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Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University
@musicinthebrain.bsky.social
Center for Music in the Brain (MIB) is a DNRF Center of Excellence at Aarhus University. We investigate how the brain processes music 🎶
www.musicinthebrain.au.dk
⏳Deadline extended!

The submission deadline for the 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep has officially been extended to the 10/12/25.

More info here: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa...

#ConfMusSleep #musicscience
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Where do we go when we're falling asleep? Join this short online study and help us find out 🙂
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November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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 27, 2025 at 11:13 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
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 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
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 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
September 18, 2025 at 11:37 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 ‪‬
August 25, 2025 at 11:45 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...
July 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New paper shows that PLUMM is shaped not just by syncopation but also by the no of rhythmic layers, the roles of different instruments and their interactions, extending our understanding of the rhythmic features driving the motor and hedonic responses to music. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎧 Are you into electronic music or just a music lover? Join our online study! 🎶

✅ Use headphones
✅ Do it on a computer screen
✅ Make sure you have 25 minutes uninterrupted in a silent space

Click the link, hit OK, and you're in!
🔗 run.pavlovia.org/AthanKon/lis...
April 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you are 18+ years old and live in or close to Aarhus, Denmark, you can join this study on how insight arises in the brain.
February 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you are between the ages of 20 and 40 and live in or close to Aarhus, Denmark, you can join this study on "The role of dopamine in the pleasurable urge to move, rhythm perception and production".
Questions? Reach out to Pelle, pelledd@clin.au.dk
February 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Do you like listening to and moving to music?
Help us out with our research on musical interactions onsite in Aarhus, Denmark!
sites.google.com/view/musical...
December 20, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Did you know that all of our annual reports, including the latest from 2023, are available on our website? This is a great opportunity to read about all our exciting research :-)
musicinthebrain.au.dk/annual-reports
December 3, 2024 at 1:16 PM