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Mats Küssner
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Music psychologist | Lecturer in Musicology at HU Berlin
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🎵 How does music shape thought?
Join us for a public talk by Elizabeth Margulis (Princeton): Musical imaginings and intersubjectivity in spontaneous thought
🗓 May 22, 6PM
📍 HU Berlin, Am Kupfergraben 5, R. 501
Hosted by @humboldtuni.bsky.social
🔗 Info: www.international.hu-berlin.de/en/veranstal...
Lecture: How music shapes thought – imagination and intersubjectivity International
Why do people spend so much time listening to music – and where do their thoughts wander while doing so? In her lecture, music psychologist Elizabeth Margulis from Princeton University explores the in...
www.international.hu-berlin.de
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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#MusicPerception just released its April issue (42/4)!
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@musicperception.bsky.social
@escom.bsky.social

#musicscience
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Volume 42 Issue 4 | Music Perception | University of California Press
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April 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
matskussner.bsky.social
🎉 New paper out! Our study explores how older adults use music to cope with loneliness, highlighting how music can act as a social surrogate by evoking emotional support and social connection.

🔎 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1029...

#MusicPsychology #SocialSurrogacy #Loneliness
Music as social surrogate? A qualitative analysis of older adults’ choices of music to alleviate loneliness - Ceren Ayyildiz, Olivia Geibel, Steffen A. Herff, Sarah Hashim, Tuomas Eerola, Mats B. Küss...
People are living longer than ever. Loneliness is prevalent across various age groups, posing a serious threat to both wellbeing and health. The social surrogac...
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March 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
matskussner.bsky.social
🎶 New paper alert! Our study shows that listeners tend to match dissonant harmonies (from Bach chorales to pélog scales) with rougher textures.

🔎 Read it for free for the next 30 days:
tinyurl.com/ysmcea5z

Feat. our custom-built Sandpaper Box at @humboldtuni.bsky.social — check out the pics! 😎
March 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Thrilled to launch "Sounds of Water", a 2-year research project with Elizabeth Margulis (Princeton), exploring how water-related music sparks imagination. 🌊🎶

A key part is a citizen science game at Humboldt-Labor's "Water" exhibition in Oct 2025.

www.international.hu-berlin.de/en/news/soun...
"Sounds of Water": New research project with Princeton International
Supported by the Princeton-Humboldt Strategic Partnership Initiative, researchers from both universities are launching the project "Sounds of Water". It explores how music evokes thoughts and which ro...
www.international.hu-berlin.de
March 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
matskussner.bsky.social
✨ Neu erschienen: „Interdisziplinarität in der Disziplin. Musikwissenschaft als akademisches Fach“ 🎶📖

Der Sammelband basiert auf einer Ringvorlesung an der @udkberlin.bsky.social

Mit Sebastian Klotz durfte ich das Kapitel „Hören und Erkennen“ beisteuern.

📚 Jetzt lesen: 👉 doi.org/10.25366/202...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
matskussner.bsky.social
🚀 New Publication! 🚀

Excited to share that my chapter with @hprior.bsky.social is out in Musik und Klimawandel (ed. Sara Beimdieke & Julian Caskel, transcript Verlag)!

We explore how musicology can foster ecological awareness and engagement. 🌍🎶

📖 www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
Musik und Klimawandel
Klima, Krise und Musik – warum eine wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung dringend geboten ist.
www.transcript-verlag.de
January 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
matskussner.bsky.social
🎶 Early harmonies, enduring echoes: How do early life experiences and personality traits shape Music Performance Anxiety (MPA)? Our mini-review explores the roots of MPA and ways to support musicians' resilience and well-being.

Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

#PerformanceScience
Frontiers | Early harmonies, enduring echoes—how early life experiences and personality traits shape music performance anxiety
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January 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
matskussner.bsky.social
🎶 Jetzt die letzten kostenlosen Tickets für unser Konzert-Experiment „Orpheus reimagined“ am 18./19. Jan. 2025 in Berlin-Karlshorst buchen! Taucht mit VR-Brille in Glucks „Orpheus und Eurydike“ ein.

👉 pretix.eu/smbl/orpheus...

Gefördert durch
@berlinualliance.bsky.social
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
matskussner.bsky.social
🎶✨ Frohes Neues Jahr! 🎉

Vorerst letzte Chance für eine Teilnahme an unserem Konzert-Experiment „Orpheus reimagined“:
Am 18./19. Jan. 2025 in Berlin-Karlshorst! Taucht mit VR-Brille in Glucks „Orpheus und Eurydike“ ein.

