#psychoacoustics — Public Fediverse posts

A recent North Carolina State University study demonstrates that both the visual stimuli of natural landscapes and the auditory stimuli of birdsong are associated with significant reductions in human psychological stress compared to urban environments.
#EnvironmentalPsychology #Psychoacoustics #PublicHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/psy07212601.html

A recent North Carolina State University study demonstrates that both the visual stimuli of natural landscapes and the auditory stimuli of birdsong are associated with significant reductions in human psychological stress compared to urban environments.
#EnvironmentalPsychology #Psychoacoustics #PublicHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/psy07212601.html

A recent North Carolina State University study demonstrates that both the visual stimuli of natural landscapes and the auditory stimuli of birdsong are associated with significant reductions in human psychological stress compared to urban environments.
#EnvironmentalPsychology #Psychoacoustics #PublicHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/psy07212601.html

A recent North Carolina State University study demonstrates that both the visual stimuli of natural landscapes and the auditory stimuli of birdsong are associated with significant reductions in human psychological stress compared to urban environments.
#EnvironmentalPsychology #Psychoacoustics #PublicHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/psy07212601.html

A recent North Carolina State University study demonstrates that both the visual stimuli of natural landscapes and the auditory stimuli of birdsong are associated with significant reductions in human psychological stress compared to urban environments.
#EnvironmentalPsychology #Psychoacoustics #PublicHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/psy07212601.html

Caterina Barbieri performing live at the summit of Mount Etna. via Patch Notes:

https://youtu.be/NGX1CNIV8_g?si=03FeK79v2GnlRrEq

#ETNA #CaterinaBarbieri #live #music #electronic #experimental #psychoacoustics #modular #modularsynthesiser #synthesiser #modularsynth #synth

Caterina Barbieri performing live at the summit of Mount Etna. via Patch Notes:

https://youtu.be/NGX1CNIV8_g?si=03FeK79v2GnlRrEq

#ETNA #CaterinaBarbieri #live #music #electronic #experimental #psychoacoustics #modular #modularsynthesiser #synthesiser #modularsynth #synth

Caterina Barbieri performing live at the summit of Mount Etna. via Patch Notes:

https://youtu.be/NGX1CNIV8_g?si=03FeK79v2GnlRrEq

#ETNA #CaterinaBarbieri #live #music #electronic #experimental #psychoacoustics #modular #modularsynthesiser #synthesiser #modularsynth #synth

Caterina Barbieri performing live at the summit of Mount Etna. via Patch Notes:

https://youtu.be/NGX1CNIV8_g?si=03FeK79v2GnlRrEq

#ETNA #CaterinaBarbieri #live #music #electronic #experimental #psychoacoustics #modular #modularsynthesiser #synthesiser #modularsynth #synth

Caterina Barbieri performing live at the summit of Mount Etna. via Patch Notes:

https://youtu.be/NGX1CNIV8_g?si=03FeK79v2GnlRrEq

#ETNA #CaterinaBarbieri #live #music #electronic #experimental #psychoacoustics #modular #modularsynthesiser #synthesiser #modularsynth #synth

New #openaccess article published in Trends in hearing! "Probing the Underlying Mechanisms of Spectro-Temporal Modulation Discrimination". Can you discriminate a rising frequency sweep from a downward one, in the presence of a background noise? Using reverse correlation, we investigated listeners’ sensitivity to specific frequency sweeps and the auditory mechanisms involved. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23312165261465060
Huge thanks to Lily Paulick for transforming a very complex set of data into a clear and rigorous paper!
#reversecorrelation #audition #hearing #psychoacoustics

New #openaccess article published in Trends in hearing! "Probing the Underlying Mechanisms of Spectro-Temporal Modulation Discrimination". Can you discriminate a rising frequency sweep from a downward one, in the presence of a background noise? Using reverse correlation, we investigated listeners’ sensitivity to specific frequency sweeps and the auditory mechanisms involved. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23312165261465060
Huge thanks to Lily Paulick for transforming a very complex set of data into a clear and rigorous paper!
#reversecorrelation #audition #hearing #psychoacoustics

New #openaccess article published in Trends in hearing! "Probing the Underlying Mechanisms of Spectro-Temporal Modulation Discrimination". Can you discriminate a rising frequency sweep from a downward one, in the presence of a background noise? Using reverse correlation, we investigated listeners’ sensitivity to specific frequency sweeps and the auditory mechanisms involved. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23312165261465060
Huge thanks to Lily Paulick for transforming a very complex set of data into a clear and rigorous paper!
#reversecorrelation #audition #hearing #psychoacoustics

