Hazel Van Der Walle demonstrates the richness obtained through a qualitative+co-occurence network approach to understanding mental content during music listening. resulting in a really cool consideration of the narrative, referential, and experiential components. #MUSICONNEX #MusicScience

#Musiconnex event started at Jyväskylä, led by Suvi Saarikallio. 3 days about research findings of how music regulates & connects people #erc #EU @coe-mmbb.bsky.social

particularly recommending my fully openly available #OpenResearch research repositories with my embedded interactive 👾 MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set Shiny app 💫 hazelvdw.github.io/repositories... #MusicScience #MusicPsych #GitHub

Hazel Aileen van der Walle@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social · last mo.

can report back that updating my website (!) since submitting my PhD has been the most digitally creative fun I’ve had in quite a wee while…! hazelvdw.github.io/index.html 🌠 check it out & have fun exploring with me! 🧜🏼‍♀️

can report back that updating my website (!) since submitting my PhD has been the most digitally creative fun I’ve had in quite a wee while…! hazelvdw.github.io/index.html 🌠 check it out & have fun exploring with me! 🧜🏼‍♀️

DELIGHTED to share I am representing @reproducibilitea.org at OpenFest 2026 next month! @sheffielduni.bsky.social theme = "People and Place"→"how openness is shaped by communities, cultures and contexts, and how these, in turn, shape us." register & join online! libguides.shu.ac.uk/openresearch...

Can you believe #SysMus26 is over?! An absolute joy getting to know these wonderful lot & interact with their passions & curiosities first hand #musicology #MIR #musicscience #musiceducation #musicculture #musicperformance #disabilitystudies #neuroscience AND MORE! @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social

"Basslines, Bodies, & Beehive haircuts" qualitative paper is officially out #published !! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... moving away from "evoked"/"induced" acronyms in music & imagination towards an *influenced* standpoint —the music, person, and their context co-constructing imagination 🧞‍♀️🔭

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LOVED chatting to the #SysMus26 crew about Open Research, opening up conversations to include my (biased) love & passion for research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 🎨📚🔬💫 #OpenResearch #AHSS #conference

Addie - inky, pinky, thinky@addiebabe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yay, time for the Open Research / Open Scholarship / Open Science workshop! Thanks Hazel for bringing this session to the conference 😁 @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social #sysmus #openresearch #phdsky #musicscience

#SysMus26 loading…👾 to get you even more excited, our team have made a @sysmus.bsky.social promo video! 🧑‍🚀🚀 Watch it on YouTube youtu.be/50m5J7ZEwGY?... &/ visit our website musicscience.net/events/sysmu... We can’t wait to see you all there!! #MusicResearch #MusicScience #MusicPsych #conferences

Get ready for SysMus26 in Durham!

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Participate in a study about scary music! 🦇💀 📝 Anonymous online survey (20–30 min) 👥 Open to adults and adolescents over 15 years 🔤 Good English skills required 🎧 Please wear headphones! ♫ Listen to music clips, answer questions. Participate here: link.webropol.com/s/mapping-sc... #musicscience

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NEW #MusicScience preprint! A #NaturalLanguageProcessing study asking: Can brief contextual cues—framing music within social/cultural situations—systematically align listeners’ thoughts during music listening? 🖼️ 💽 🎧 🧠 #MusicPsychology 🔬Read *Framed Listening* here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

⚠️🚨 Attention #SysMus26 -ers! ‼️📣 Presenters: abstract revisions due *today!* Attendees: *registration* closes next Friday 26 June, in-person & online 😎 visit musicscience.net/events/sysmus26/ for more...! #MusicResearch #MusicScience #MusicPsychology #conferences @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social

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We are looking forward to hosting the next International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology this July 22nd-24th 2026! SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systemat…

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#SysMus26 poster drop from @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social 🪩🪩🪩 Can’t wait to have 89 #musicscience early career researchers in Durham from July 22nd-24th! 🫪🤩😎 Registration closes on the 26th of June, check out musicscience.net/events/sysmu... for more info 🤓

delighted to be highlighting @reproducibilitea.org as part of this year’s @sysmus.bsky.social programme! 🚀☕️ > an interactive workshop to discuss experiences, challenges, practical tools & workflows, and how open reproducible practices can strengthen research across disciplines

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We’re excited to announce an extended Open Research session at #SysMus26 in Durham this July, highlighting open, transparent, and reproducible practices in #MusicScience research 🎶🔍 Read about it on our website: musicscience.net/events/sysmu...

preprint is out :) hope you enjoy a wee read through and a glimpse into the mind 💫🔭👾 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Hazel Aileen van der Walle@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

nice to be back working on what I love and channelling my treasured creativity through my research 🧞‍♀️ ”Basslines, Bodies, & Beehive Haircuts” —What do *you* think when you listen to music? Read a bit more in my GitHub repo in progress: github.com/HazelvdW/Bas... Happy exploring :) °‧ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 ·｡

nice to be back working on what I love and channelling my treasured creativity through my research 🧞‍♀️ ”Basslines, Bodies, & Beehive Haircuts” —What do *you* think when you listen to music? Read a bit more in my GitHub repo in progress: github.com/HazelvdW/Bas... Happy exploring :) °‧ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 ·｡

