Pablo Ripollés
@pripolles.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Music Technology at NYU. Associate Director of MARL (https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/marl). CLaME affiliate (https://clame.nyu.edu/).
Cognitive neuroscience of music, reward, and language.
https://www.ripolleslab.com/
Cognitive neuroscience of music, reward, and language.
https://www.ripolleslab.com/
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Do you think you could remember the exact rain texture that opens “Riders on the Storm”?
We showed that the answer may be a surprising “yes” – at least in some circumstances.
Check our new work with @Bastug, @Rajendran, @Agus @Chait @Pressnitzer doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
We showed that the answer may be a surprising “yes” – at least in some circumstances.
Check our new work with @Bastug, @Rajendran, @Agus @Chait @Pressnitzer doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
a painting of rain drops falling on a tiled floor by duc-koolh
ALT: a painting of rain drops falling on a tiled floor by duc-koolh
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November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Do you think you could remember the exact rain texture that opens “Riders on the Storm”?
We showed that the answer may be a surprising “yes” – at least in some circumstances.
Check our new work with @Bastug, @Rajendran, @Agus @Chait @Pressnitzer doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
We showed that the answer may be a surprising “yes” – at least in some circumstances.
Check our new work with @Bastug, @Rajendran, @Agus @Chait @Pressnitzer doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026!
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026!
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
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Excited to be hosting promising scholars during SysMus26! 🎉
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology—is being held this coming year at Durham University, UK, July 22–24 (Wed–Fri), 2026!
Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026.
Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details:
musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026.
Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details:
musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
SysMus26
We are looking forward to hosting the next International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology very soon! SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology—i…
musicscience.net
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Excited to be hosting promising scholars during SysMus26! 🎉
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
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Calling all #musicpsych #musicscience and students working in related areas! Please consider joining us in Durham this summer for what is shaping up to be a fantastic event!
Excited to be hosting promising scholars during SysMus26! 🎉
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology—is being held this coming year at Durham University, UK, July 22–24 (Wed–Fri), 2026!
Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026.
Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details:
musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026.
Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details:
musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Calling all #musicpsych #musicscience and students working in related areas! Please consider joining us in Durham this summer for what is shaping up to be a fantastic event!
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As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Yes, PINE Lab is accepting doctoral applications this cycle in Psychology! Apps due Dec 1! Interested in early life human neuroplasticity? how early pre- and post-natal experiences/exposures (promotional/adverse) shape malleable brains? Current research here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wFZj...
Laurel_Gabard-Durnam_Research Statement.pdf
drive.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yes, PINE Lab is accepting doctoral applications this cycle in Psychology! Apps due Dec 1! Interested in early life human neuroplasticity? how early pre- and post-natal experiences/exposures (promotional/adverse) shape malleable brains? Current research here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wFZj...
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Paper out with Atser Damsma, Tom Kaplan, Mohsen Ghorashi, & Marcus Pearce! How do listeners represent rhythmic patterns? Our probabilistic modelling 🎶 says using abstract, imprecise representations, like ratio and contour: "long, a bit shorter, shortish"! Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Paper out with Atser Damsma, Tom Kaplan, Mohsen Ghorashi, & Marcus Pearce! How do listeners represent rhythmic patterns? Our probabilistic modelling 🎶 says using abstract, imprecise representations, like ratio and contour: "long, a bit shorter, shortish"! Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Solidarity from @dropkickmurphys.com !! ✊🔥
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Solidarity from @dropkickmurphys.com !! ✊🔥
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NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa
NSF COA | Jordan Matelsky
bib.experiments.kordinglab.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:11 PM
NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa
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I'm recruiting a grad student! My lab at NYU (psych dept) studies the computational basis of moral cognition and aims to build AI systems that are aligned with human values. Now admitting a PhD student for Fall 2026. Apps due 12/1. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...
Sydney Levine - Open Positions
Graduate Students (PhD program)
I will be accepting PhD students through the NYU psychology department for the current application cycle (for admission in Fall 2026). My lab is joint between the Co...
sites.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm recruiting a grad student! My lab at NYU (psych dept) studies the computational basis of moral cognition and aims to build AI systems that are aligned with human values. Now admitting a PhD student for Fall 2026. Apps due 12/1. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...
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I can further confirm that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is experiencing retaliation by “Free speech” Jay and the Trump administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I can further confirm that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is experiencing retaliation by “Free speech” Jay and the Trump administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
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happy to share our newly published paper in
@cp-iscience.bsky.social on the mental representation of musical scales 🎶🧠
for those interested in music, memory representations, symbolic processing, or interdisciplinary science.
@cp-iscience.bsky.social on the mental representation of musical scales 🎶🧠
for those interested in music, memory representations, symbolic processing, or interdisciplinary science.
