A musical ear helps with prosody perception: New meta analysis of 109 studies supports link between musical abilities and speech prosody perception, especially regarding the acquisition of second language prosody. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Big step forward: a new, very original approach finally unlocks a method to investigate syntactic parsing of musical rhythms! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

The intrinsic musicality of the human brain! Not really new findings, but most recent and comprehensive study showing that the acoustical characteristics of infant-directed speech (i.e. infant-directed "music") are produced and understood universally. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Interesting in-depth discussion on music-evoked nostalgia, with new take on its potential beneficial use in dementia: "nostalgic music [...] can be played at regular intervals to increase psychological well-being." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

Exciting news! 🎉 Participate in our new online study—just 5 minutes of your time (in a quiet place, with audio). Your help and retweets would mean the world to us! 🌟 soscisurvey.de/masa/ #Research #Science

Our last article explained on PsyPost 🎶 Federico Curzel Osiurak François Barbara Tillmann Tran Eleonore @PabloRiVi 👇

Fascinating new work by BRAMS members and collaborators Philippe Albouy, sam doesn't use this site anymore 🦋, Roxane Hoyer, Jérémie Ginzburg, Yi Du, & Robert Zatorre zatorrelab in Nature Communications about what features distinguish speech from song across cultures! #musicscience link.springer.com/article/10.103…

This is what today's young people listen to; I love it. open.spotify.com/track/3jLrLOu1…

My oldest son published his first album, and his 5 siblings LOVE it! Each song is COOLER than the other. I hope you will have as much fun listening to it! GREAT talent and total devotion. STELLAR, TRY IT - you won't regret it! open.spotify.com/artist/1uaeXA0…

Science Advances Space is a latent sequence: A theory of the hippocampus science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We have a new study out: Musical training and active musical engagement make the brain more resilient against neurodegenerative disease! (due to stronger structural connectivity of the right hippocampus.) direct.mit.edu/imag/article/d…

Honored that our work was selected for the cover of Nature Mental Health! We uncovered how DNA methylation links early childhood adversity & depression risk. Surprisingly, we found evidence of both risk AND resilience mechanisms 🧬 Read more: nature.com/articles/s4422…

THRILLED that I joined the BBC podcast to discuss GOOD VIBRATIONS - unlocking the healing power of music! We dive into the deep connection between music and the brain, and the miraculous healing effects of music. open.spotify.com/episode/4Dw26r… Link to the book: amazon.co.uk/dp/1009366777

I'm SO grateful for all the support you've shown for my new book. If you had a chance to read it, I have a huge favor to ask. Early reviews are the lifeblood for a new book. If you have a spare moment, would you consider leaving a brief review? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 amazon.co.uk/Good-Vibration…

‘Good Vibrations’ by Stefan Koelsch (Kölsch) is featured in New Scientist! 🎶 From reducing pain to relieving stress, the evidence for music's power is strong.🧠💫 Explore how tapping into the full power of music could transform our lives 🔗 cup.org/4m9RZG2