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Last Sunday, we welcomed visitors for an inspiring day of #science and #music in collaboration with the #AlteOperFrankfurt. As part of the #MusikPlus series, guests were able to gain an insight into our #research methods before enjoying a #concert with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

#Libraries preserve and share the vast #knowledge of humanity. 📚 But how can this knowledge be structured, and what form does it take in #humanities libraries? Explore these questions with Achim Hölter in our next #LibraryTalks on Thu, Feb 20, 6 p.m. ➔ ae.mpg.de/Wissensordnung…

What makes our #female #researchers tick and what amazes them? On the International Day of #Women and #Girls in #Science, some of them share their most exciting findings! Pauline Emily Gernandt Darinka Truebutschek Find out more about their research: ae.mpg.de/en

📚✨ #LibraryTalks—A Thought-Provoking Evening! Great discussions with Prof. Dr. Achim Hölter on the order of knowledge and its shape in humanities libraries. 🔍💡 Thank you for the inspiring exchange! Looking forward to the next event. 📅 More info: ae.mpg.de/librarytalks

🧠✨ New paper in Nature Communications on Temporal Anticipation! Alpha & Beta oscillations encode event temporal probability density before sensory cues. With the machine Matthias Grabenhorst and the great scientist David Poeppel. Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics. Check it out! rdcu.be/edKK0

🏁🥳 Happy to attend the grand opening of the Cooperative Brain Imaging Center 🧲🧠 (#CoBIC)! We look forward to a continued fruitful cooperation! 🍍🤩

Out now! Researchers at our Institute have developed a new questionnaire that measures #musicality in #children and helps to improve their musical #education according to their abilities. Find out more: s.gwdg.de/EYcmb5

Congratulations to our scientist Nikita Kudakov! His project Great Gig Group is part of #MAX!mize, the Max Planck Society startup program, and was awarded 50,000€. Based on Nikita's research, it helps rappers improve their stage performances: s.gwdg.de/i6od5O

Why do books have to be beautiful and what makes them beautiful? 📖✨ Join Carolin Blöink (#StiftungBuchkunst) as she discusses the criteria for judging beautiful #books in our next #LibraryTalks on Thurs. April 24, 6 p.m. (in German). More information ➔ ae.mpg.de/LibraryTalks

🎵 Why do some people enjoy #music more than others? New findings published in Nature Communications show that our capacity to enjoy music is partly inherited, with 54% of music enjoyment variability linked to #DNA differences: nature.com/articles/s4146… 🧬 #Neuroscience #BehaviorGenetics

If you enjoy working in the field of #sound #engineering and are interested in #scientific #research, you can become part of our team! 🙌 Apply for the position of a Student Assistant (m/f/d) for the #Music Department: e-recruiting.pro/jobposting/81f…

It's #WorldLaboratoryDay! In our lab, we use a variety of methods to explore how people create, perform, experience, and evaluate art and music. Curious? Take a look—or join us right away: 👉 ae.mpg.de/takepart Audio source: Hip-Hop-Upbeat by Jamendo, AdobeStock

It's #InternationalDanceDay 💃 We met our researcher Julia F. Christensen to discuss the benefits of dancing! Find out more and how to implement dancing into your daily life. Take part in Julia's dance study → ae.mpg.de/DanceSurvey More studies → ae.mpg.de/takepart

A new acoustic research set has been developed at our Institute: "CoVox" offers over 1,300 recordings of 22 singers in 5 vocal styles. It is a rich resource for the study of #speech and #singing—providing opportunities for further research! Check it out: s.gwdg.de/rOdgOK

🧠 Our #brain is part of us—yet still a mystery. A new study from our Institute reveals how it syncs with rhythmic #sounds and how electrical currents can influence this. Dive deeper: s.gwdg.de/kj7cxy

What makes us enjoy contemporary dance? Researchers at our Institute found that subjective and objective factors impact our evaluation. In particular, the expressiveness of the dance, but also our age, gender, and personality. Out now in Cognition: doi.org/10.1016/j.cogn…