lol there are still academics on here? posting through the crypto ads, techbro idiots, clickbait junk, snuff films, racism, pathetic dropshipping ads, and so on?

like wow you must have way higher tolerance for aversive experiences than I do

one universal of the global psychology community is that a baby lab always looks like a baby lab (this one is in Nijmegen at the Max Planck)

(Henkjan Henkjan Honing is learning how to put on an EEG cap)

our latest, in PNAS: native speakers of 31 languages, in both industrialized and small-scale societies, hear music in highly similar ways

by Lidya Yurdum, manvir singh, Human Systems and Behavior Lab Quentin Atkinson Courtney Hilton (@courtneybhilton on 🟦☁️)
et al

doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

I'm giving an Amsterdam Brain & Cognition Colloquium ABC UvA Amsterdam talk on Tuesday afternoon, hope to see you there 🧬

I see it's time for my annual repost of this

Headline: “Listening to Mozart reduces babies’ pain”.

Study: some babies listened to Mozart, others didn’t.

Proper conclusion: distraction (vs none) reduces babies’ pain *expression* (which we can measure) & perhaps experience. No evidence this has to do with music or Mozart.

i listen to WBUR when doing the dishes at night in NZ (early morning in Boston). just turned on and who was on but Psyche Loui ! nice to hear a familiar voice

the science twitterati to the rest of science twitter

if anyone in the flaming ruins of science twitter is at #icmpc17 , go check out
- Mila Bertolo on sex differences in the psych of music (Sun Poster 2b)
- EMA studies of music & health in infancy (Poster 2a)
- Jingxuan Liu on language experience & music perception (Symposium 15)

interesting (to me) data point: the same post on blueski gets more engagement than on here, for me

one funny thing about moving to new zealand with small children is that you are legally obligated to buy a trampoline. they give you a six-month window to purchase one at least but it's kind of an odd rule imo

do you hear like a deer?

our new gamified experiment Calls of the Wild tests what animals you're similar to (in terms of your auditory preferences)

(i got 'mammals')

give it a try at themusiclab.org/quizzes/havoc

I find the relatively new Slack 'Later' setup for saved items pretty clunky. I have tons of reminders way in the future (like 'change air filter in 2 years') and I don't need to see them all lined up at the top of my screen every time I look at my saved items

me attending one (1) committee meeting

Thursday nights are for pan pizza

me, informing my collabs of our latest paper rejection

my 5yo wants to befriend a kid in his class but the kid who is also 5 is having trouble remembering to ask his mother if they can have a playdate so my kid decided to write down a reminder for the kid to ask if they can and cut it out and gave it to him. i am DYING of cuteness

Psych Review / Psych Science / BBS

this is *insane*

crocodiles 🐊 can perceive distress in the vocalizations of humans, chimps, and bonobos

seriously biology, wtf

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…