auditoryJoel

auditoryJoel, 19 days ago to science

"Productive scientists are associated with lower disruption in scientific publishing" in PNAS

The flip side of the title is perhaps "Deliberate, thoughtful scientists are more impactful". Kinda like the idea of slow food.

#science #metascience #productivity #impact #disruption #goals #slowscience

https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2322462121

auditoryJoel, 21 days ago to science

From a Wash Post article on evidence humans were in N. America earlier than previously thought. I myself have a mixed-feelings middle-ground view on peer review, but I'm in a very different field.

"The peer-review process is designed to help validate scientific claims, but Lowery argues that in archaeology it often leads to a circle-the-wagon mentality, allowing scientists to wave away evidence that doesn’t support the dominant paradigm. He says he isn’t seeking formal publishing routes because “life’s too short,” comparing this aspect of academic science to “the dumbest game I’ve ever played.”"

#metascience #peerreview #science #archaeology #reproducibility #replication #sciencepublishing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/05/19/first-americans-chesapeake-parsons-island/

auditoryJoel, 30 days ago to Neuroscience

I’m part of the #EEGManyLabs project testing the #replicability of influential #EEG studies. We are using #PredictionMarkets as a tool in this effort and you are invited to take part, especially if you have some expertise in EEG research, no matter how little. See below for details.

You may well know about the success of “prediction markets” in forecasting the likelihood of replication (e.g., Dreber et al., PNAS 2015). We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with economists who led these seminal studies to test the wisdom of the EEG community.

From today (as we near the end of recruitment for this project - please see last calls below), we are opening a survey to ask you to vote on the likelihood of some hypotheses studied in the #EEGManyLabs project. Subsequently, you will be invited to bet on the likelihood of success through a stock market platform, where you will earn real money for you or a selected charity.

The success of this effort will become clear when we complete the full project in a few years time. But the results will immediately tell us about the degree of optimism/pessimism amongst our community.

So, please share this widely and place your bets now...

How can I sign up for the prediction markets? Registrations to participate in the prediction markets are administered via the sign-up form linked below. You must have experience of working with EEG (for example, through collecting and/or analysing EEG data, which may be evidenced by having published peer-reviewed articles or preprints with EEG or equivalent experience e.g. designing, collecting and analysing data from EEG experiments).

#neuroscience #psychology #replication #replicationcrisis #reproducibility #metascience

https://pavlovug-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2fDq4NW3JydtlOhg09G1yGVAVSU8W-Whs6kPML9_ZfizxufZcjwEmQPWP5AnyD8NUrSZsBDvk7fYcappAg1Sgo3_tXQFMEu2Cc91Q_7ZoUrnvmZiS20DZiHsSFcGXN3Cpu_h990jl35DhtizskaAYiFIXKDiVMD0arROUO4-wXStjr4hF_n39GH14z3uQM6NK9ioOU86MruRx

auditoryJoel, 1 month ago to random

I’m biased but this is going to be a great symposium

The Neuromusic VIII Conference is approaching: 13-16 June 2024, Helsinki & online.

🥁 Spotslights on… Symposium 7!

▶️ THE PLEASURABLE URGE TO MOVE TO MUSIC: SEARCHING FOR NEURAL MECHANISMS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS
Chair: M. Witek
Speakers: C. Spiech, D. Cameron, E. Hannon, T. Matthews

The pleasure and social connections we derive from music can potentially enhance music-based clinical interventions. Pleasurable music has been found to reduce the experience of pain and depression, and can promote improvements in language and movement for people following a stroke. Musical rhythms appear to facilitate perception of sound and production of accurate movements, which has led to a wave of recent research on the use of rhythms to improve reading, speech production, and walking gait. One of the most powerful effects of rhythms is the experience of a pleasurable urge to move to music, sometimes called the sensation of “groove.” Interest in understanding both the cognitive and neural underpinnings of this experience has expanded rapidly. However, the neural basis of groove is still not well understood, despite such a mechanistic understanding being critical for efficient applications to clinical problems. Furthermore, until recently there have been relatively few studies examining the developmental or social determinants of this experience across the lifespan, or in clinical populations. Therefore, the current symposium will bring together researchers whose work looks at possible neural mechanisms of groove and how the pleasurable urge to move to music differs in children, older adults, and in Parkinson’s Disease, and how groove may relate to social development.

