Psyche Loui
@psycheloui.bsky.social
neuroscientist, musician, question asker, mom. associate professor of #creativity @northeastern #psychology #cognition #musicscience 🇭🇰 she/her
We think it’s because Laurel hearers are attend more to the low frequencies within speech, which also give rise to the song-like qualities of speech.
I also think it’s pretty cool to use these illusions as a way to understand individual differences in perception
I also think it’s pretty cool to use these illusions as a way to understand individual differences in perception
August 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We think it’s because Laurel hearers are attend more to the low frequencies within speech, which also give rise to the song-like qualities of speech.
I also think it’s pretty cool to use these illusions as a way to understand individual differences in perception
I also think it’s pretty cool to use these illusions as a way to understand individual differences in perception
Turns out 1) everyone dislikes the repeated speech more after repetition, 2) ppl w/ musical anhedonia didn’t change their ratings more than controls
August 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Turns out 1) everyone dislikes the repeated speech more after repetition, 2) ppl w/ musical anhedonia didn’t change their ratings more than controls
The speech to song illusion, famously started when Diana Deutsch played herself saying “sometimes behave so strangely” on loop, describes the curious #musicscience phenomenon where speech seems to turn into song when repeated.
August 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The speech to song illusion, famously started when Diana Deutsch played herself saying “sometimes behave so strangely” on loop, describes the curious #musicscience phenomenon where speech seems to turn into song when repeated.
Learned so much from a few days in Finland, including Helsinki and Lapland. Some truly unforgettable life experiences as well!
April 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Learned so much from a few days in Finland, including Helsinki and Lapland. Some truly unforgettable life experiences as well!
Also check out the precision gesturing by postdoc Ben Kubit on Earworms, Memory Consolidation, and Neural Replay for Recently Heard Music (very cool work he did @margulisa.bsky.social before joining my lab!)
April 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Also check out the precision gesturing by postdoc Ben Kubit on Earworms, Memory Consolidation, and Neural Replay for Recently Heard Music (very cool work he did @margulisa.bsky.social before joining my lab!)
Last but certainly not the least, @nickkathios.bsky.social on Finding the Self in Others' Music: Self and Other
Representations in Theory of Mind Network During Music Listening
Representations in Theory of Mind Network During Music Listening
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Last but certainly not the least, @nickkathios.bsky.social on Finding the Self in Others' Music: Self and Other
Representations in Theory of Mind Network During Music Listening
Representations in Theory of Mind Network During Music Listening
Here’s Kaye Han: Joint Connectivity between Sensorimotor and Auditory-Reward
Networks During Resting State and Music Listening
Networks During Resting State and Music Listening
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Here’s Kaye Han: Joint Connectivity between Sensorimotor and Auditory-Reward
Networks During Resting State and Music Listening
Networks During Resting State and Music Listening
Here’s Jinyu Wang: Brain Structural Predictors of Musical Reward Sensitivity in Older and Young Adults
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Here’s Jinyu Wang: Brain Structural Predictors of Musical Reward Sensitivity in Older and Young Adults
Here’s Corinna Parrish: Effects of Theta-Band Amplitude Modulation on Sustained Attention
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Here’s Corinna Parrish: Effects of Theta-Band Amplitude Modulation on Sustained Attention
Thanks to organizers for a great #CNS2025! proud of my labbies for repping that happy intersection of #music & #cognitive #neuroscience #musicscience. Here’s Arun Asthagiri: Synchronized Music & Rhythmic Visual Stimulation Increases Theta-Gamma Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Mild Cognitive Impairment
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Thanks to organizers for a great #CNS2025! proud of my labbies for repping that happy intersection of #music & #cognitive #neuroscience #musicscience. Here’s Arun Asthagiri: Synchronized Music & Rhythmic Visual Stimulation Increases Theta-Gamma Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Hello from #APCAM24 in NYC! This high school student just handled her technical difficulties like a boss! Lots of great #musicscience
November 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Hello from #APCAM24 in NYC! This high school student just handled her technical difficulties like a boss! Lots of great #musicscience
Spending the weekend conference crashing with these awesome coeditor ladies was *chefskiss*
November 17, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Spending the weekend conference crashing with these awesome coeditor ladies was *chefskiss*
Delighted to share that our edited volume, The Science Music Borderlands, won the 2024 Ruth Solie Award from the American Musicological Society! Thank you to all who helped on the project.