New #openaccess article published in Trends in hearing! "Probing the Underlying Mechanisms of Spectro-Temporal Modulation Discrimination". Can you discriminate a rising frequency sweep from a downward one, in the presence of a background noise? Using reverse correlation, we investigated listeners’ sensitivity to specific frequency sweeps and the auditory mechanisms involved. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23312165261465060
Huge thanks to Lily Paulick for transforming a very complex set of data into a clear and rigorous paper!
#reversecorrelation #audition #hearing #psychoacoustics

New #openaccess article published in Trends in hearing! "Probing the Underlying Mechanisms of Spectro-Temporal Modulation Discrimination". Can you discriminate a rising frequency sweep from a downward one, in the presence of a background noise? Using reverse correlation, we investigated listeners’ sensitivity to specific frequency sweeps and the auditory mechanisms involved. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23312165261465060
Huge thanks to Lily Paulick for transforming a very complex set of data into a clear and rigorous paper!
#reversecorrelation #audition #hearing #psychoacoustics

Music often appears to arise from intuition. Composers and producers describe the creative process as following a feeling for harmony, rhythm, texture, and timing. Yet listeners often respond to certain musical gestures in strikingly similar ways. A harmonic shift intensifies tension. A rhythmic change alters perceived movement. A melodic peak can create a moment of release.

These recurring reactions suggest that musical emotion does not arise from artistic intention alone. It also reflects how the human brain processes sound. Research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology shows that musical perception involves several interacting neural systems: auditory analysis in the cortex, emotional processing in limbic structures, motor synchronization with rhythm, and reward responses connected to expectation and resolution.

For composers, this perspective raises an interesting question. If specific musical structures engage attention, anticipation, and pleasure in consistent ways, how can this knowledge inform composition without turning music into a formula? Scientific understanding does not replace intuition. It clarifies why intuitive musical decisions often work and why certain musical forms reliably move listeners.

My new essay examines this intersection between artistic practice and neuroscience. It discusses how harmony, rhythm, melodic contour, and sonic texture interact with perception, memory, and emotional processing in the brain, and what this relationship means for the act of composing.

Here is the full essay:
https://tomkolbe.com/2026/03/14/the-neuroscience-of-musical-emotion-in-composition/

#MusicCognition #Neuroscience #Composition #MusicTheory #MusicProduction #CognitiveScience #MusicResearch #Psychoacoustics

Music often appears to arise from intuition. Composers and producers describe the creative process as following a feeling for harmony, rhythm, texture, and timing. Yet listeners often respond to certain musical gestures in strikingly similar ways. A harmonic shift intensifies tension. A rhythmic change alters perceived movement. A melodic peak can create a moment of release.

These recurring reactions suggest that musical emotion does not arise from artistic intention alone. It also reflects how the human brain processes sound. Research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology shows that musical perception involves several interacting neural systems: auditory analysis in the cortex, emotional processing in limbic structures, motor synchronization with rhythm, and reward responses connected to expectation and resolution.

For composers, this perspective raises an interesting question. If specific musical structures engage attention, anticipation, and pleasure in consistent ways, how can this knowledge inform composition without turning music into a formula? Scientific understanding does not replace intuition. It clarifies why intuitive musical decisions often work and why certain musical forms reliably move listeners.

My new essay examines this intersection between artistic practice and neuroscience. It discusses how harmony, rhythm, melodic contour, and sonic texture interact with perception, memory, and emotional processing in the brain, and what this relationship means for the act of composing.

Here is the full essay:
https://tomkolbe.com/2026/03/14/the-neuroscience-of-musical-emotion-in-composition/

#MusicCognition #Neuroscience #Composition #MusicTheory #MusicProduction #CognitiveScience #MusicResearch #Psychoacoustics

This new video on patreon shows a practical example of a psychoacoustic effect, in which one frequency area was masking another & how i managed to mitigate it in mastering. www.patreon.com/posts/adress... #bitwig #psychoacoustics #mastering

Postdoctoral Associate – Human Auditory and Computational Models
University of Connecticut

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-connecticut-27778-postdoctoral-associate-human-auditory-and-computational-models/

#aimachinelearning #auditoryperception #computationalneuroscience #machinelearning #psychoacoustics #ScienceJ...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-connecticut-27778-postdoctoral-associate-human-auditory-and-computational-models/?fsp_sid=8929

Postdoctoral Associate – Human Auditory and Computational Models
University of Connecticut

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-connecticut-27778-postdoctoral-associate-human-auditory-and-computational-models/

#aimachinelearning #auditoryperception #computationalneuroscience #machinelearning #psychoacoustics #ScienceJ...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-connecticut-27778-postdoctoral-associate-human-auditory-and-computational-models/?fsp_sid=8929

An #openaccess toolbox aimed at unifying the field of auditory reverse correlation studies by providing a consistent experimental and analysis framework allowing for better #replicability and #reproducibility
https://fediscience.org/@LeoVarnet/115627592918266083
#revcorr #revcor #psychphysics #psychology #psychoacoustics #OpenScience @psycholinguistics @psychology