👉 PROGRAM & ENROLLMENTS: www.neuromusic.org

auditoryJoel, 1 month ago to music

Erin Hannon and I wrote a short commentary on Nori Jacoby et al.'s fantastic paper on people's rhythmic reproduction tendencies in a bunch of different parts of the world and sub-populations in those places.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661324000834

#music #rhythm #musicscience #psychology #crosscultural #WEIRD

auditoryJoel, 1 month ago to music

I was reminded of some old studies by Toukhsati and Rickard on how rhythms can facilitate learning in young chickens, which have been mostly ignored over the years, probably because they were ahead of their time.

But they seem especially relevant to those of us in music cognition who are increasingly interested in the neural mechanism of rhythm, beat, meter, and groove in both humans and non-human animals. Not to mention the health and education applications of music!

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01020-004

#music #neuroscience #rhythm #learning #groove #AnimalCognition #animals

auditoryJoel, 2 months ago to Neuroscience

Apparently, there's a controversy about whether cross-modal responses in primary sensory cortex are at least partly motor artifact #neuroscience

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01564-5?utm_source=neuro_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_41593_27_4&utm_content=20240409

auditoryJoel, 3 months ago to psychology

Our online study about #misophonia, #ASMR, musical #chills aka #frisson, and #musicality reactions in the general population is now accepted for a special issue at Phil Trans B on "Sensing and Feeling"! Thanks especially to editors Hirohito Kondo and Brian Moore for putting together such an exciting topic!

See link for updated pre-print on OSF.

We found a lot of things but here a few highlights:

1. Misophonia reactions to videos seem to be pretty common, even in people who wouldn't be diagnosed with "misophonia" The Disorder.

2. People who have a lot misophonia reactions to videos also have a lot of ASMR and chills reactions.

3. A self-report measure of general musicality does not correlate with misophonia, ASMR, or chills reactions. But stay tuned because we're doing an in person study now with both adults and kids using a wider set of music perception tasks.

#psychology #neuroscience #emotions #science #music #musicscience

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rt3bf

NicoleCRust, 3 months ago to random

Do psychologists "measure"?

Weird question, right?

"Measurements of attributes such as emotions, well-being, or intelligence are widely used for various purposes in society, but it remains a matter of discussion whether psychological measurement is analogous to measurement in the natural sciences, and to what extent it qualifies as measurement at all.'
https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2300693
Edit: author is here! @mieronen

My initial take: what?! This seems silly. But I'm starting to warm up to it. It's about causality. Consider: "insomnia causes fatigue"; no one disputes it. But there's not a physical thing in the world called insomnia that causes a physical thing in the world, fatigue billiard-ball-style. Rather, the physical causal chain happens by way of a lack of sleep causing the brain state that leads to the mind state of fatigue (in other words, that word "cause" is doing some heavy lifting in that phrase). The question is: can you meaningfully talk about causality when you have abstracted away from physical interactions?

On one hand, of course - you can develop causal models formulated entirely at the psychological level (rewards, punishments, surprises, mood) that make falsifiable predictions and you can both perturb and measure these things to test those models.

On the other hand, we probably do need to take some care that we aren't confusing ourselves as we throw around that word "cause" interchangeably for things that physically interact and abstractions of those things.

Thoughts? I'm particularly curious about cases in which this type of abstraction has led researchers astray.

auditoryJoel, 6 months ago to music

Please share widely on behalf of Erin Hannon, Stephen Benning, and myself:

The Auditory Cognitive Development Lab in the department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at University of Nevada Las Vegas are offering a postdoctoral fellowship position for the Development of misophonia and other auditory affective experiences in children and adolescents project, sponsored by a grant from the Misophonia Research Fund. The position is for 2 years starting March 2024 or shortly after. The project examines high-level auditory affective experiences during development, by examining the relationship between misophonia and music and language skills in developing children, adolescents, and adults. The research will take a longitudinal approach using a combination of clinical instruments and perceptual testing with listeners age six through adulthood. The position emphasizes an apprenticeship model where the postdoctoral fellow will work collaboratively and closely with three faculty mentors who have expertise in developmental science, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology. The position requires a Ph.D. from a regionally accredited college or university in a related discipline (Psychology, Neuroscience, etc.). Preferred skills include experience supervising, mentoring and management of others, excellent experimental and computer programming skills, and a promising track record of publications in Psychology, Developmental Science, Speech and Hearing, Neuroscience, or another field related to the project. Specific experience with EEG, child testing, longitudinal research, and/or advanced data analysis techniques is desirable but not required. Credentials must be obtained prior to the start of employment.