Geometric properties of musical scales constitute a representational primitive in melodic processing
Uncovering the mental representations underlying symbolic domains is a long-standing goal of cognitive science. Music, a relatively unexplored aspect …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
happy to share our newly published paper in
@cp-iscience.bsky.social on the mental representation of musical scales 🎶🧠
for those interested in music, memory representations, symbolic processing, or interdisciplinary science.
@cp-iscience.bsky.social on the mental representation of musical scales 🎶🧠
for those interested in music, memory representations, symbolic processing, or interdisciplinary science.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Finally, our 4-year long project has been published! We have conducted a multi-lab study comparing STM of musicians and nonmusicians, collecting many other cognitive, personality, musical, and demographic variables!
A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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...
journals.sagepub.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Finally, our 4-year long project has been published! We have conducted a multi-lab study comparing STM of musicians and nonmusicians, collecting many other cognitive, personality, musical, and demographic variables!
A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🗳️ Mamdani's victory means two things for Europe.
1.- It's all about affordability. I am often asked why so many young men are moving to the far right and what can be done about it. It's simple: address their economic precarity.
1.- It's all about affordability. I am often asked why so many young men are moving to the far right and what can be done about it. It's simple: address their economic precarity.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🗳️ Mamdani's victory means two things for Europe.
1.- It's all about affordability. I am often asked why so many young men are moving to the far right and what can be done about it. It's simple: address their economic precarity.
1.- It's all about affordability. I am often asked why so many young men are moving to the far right and what can be done about it. It's simple: address their economic precarity.
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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...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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.
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New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
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Amazing. The man isn't even mayor yet but he's already solving our trash problems.
now that's what I call a Mamdani endorsement. Don't threaten New Yorkers with a good time, Dave. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’
Portnoy, 48, admitted that he has already asked his "finance guy" to begin looking at potential office spaces outside of the city.
www.yahoo.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Amazing. The man isn't even mayor yet but he's already solving our trash problems.
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
CATS Lab
Child & Adolescent Translational Science Lab at Northwestern University
nucatslab.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
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My fellow NYers, YIKES.
I hope we’ve all learned from 2 Trump elections that we can’t underestimate the effect that money, misinformation & hate-mongering can have on voters.
Please vote (for Mamdani), encourage those you know to vote (for Mamdani), & if you have time, canvas (for Mamdani).
I hope we’ve all learned from 2 Trump elections that we can’t underestimate the effect that money, misinformation & hate-mongering can have on voters.
Please vote (for Mamdani), encourage those you know to vote (for Mamdani), & if you have time, canvas (for Mamdani).
“Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge” — gothamist.com/news/voter-t...
Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge
The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.
gothamist.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My fellow NYers, YIKES.
I hope we’ve all learned from 2 Trump elections that we can’t underestimate the effect that money, misinformation & hate-mongering can have on voters.
Please vote (for Mamdani), encourage those you know to vote (for Mamdani), & if you have time, canvas (for Mamdani).
I hope we’ve all learned from 2 Trump elections that we can’t underestimate the effect that money, misinformation & hate-mongering can have on voters.
Please vote (for Mamdani), encourage those you know to vote (for Mamdani), & if you have time, canvas (for Mamdani).
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⭐ My lab is recruiting a grad student for fall 2026! ⭐
🧠 If you are interested in semantic learning & memory, and want to use fMRI + computational models to ask these questions, I'll be excited to hear from you. Come join us in Bing!
🔗 sites.google.com/view/spinslab
🧠 If you are interested in semantic learning & memory, and want to use fMRI + computational models to ask these questions, I'll be excited to hear from you. Come join us in Bing!
🔗 sites.google.com/view/spinslab
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
⭐ My lab is recruiting a grad student for fall 2026! ⭐
🧠 If you are interested in semantic learning & memory, and want to use fMRI + computational models to ask these questions, I'll be excited to hear from you. Come join us in Bing!
🔗 sites.google.com/view/spinslab
🧠 If you are interested in semantic learning & memory, and want to use fMRI + computational models to ask these questions, I'll be excited to hear from you. Come join us in Bing!
🔗 sites.google.com/view/spinslab
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I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
Interactive Cognition Lab | USC
Interactive Cognition Lab at USC, led by principal investigator, Dr. Nina Rouhani.
rouhanilab.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
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Apply to become a CSHL-Simons Fellow in Neuroscience!
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
Fellows Positions | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CSHL Simons Fellow in NEUROSCIENCE Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is seeking to fill a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow position in the area of NEUROSCIENCE (experimental and/or computationa...
www.cshl.edu
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Apply to become a CSHL-Simons Fellow in Neuroscience!
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...