An #openaccess toolbox aimed at unifying the field of auditory reverse correlation studies by providing a consistent experimental and analysis framework allowing for better #replicability and #reproducibility
https://fediscience.org/@LeoVarnet/115627592918266083
#revcorr #revcor #psychphysics #psychology #psychoacoustics #OpenScience @psycholinguistics @psychology

🎶 639 Hz Славянская Звуковая Матрица | Раскрытие Внутреннего Потенциала и Дар Предвидения.🎶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qop8zMnhA

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

🎶 639 Hz Славянская Звуковая Матрица | Раскрытие Внутреннего Потенциала и Дар Предвидения.🎶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qop8zMnhA

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

🎶 639 Hz Славянская Звуковая Матрица | Раскрытие Внутреннего Потенциала и Дар Предвидения.🎶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qop8zMnhA

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

🎶 639 Hz Славянская Звуковая Матрица | Раскрытие Внутреннего Потенциала и Дар Предвидения.🎶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qop8zMnhA

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

🎶 639 Hz Славянская Звуковая Матрица | Раскрытие Внутреннего Потенциала и Дар Предвидения.🎶

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qop8zMnhA

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

⚡️ Пробуди Свою Интуицию! Славянская Музыка Активации 639 Hz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGDUb1uvcs

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

⚡️ Пробуди Свою Интуицию! Славянская Музыка Активации 639 Hz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGDUb1uvcs

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

⚡️ Пробуди Свою Интуицию! Славянская Музыка Активации 639 Hz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGDUb1uvcs

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

⚡️ Пробуди Свою Интуицию! Славянская Музыка Активации 639 Hz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGDUb1uvcs

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

⚡️ Пробуди Свою Интуицию! Славянская Музыка Активации 639 Hz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGDUb1uvcs

#SlavicMusic #SoundTherapy #BinauralBeats #639Hz #Intuition #ThirdEye #Clairvoyance #Meditation #Relaxation #Healing #Energy #Cosmoenergetics #AncientWisdom #SpiritualAwakening #Mysticism #InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SlavicFolklore #PsychoAcoustics #Звукотерапия #Медитация #Интуиция #ТретийГлаз #СлавянскаяМузыка #БинауральныеРитмы #Исцеление #Энергия #ДревниеЗнания

“No Parades Without A Marching Band” - My essay on #psychoacoustics and why sound and music are so important to culture, memory and life… #Music #Sound #ethnomusicology https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IKdrUTqaG0qQtOC9YfQf04HjkxfXZxBXVsaHiFp6yV0/edit?usp=drivesdk

“No Parades Without A Marching Band” - My essay on #psychoacoustics and why sound and music are so important to culture, memory and life… #Music #Sound #ethnomusicology https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IKdrUTqaG0qQtOC9YfQf04HjkxfXZxBXVsaHiFp6yV0/edit?usp=drivesdk

Microscopic Melodies: The Hidden Symphony of Sound and Microbial Life

#MicrobialLife #Psychoacoustics #Bioacoustics #Holobionts #MicrobialManagement #Eukaryotes #Cymatics #QuantumAntennae #Rebiosis #SoundScience #NatureSymphony #Microbiology #GutHealth #ScienceIsFun #HiddenWonders

https://youtube.com/shorts/5YZK3Ti_06U?feature=share

Microscopic Melodies: The Hidden Symphony of Sound and Microbial Life

#MicrobialLife #Psychoacoustics #Bioacoustics #Holobionts #MicrobialManagement #Eukaryotes #Cymatics #QuantumAntennae #Rebiosis #SoundScience #NatureSymphony #Microbiology #GutHealth #ScienceIsFun #HiddenWonders

https://youtube.com/shorts/5YZK3Ti_06U?feature=share

Microscopic Melodies: The Hidden Symphony of Sound and Microbial Life

#MicrobialLife #Psychoacoustics #Bioacoustics #Holobionts #MicrobialManagement #Eukaryotes #Cymatics #QuantumAntennae #Rebiosis #SoundScience #NatureSymphony #Microbiology #GutHealth #ScienceIsFun #HiddenWonders

https://youtube.com/shorts/5YZK3Ti_06U?feature=share

Watching a video on why the 12 tone scale is what it is and I came across this quote:

"As with all things in music theory, it's not instruction, it's insight."

Given the number of people who view music theory as prescriptive, I think that quote is excellent.

#music #musictheory #psychoacoustics

https://youtu.be/CFbG-8eYKJU

Watching a video on why the 12 tone scale is what it is and I came across this quote:

"As with all things in music theory, it's not instruction, it's insight."

Given the number of people who view music theory as prescriptive, I think that quote is excellent.