Kostenlos, Plätze begrenzt! 👉 pretix.eu/smbl/orpheus...
January 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposted by Mats Küssner
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Familles with children aged 5-11 please take part in our @york.ac.uk online music listening experiment… What does music make you feel or imagine? #musicscience #musiceducation Info and access: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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December 10, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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And it's a wrap! We’re delighted to announce the publication of our editorial "Music and Mental Imagery" in Music & Science.
Big thanks to my wonderful co-editors, Liila Taruffi and @solangeglasser.bsky.social!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#musicscience #mentalimagery
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December 10, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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🎶 Wir starten in die nächste Runde! Erlebe *Orpheus reimagined* am 14.12. in #Berlin! Glucks Meisterwerk in VR – völlig neu interpretiert! Anmeldung: pretix.eu/smbl/orpheus...

Gefördert durch @berlinualliance.bsky.social im #OpenHumboldt Freiräume-Programm der @humboldtuni.bsky.social #musicscience
December 2, 2024 at 8:38 AM
matskussner.bsky.social
🎉 Happy to share that Antonio Montañés Jiménez (Oxford) & I received seed funding from @britishacademy.bsky.social & @humboldt-foundation.de for our project 'Exploring the entanglement of Christian flamenco music and religious experiences' #musicscience
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-bri...
The British Academy announces seed funding in partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to explore creative interventions for social and environmental crises
The British Academy has announced seed funding for six SHAPE research projects in partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of the Knowledge Frontiers Symposium.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 28, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Dear musician friends, My PhD student, Aliya, is doing a survey asking musicians to describe how they use imagining music in their heads in their work. It will likely take you less than 20 minutes, and you can win an Amazon voucher. Thanks in advance! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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November 22, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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✨ Stimmungsvoller Auftakt unserer VR-Konzertreihe „Orpheus reimagined“! 🎶 Danke an alle Besucher*innen & das Junge Kammerensemble der Schostakowitsch-Musikschule. Weiter geht’s im Dez. – kostenlose Tickets folgen! 🎟️ Gefördert durch #OpenHumboldt Freiräume der Berlin University Alliance @HumboldtUni
November 18, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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Einen kleinen Vorgeschmack auf die Orpheus reimagined Konzerte gibt es im folgenden YouTube-Video (1:00-1:35), in dem Till Schwabenbauer, der musikalische Leiter der Konzertreihe, unser #OpenHumboldt Freiräume Projekt vorstellt.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5N...
November 13, 2024 at 5:27 AM
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🎶 Erlebe *Orpheus reimagined* am 16./17. Nov. in Berlin! Glucks Meisterwerk in VR – völlig neu interpretiert! 🎭✨ Eintritt frei! ➡️ Anmeldung: pretix.eu/smbl/orpheusvr/
Gefördert durch die Berlin University Alliance im #OpenHumboldt Freiräume Programm der @humboldtuni.bsky.social
November 11, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Am 16./17. Nov startet unsere Konzertreihe "Orpheus reimagined" - ein Virtual-Reality-Erlebnis, gefördert durch die BUA als Open Humboldt Freiräume-Projekt der
@humboldtuni.bsky.social

Freikarten gibt es hier: pretix.eu/smbl/orpheus...
November 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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How do you best warm up at/with your instrument? Ronja Messerschmidt and I show that free improvisation is (at least) as effective as playing scales. All findings and implications for music pedagogy / #musicscience discussed here: uebenundmusizieren.de/artikel/rese...
Warm werden – Ankommen – Wohlfühlen – Studien zum Einfluss von Tonleitern und Improvisation auf das Wohlbefinden am Instrument - Üben und Musizieren
URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410161234086.485905500605 Artikel veröffentlicht am: 16.10.2024 Abstract: Positive effects of improvisation on musicians have been demonstrated many times in theoretical literat...
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October 16, 2024 at 1:25 PM
matskussner.bsky.social
Earworm to go #Berlin #mentalimagery
September 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM
matskussner.bsky.social
Delighted to see the final paper of our Special Collection on Music and Mental Imagery published in Music & Science.

All 11 articles can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

#musicscience
#mentalimagery
May 24, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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Job alert: Permanent Lecturer position (65%) in Systematic Musicology. #musicscience
Apply by 17 May 2024 to join us in the Department of Musicology and Media Studies @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) mit 65 v. H. d. regelm. Arbeitszeit - E 13 TV-L HU (Diese Stelle ist unbefristet.)
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May 5, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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Tonight at 6pm in #Berlin: Join us for Professor Eric Clarke's guest lecture, entitled 'Entangled. Being-with-music', in the Department of Musicology and Media Studies
@humboldtuni.bsky.social. All welcome.
April 25, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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Thrilled to share our latest #musicscience paper on the neuro-oscillatory profiles of static and dynamic music-induced visual imagery:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#mentalimagery
The neuro-oscillatory profiles of static and dynamic music-induced visual imagery
Visual imagery, i.e., seeing in the absence of the corresponding retinal input, has been linked to visual and motor processing areas of the brain. Mus…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 12, 2024 at 8:28 AM