To apply, submit a letter of interest, a detailed resume listing qualifications and experience, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three professional references who may be contacted. Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience, with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications because this is the information on which the initial review of materials will be based.

Although this position will remain open until filled, review of candidates’ materials will begin immediately and best consideration will be gained for materials submitted prior to January 2024. Materials should be addressed to Dr. Erin Hannon, Search Committee Chair, and are to be submitted online as we do not accept emailed materials. For assistance with the application process, please contact UNLV Human Resources at (702) 895-3504 or UNLVJobs@unlv.edu. More information can be found at: https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNLV-External/job/UNLV1-Main-Campus-Las-Vegas/Postdoctoral-Scholar--Psychology--College-of-Liberal-Arts--R0139689-_R0139689-1

#misophonia #music #postdoc #postdocposition #audiology #speechlanguagepathology #cognitivescience #psychology #neuroscience

auditoryJoel, 8 months ago to psychology

Please share this widely, esp. among diverse junior scientists. Posted on behalf of the editor (Isabel Gauthier) of my favorite journal and the one I'm an action editor for, JEP:HPP:

Call for nominations for intern junior editorial positions at JEP:HPP
Deadline November 20th, 2023. Open to PhD Students and post-doctoral fellows.

The editorial leadership team for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance seeks nominations for intern junior editorial positions for early-career psychologists (IJEs). These positions are meant for those with an interest in developing skills for future roles in the scientific publishing process.

IJE’s will serve 12-month terms beginning January 1, 2024 and the position includes an honoraria stipend of $1,500 USD.

In service of APA’s recent resolutions to address systemic racism in psychology, this program seeks to provide opportunities for people from historically excluded groups, particularly Black, Indigenous, and other psychologists of color, as well as members from other communities which have been historically excluded from leadership opportunities in research and publishing.

IJE positions are open to all qualified candidates, including those from historically excluded groups, who have completed at least 3 years in a PhD program and are no more than 5 years postdoctoral. Individuals in non-academic positions with suitable qualifications are also eligible. Qualified candidates should have published original research in an area broadly relevant to the Journal.

IJEs will work with the journal’s editor, Isabel Gauthier, to work on the Journal’s pre-external review process. Each IJE will work on 3-4 manuscripts a month. The pre-external review process includes screening manuscripts for appropriateness, verifying adherence to instructions for authors and providing authors with feedback that can increase transparency and strengthen the manuscript before external review. This work will be done in concert with the editor, who will co-sign pre-external review letters.

This position does not require experience with peer-review, although it is welcomed, and IJEs will be working on manuscripts on a broad range of topics as represented in the Journal.

How to apply (Deadline November 20th, 2023)
Interested and qualified candidates should send a letter of interest introducing themselves, their expertise, and an explanation of their interest in and appropriateness for the position, along with a copy of their CV, to Isabel Gauthier (Isabel.gauthier@vanderbilt.edu) and put “IJE nomination” in the subject line. Nominees are asked to send the contact information for their current mentor and let them know that they may be contacted for a reference.

Appointments will be made in December and positions will begin January 1, 2024.

#psychology #neuroscience #science #journal

auditoryJoel, 11 months ago to Neuroscience

From my #EEGManyLabs colleagues (Yuri and Faisal). Please share widely...

Thanks to funding from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council we are pleased to be able to advertise for two posts.

The first advert is for a Scientific Coordinator (36 months, 1.0 FTE) to help support our >200-strong community of replicating labs, curate the large datasets that are being acquired so that future researchers can gain maximum value from them and perform meta-analyses to provide a complete picture of the replicability of the most influential EEG phenomena. You can apply for the role here: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=MHPSY1107

The second is for a Research Fellow (33 months, 1.0 FTE) who can help us leverage the legacy of #EEGManyLabs through open-source tools and resources that make it easier to undertake robust EEG experiments. Details here: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=MHPSY1108

All applications require online submission through the links above. Applications for both positions will close on 13th July (midnight UK time).

The positions will be based at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom in beautiful Yorkshire.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with Faisal Mushtaq via f.mushtaq@leeds.ac.uk.

#neuroscience #OpenScience #Replication #reproducibility