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social gave a talk and presented a poster concerning a new thematic framework and typology for music imagination #musicpsych #SEMPRE

📢 New preprint! Ten Simple Rules for Running a ReproducibiliTea Journal Club 🔗 doi.org/10.31222/osf... Our aim is to equip you as early career researchers with the tools needed to lead grassroots change in research culture. #reproducibility #openresearch #openscience #metasci #academicsky

🚨NEW BLOG🚨 “Conferences, huh. What’s the point?” @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway. #musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...

Conferences, huh. What’s the point?

In this post, Hazel, Katie, and Connor highlight some reasons why you should consider attending an academic conference, supplemented by our recent experience from attending the 18th International C…

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Durham MPL world touring 🚀 love meeting up with old friends and connecting with new ones at conferences — so so lucky to have these opportunities! :,)

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a blast 💥 at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo!! Super lucky for the opportunity to disseminate our research and engage with international colleagues! 🌏🌍🌎

🔦 final poster showcase of this bad boy: MUSIFEAST-17 #ICMPC18 No fear though, as if you haven’t heard already, you can get to know via its publication doi.org/10.3758/s134... and explore the dataset on OSF osf.io/5ebz2/ and GitHub with its interactive Shiny app 🫢 github.com/HazelvdW/MUS...

Been having some wonderful and really engaging discussions with many of the #ICMPC18 attendees this year in São Paulo! So lucky to be doing research in this field alongside such brilliant and thoughtful people 🧠💫 (P.S. this work is published! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0305...)

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · last yr.

@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social gave a presentation yesterday exploring the types of thoughts occurring while listening to music from a wide range of styles, familiarity, and more! Great to disseminate this @leverhulme.ac.uk project to the #musicscience crowd at #ICMPC18!!

exciting news this Saturday: another article PUBLISHED!! “Thoughtscapes” takes a deeper look people’s thought landscape while listening the range of music clips and styles in the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set :)) 👂💭 🎨💥🎬 doi.org/10.1177/0305...

MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set now published and available to read! link.springer.com/article/10.3... 🧞‍♀️🚀 #MusicPsych #MusicScience

MUSIFEAST-17: MUsic Stimuli for imagination, familiarity, emotion, and Aesthetic STudies across 17 genres - Behavior Research Methods

Musical stimuli are commonly used in psychological research for investigating a range of emotional, cognitive, and physiological processes. Despite this widespread use, many studies continue to rely o...

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cheesing 🤓! Someone’s excited hehe 👾🛸🪐⚡️🚀 #SysMus25 @sysmus.bsky.social @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · last yr.

@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social presented her ongoing project on music-evoked thoughts at #SysMus25!!

really fun few days with a super fun bunch! Last sessions & celebrations to come on our freaky Friday 13th together 😎⭐️🪩 #SysMus25 @sysmus.bsky.social thanks @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social!

UiO - RITMO@unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social · last yr.

Last day of #SysMus25! It's been a pleasure hosting you all 🫶 @sysmus.bsky.social

'Thoughtscapes' - what types of thoughts emerge across different musical genres? A fascinating look at how music shapes the mind by @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social #sysmus25

super engaging & enjoyable time meeting & workshopping with @ukrepro.bsky.social LNLs 🔬⚡️🧠

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · last yr.

exciting discipline-specific expansions on the way from @reproducibilitea.org…! 🔭💫 #OpenResearch

Music Psychology Lab - Durham@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · last yr.

Hazel & Connor recently represented @durham-university.bsky.social for @ukrepro.bsky.social's retreat, hosted by @lselibrary.bsky.social! They presented @reproducibilitea.org's new discipline-specific resources, using their interdisciplinary perspective in #MusicScience @durhammusicdept.bsky.social

Super excited to launch ReproducibiliTea’s newest reading list: “Open Research… in the Arts?” 🔬🎭🎨🎷📐 Probe the boundaries of Open Research expectations across disciplines, explore data outside the sciences, discuss challenges facing empirical and practice-based arts, and more ⭐️ Get stuck in! ☕️🫖

ReproducibiliTea@reproducibilitea.org · last yr.

Introducing ReproducibiliTea’s newest reading list: “Open Research… in the Arts?” curated by Hazel Aileen van der Walle @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social Check it out at rpt-rl.netlify.app and broaden your view of Open Research.

Present, past, & farther afield members of @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social brought together by conferences! This time, SEMPRE25 in the RNCM 🎶🔬 Day 1 done with some really super presentations from everyone 💫🔭 @charasteliou.bsky.social @curwen01.bsky.social @kirtsconnor.bsky.social