#music #musictheory #psychoacoustics

https://youtu.be/CFbG-8eYKJU

🌟 Welcome to #AAAA2025 - the 11th Congress of the #AlpsAdriaAcousticsAssociation 🌟

📍 Where: #Varaždin, Croatia
📅 When: 18–19 September 2025

Endorsed by the #EAA, AAAA 2025 promises to be an extraordinary gathering for the #acoustics community.

🔍 Explore cutting-edge advancements across various topics, including #architecturalAcoustics, #noiseControl, #psychoacoustics, computational methods, and more. Engage with distinguished keynote speakers presenting the latest innovations in the field.

📌 Key Dates:
Registration and abstract submission open: 1 February 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 31 May 2025
Full papers due 8 September: 2025

🔗 Learn more: https://www.alpsadriaacoustics.eu/

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, share, and shape the future of acoustics in the beautiful city of #varazdin ! 🌍✨

#sound

Gracie Abrams -- Stay

https://youtu.be/LChF16vd4RM?si=X35ugp2rFkiDs0AD

I was sitting in a coffee shop the other evening when the chorus of this song caught my attention.

Struck by the singer-songwriter pathos, I noted down a couple of lines of the lyrics on a napkin so that I could identify the song later.

Listening to "Stay" in my kitchen the next day, I found the song insubstantial and less moving than it had been when I heard it in the coffee shop.

My differing responses made me think again of how much the setting in which we hear music can shape our response. I don't think many will disagree with that observation.

More controversial but quite fascinating to me is the claim that our auditory perception of the music will be shaped both by non-acoustic aspects of the setting and by our beliefs and desires.

That claim exists at the intersection of musicology, psychology, and philosophy. Discussion of "authenticity" in early music performance and the significance of the visual in Kpop have prompted my interest in this matter.

#GracieAbrams #Musicology #PhilosophyOfMusic #Psychoacoustics
#EarlyMusic #Kpop

Gracie Abrams -- Stay

https://youtu.be/LChF16vd4RM?si=X35ugp2rFkiDs0AD

I was sitting in a coffee shop the other evening when the chorus of this song caught my attention.

Struck by the singer-songwriter pathos, I noted down a couple of lines of the lyrics on a napkin so that I could identify the song later.

Listening to "Stay" in my kitchen the next day, I found the song insubstantial and less moving than it had been when I heard it in the coffee shop.

My differing responses made me think again of how much the setting in which we hear music can shape our response. I don't think many will disagree with that observation.

More controversial but quite fascinating to me is the claim that our auditory perception of the music will be shaped both by non-acoustic aspects of the setting and by our beliefs and desires.

That claim exists at the intersection of musicology, psychology, and philosophy. Discussion of "authenticity" in early music performance and the significance of the visual in Kpop have prompted my interest in this matter.

#GracieAbrams #Musicology #PhilosophyOfMusic #Psychoacoustics
#EarlyMusic #Kpop

Study: Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams. The basic mechanism relies on the Venturi effect, producing a unique rough and piercing sound. #psychoacoustics https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/study-why-aztec-death-whistles-sound-like-human-screams/

Study: Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams. The basic mechanism relies on the Venturi effect, producing a unique rough and piercing sound. #psychoacoustics https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/study-why-aztec-death-whistles-sound-like-human-screams/

Enjoying this new work from MIT Press:

Psychoacoustic Foundations of Major-Minor Tonality by Richard Parncutt

#musictheory #psychology #psychoacoustics #books #philosophy #MIT

Enjoying this new work from MIT Press:

Psychoacoustic Foundations of Major-Minor Tonality by Richard Parncutt

#musictheory #psychology #psychoacoustics #books #philosophy #MIT

Nice open-access meta-analysis of studies on discrimination of hi-res audio https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=18296 #audio #PsychoAcoustics

Nice open-access meta-analysis of studies on discrimination of hi-res audio https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=18296 #audio #PsychoAcoustics

The latest #preprint from my team: "Mapping the spectrotemporal regions influencing perception of French stop consonants in noise". I will tell you more about this research when it gets published, but here's a glimpse of our main finding. This colorful figure shows the acoustic cues listeners rely on to differentiate the sounds /aba/, /ada/, /aga/, /apa/, /ata/, /aka/. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.25.600732v1 #psychoacoustics #psycholinguistics @cognition @linguistics #phonetics #phonemes

The latest #preprint from my team: "Mapping the spectrotemporal regions influencing perception of French stop consonants in noise". I will tell you more about this research when it gets published, but here's a glimpse of our main finding. This colorful figure shows the acoustic cues listeners rely on to differentiate the sounds /aba/, /ada/, /aga/, /apa/, /ata/, /aka/. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.25.600732v1 #psychoacoustics #psycholinguistics @cognition @linguistics #phonetics #phonemes