November 17, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Delighted to share that our edited volume, The Science Music Borderlands, won the 2024 Ruth Solie Award from the American Musicological Society! Thank you to all who helped on the project.
Complete with live music, oversized art, so much good food, and even a hike to panoramic west coast views all with friends. It was a tough week otherwise in the US, but these peeps make it so much better.
November 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Complete with live music, oversized art, so much good food, and even a hike to panoramic west coast views all with friends. It was a tough week otherwise in the US, but these peeps make it so much better.
Some of the best and the funnest in #musicscience @neurobeats.bsky.social Petr Janata @slevc.bsky.social Takako Fujioka Ray Goldsworthy
November 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Some of the best and the funnest in #musicscience @neurobeats.bsky.social Petr Janata @slevc.bsky.social Takako Fujioka Ray Goldsworthy
#neuroskyence EEG + fMRI + psychoacoustics showing increased cerebro-acoustic phase locking over time benefitting ppl who self-report ADHD symptoms
October 26, 2024 at 3:01 PM
#neuroskyence EEG + fMRI + psychoacoustics showing increased cerebro-acoustic phase locking over time benefitting ppl who self-report ADHD symptoms
With posters by Kelsie Lopez, @nickkathios.bsky.social , Eva Wu, @sciencebanshee.bsky.social (not pictured, sadly), and Mikey Jose
July 1, 2024 at 1:31 PM
With posters by Kelsie Lopez, @nickkathios.bsky.social , Eva Wu, @sciencebanshee.bsky.social (not pictured, sadly), and Mikey Jose
Belated #neuromusicviii photos thread #musicscience
July 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Belated #neuromusicviii photos thread #musicscience
Loving everything about Estonia and my sabbatical so far… see you soon #neuromusic #neuroskyence
June 13, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Loving everything about Estonia and my sabbatical so far… see you soon #neuromusic #neuroskyence
Pre-concert talk at the Boston Symphony Hall on gamma, #musicscience, #neuroskyence, and health!
April 12, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Pre-concert talk at the Boston Symphony Hall on gamma, #musicscience, #neuroskyence, and health!
A big ol’ brain in front of the Psychology Building foregrounds the brain-mind duality?
March 28, 2024 at 1:52 AM
A big ol’ brain in front of the Psychology Building foregrounds the brain-mind duality?
Do musical anhedonics dislike all sounds? Our latest #musicscience w/ @nickkathios.bsky.social & Ani Patel, now out in Cognition: Musical anhedonia, timbre, and the rewards of music listening www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 18, 2023 at 7:19 PM
Do musical anhedonics dislike all sounds? Our latest #musicscience w/ @nickkathios.bsky.social & Ani Patel, now out in Cognition: Musical anhedonia, timbre, and the rewards of music listening www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Results support predictive coding as a cognitive mechanism by which new musical sounds become rewarding.
November 30, 2023 at 3:10 AM
Results support predictive coding as a cognitive mechanism by which new musical sounds become rewarding.
fMRI activity in auditory areas reflected prediction errors, whereas functional connectivity between auditory and medial prefrontal cortex reflected both exposure and prediction errors. 5/
November 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
fMRI activity in auditory areas reflected prediction errors, whereas functional connectivity between auditory and medial prefrontal cortex reflected both exposure and prediction errors. 5/
Familiarity and liking both increased with exposure and decreased with prediction errors.
Liking trajectories were very different for ppl w/ musical anhedonia, but familiarity trajectories were the same. Both trajectories were similar btw U.S. and Chinese participants. 4/
Liking trajectories were very different for ppl w/ musical anhedonia, but familiarity trajectories were the same. Both trajectories were similar btw U.S. and Chinese participants. 4/
November 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
Familiarity and liking both increased with exposure and decreased with prediction errors.
Liking trajectories were very different for ppl w/ musical anhedonia, but familiarity trajectories were the same. Both trajectories were similar btw U.S. and Chinese participants. 4/
Liking trajectories were very different for ppl w/ musical anhedonia, but familiarity trajectories were the same. Both trajectories were similar btw U.S. and Chinese participants. 4/