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miriamlense.bsky.social
Researcher and psychologist at Vanderbilt; focus on social interaction, communication, caregiving and well-being; #musicscience, child development, autism, Williams syndrome, Down syndrome.
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Cool #musicscience #neuroskyence alert: Auditory Rhythm Encoding during the Last Trimester of Human Gestation: From Tracking the Basic Beat to Tracking Hierarchical Nested Temporal Structures www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Genomic advances offer a novel route for investigating biological overlaps between musicality- and language-related traits. Here's a nice blog by my fab co-author Reyna Gordon, not (yet) on Bluesky, in which she breaks down our recently published @naturehumbehav.bsky.social paper on this topic. 🧪

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

What's your favourite example of a basic science discovery yielding practical results later on — but that one didn't know it would be used for at the time?

submitted 86 days ago • 60 comments

The 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) São Paulo, Brazil 21-25 July 2025 The ICMPC 18 will be held in a hybrid format, with most activities live-streamed and accessible remotely. Abstract submission deadline: 20 January 2025

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

I used to run a summer internship for expanding psychology... if you don't remember here it is: som.yale.edu/news/2018/09... The news is that we're back up and running in partnership with the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) at Northwestern: www.summerpsych.com Applications are open!

submitted 100 days ago • 3 comments

I am so impressed with the lightning talk research videos from @musicperception.bsky.social 2024 Student Research Award finalists! You can check out a selection of them here for some of the latest #musicscience!

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Interested in infant-directed speech and song and language development in autism? Rhythm and communication? I’m reviewing PhD applications in Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt! 🎶🗣️Deadline to apply is Dec 1. For more info on the PhD program: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/hearing-spee...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Breitfeld, Comptonn, & @jennysaffran.bsky.social (2024): toddlers learned words better from adults who previously behaved in an engaging way ➡️ engaging social experience w/ speakers supports toddlers’ subsequent learning #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Our paper out today in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social integrates data from large-scale genome scans of dyslexia & rhythm skills, as a novel way to investigate biological overlaps between human traits related to language & musicality. Co-led by Reyna Gordon (Vanderbilt). 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

ICMPC website now up, including call for papers with abstract submission deadline of Jan 20. Hope to see you all in Brazil next July 21-25! www.icmpc2025.abcogmus.com/conteudo/vie...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Help us learn more about why we like listening to music! Our collaborative study at Northeastern University is seeking participants ages 7-17 years old local to the Boston area. For more info, email [email protected] & pls share! 🎸🕺🎧

submitted 148 days ago • 1 comment

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

New SMPC website updates! Congrats to all recipients!

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Research Analyst position available in the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab! For more info and to apply: vumc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/vumcca...

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Here's the full interview with Francis Collins and Renée Fleming. Lot of great stuff in here. open.substack.com/pub/holdenth...

submitted 343 days ago • 1 comment

Interested in music, health, wellness, and development? Join for this two day NIH Sound Health workshop on Dec 14-15! Free virtual livestream of sessions: www.eventbrite.com/e/music-as-m...

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