⁦⁦Psyche Loui⁩ finding her book at the ⁦The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social⁩ booth. Happy authors are the best authors.

An illuminating brain massage on the stage at Symphony Hall in Boston last night! Great to see Tod Machover, Li-Huei Tsai, and Psyche Loui #musicscience #neuroscience #smpc

Fascinating and beautiful discussion and music last night Boston Symphony. MIT's Tod Machover and Li-Huei Tsai, and Northeastern's Psyche Loui discussed music and sound's effects on brain health followed by four performances including Machover's 'Gammified.' #neuroscience

Excited to talk #musicscience #neuroscience at the Symphony Hall tomorrow for this pre-concert event with the bestest of company: Boston Symphony MIT Media Lab bso.org/events/callith…

It's official: everyone hates elevator music (even musical anhedonics!) #musicscience nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ny…

A big ol’ brain in front of the Psychology Building foregrounds the brain-mind duality?

Boston friends: join us for our happy hour show! Chamber pop songs about life, love, and trees youtu.be/NakYL5oK8CU?si…

🎧 In this episode of Under the Cortex, music researchers Nick Kathios (@nickkathios.bsky.social), Psyche Loui, and Matt sachs who delve into the rewarding experience of accurately predicting tunes. The group explores the mechanisms behind #music enjoyment and melody anticipation.
psychologicalscience.org/news/utc-2024-…

Join us Saturday, March 9 at 8pm for Jessie Montgomery's 'Soul Force,' virtuoso soloist Titus Underwood in an oboe concerto by Nigel Westlake, and Aaron Copland’s powerful Third Symphony at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall!

🎟️ longwoodsymphony.org/concerts/mar9-…

Psychological & neurobiological foundations of musical pleasure illuminated by new research
#Music is a source of enjoyment, yet its allure has puzzled scientists.
A recent study focused on how we respond to music that's completely new.
bit.ly/3H2gNgP >PsyPost.org Eric W. Dolan

📢New from:Nick Kathios (@nickkathios.bsky.social), Ani Patel, & Psyche Loui

Is musical anhedonia specific to music? In 4 studies we find that musical anhedonics have blunted pleasure for synthesized sounds, and use semantic knowledge as a compensatory mechanism for affective processing

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Book launch event Tuesday 12/12 Northeastern U. Music Northeastern CAMD - there may or may not be physical copies of the book, but there will be refreshments and remarks by the bestest: Psyche Loui, Dr. Hilary Poriss & co.! camd.northeastern.edu/event/book-lau…

A writeup of our study Nick Kathios (@nickkathios.bsky.social) Matt #musicscience