisciplinary perspective in #MusicScience @durhammusicdept.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
exciting discipline-specific expansions on the way from @reproducibilitea.org…! 🔭💫 #OpenResearch
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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.
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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.…
#musicscience related postdoc opportunity @musicpsychshef.bsky.social
Thinking about a postdoctoral research project in Sheffield in the area of Psychology of Music? Submit your expression of interest and benefit from feedback and training! Deadline is 2nd of June. Apply using this form. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Expression of interest for postdoctoral grant application training workshop
Please use this form to indicate your interest to participate in the workshop for early career researchers organised by the Muses, Mind, Machine research centre. The workshop is held on the 30th of Ju...
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May 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#musicscience related postdoc opportunity @musicpsychshef.bsky.social
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Super excited to launch ReproducibiliTea’s newest reading list: “Open Research… in the Arts?” 🔬🎭🎨🎷📐
Probe the boundaries of Open Research expectations across disciplines, explore data outside the sciences, discuss challenges facing empirical and practice-based arts, and more ⭐️ Get stuck in! ☕️🫖
Probe the boundaries of Open Research expectations across disciplines, explore data outside the sciences, discuss challenges facing empirical and practice-based arts, and more ⭐️ Get stuck in! ☕️🫖
Introducing ReproducibiliTea’s newest reading list: “Open Research… in the Arts?” curated by Hazel Aileen van der Walle @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social
Check it out at rpt-rl.netlify.app and broaden your view of Open Research.
Check it out at rpt-rl.netlify.app and broaden your view of Open Research.
May 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Super excited to launch ReproducibiliTea’s newest reading list: “Open Research… in the Arts?” 🔬🎭🎨🎷📐
Probe the boundaries of Open Research expectations across disciplines, explore data outside the sciences, discuss challenges facing empirical and practice-based arts, and more ⭐️ Get stuck in! ☕️🫖
Probe the boundaries of Open Research expectations across disciplines, explore data outside the sciences, discuss challenges facing empirical and practice-based arts, and more ⭐️ Get stuck in! ☕️🫖
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Calling student members, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty in #musicscience 📣
Our Early Career Researchers’ Group (ECRG) is being established to provide support, networking, and mentorship across institutions and countries. Join up below!!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our Early Career Researchers’ Group (ECRG) is being established to provide support, networking, and mentorship across institutions and countries. Join up below!!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Call for Early-Career Researchers in ESCOM
We invite all student members, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty (or equivalent) who are beginning their journey in music psychology research to join a newly formed "Early C...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Calling student members, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty in #musicscience 📣
Our Early Career Researchers’ Group (ECRG) is being established to provide support, networking, and mentorship across institutions and countries. Join up below!!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our Early Career Researchers’ Group (ECRG) is being established to provide support, networking, and mentorship across institutions and countries. Join up below!!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Very grateful for this collaboration with @tuomaseerola.bsky.social and Renee Timmers, on the first empirical study examining #empathy and #synchrony in children's music-making from a bidirectional perspective.
Full paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Full paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Very grateful for this collaboration with @tuomaseerola.bsky.social and Renee Timmers, on the first empirical study examining #empathy and #synchrony in children's music-making from a bidirectional perspective.
Full paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Full paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Why do we teach music? While debates about funding for the arts are ongoing, it's worth reflecting on what music does for society. In this short piece, we discuss some of the predominant theories about the role of music education.
doi.org/10.57874/nsy...
#musicscience
doi.org/10.57874/nsy...
#musicscience
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April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Why do we teach music? While debates about funding for the arts are ongoing, it's worth reflecting on what music does for society. In this short piece, we discuss some of the predominant theories about the role of music education.
doi.org/10.57874/nsy...
#musicscience
doi.org/10.57874/nsy...
#musicscience