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The Obleser lab will be hiring soon!

New postdoc (fully funded) and
new PhD or part-time postdoc position (soft-money funded).

Spread the word. Start in Sept/Oct.
Watch out for official announcements!
Please be in touch.

auditorycognition.com
obleserlab.com
hoerhanse.de
lemmi.uni-luebeck.de

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Happy to announce one PhD and one postdoctoral position at the Rhythm & Brains Lab (PI: Pr. Sylvie Nozaradan), Institute of Neuroscience, UCLouvain, Brussels. Belgium. Connected to the ERC Consolidator Grant HUMAN RHYTHM.
More info attached. Please share!
#hiring #Neuroscience #MusicCognition

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Prosodic Imitation in Children With Down Syndrome: Evidence From Sentence Repetition and Pitch Contour Modeling Purpose: This study examined prosodic speech production in children with Down syndrome (DS) using a structured imitation task designed to elicit ...

New #AJSLP study examined prosodic speech production in children with Down syndrome using a structured imitation task designed to elicit sentence-level fundamental frequency contrasts.

https://on.asha.org/4b6cJfh
#OpenAccess

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Apologies, here is the right link to apply for postdoc positions in the lab:
forms.gle/Hb8rS9hD3BV7...

Please repost to help us spread the word!

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Social communication development in a contingent world: insights from autism Abstract. Children learn to communicate via real-time behavioural feedback loops with their social partners (e.g. infant vocalizes, caregiver responds and

Interested in autism and social contingency? Our new paper reviews social feedback loops through the lifespan in autism and considers intervention and future research approaches: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Great to collaborate for this special issue in @royalsocietypublishing.org !

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📣 I am searching for a postdoc!! 📣 📌 Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Dijon, France 🌍 ⌛ 2 years 📚 Music rhythm, language, developmental language disorders The full announcement will come… | Anna... 📣 I am searching for a postdoc!! 📣 📌 Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Dijon, France 🌍 ⌛ 2 years 📚 Music rhythm, language, developmental language disorders The full announcement will come out in ...

📣 I am searching for a postdoc!! 📣
📌 Université Bourgogne Europe, CNRS, Dijon, France 🌍
⌛ 2 years
📚 Music rhythm, language, developmental language disorders

Preliminary details below - please get in touch if you're interested!

www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-f...

3 months ago 11 9 1 1

So much amazing work from @drsrishtin.bsky.social and her team! Check out her thread for highlights!

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Year End Updates from the Music Cognition Lab

Wondering what’s been going on in the Music Cognition Lab? Check out our latest newsletter! Community engagement updates, research studies for all ages, and even an end of year matching gift opportunity! 🎵🎉
mailchi.mp/vumc/2025yea...

4 months ago 3 1 0 0
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NYAS Publications In the InCHORRRuS (Infant-directed (ID) Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy through Rhythmic Structure) framework, increased rhythmicity in ID speech and the beat-based m....

🎶 New paper! InCHORRRuS Framework: Infant-directed Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy through Rhythmic Structure
Led by Camila Alviar, we consider how caregivers modulate their communication to 👶, including through song: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Assistant Professor in Music, AI and Brain Health About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Music, AI and Brain ...

We are hiring! #musicscience #musicAI #neuroskyence Assistant Professor in Music, AI, and Brain Health. TT position, come join the most vibrant and delightful of peeps 🧠🎶🤖

northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

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Project Coordinator - Term The Communication and Language Lab (https://www.thecommunicationandlanguagelab.com/) in the Department of Psychology and Human Development is looking for a full-time Project Coordinator. The Communica...

Vandy CaLL is hiring a Project Manager for early 2026! We're looking for someone that can help manage work on an NSF-funded project investigating how individual differences in cognitive ability and language experience shapes L2 sentence processing.

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4 months ago 0 3 0 0

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College is hiring a TT Assistant Prof in Clinical Psychology (child/family focus) with expertise in AI methods (ML, NLP, LLMs, CV).

📅 Review begins Nov 15, 2025

👉 apply.interfolio.com/174418

Please share!

6 months ago 17 22 0 3
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Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations - Nature Communications Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Here, the authors explore the correlation between the two traits, finding evidence of epidemiological associations and genetic overlap.

New paper alert! Systematic epidemiological analyses of up to 39,000 people illuminate biological/clinical links between impaired musical rhythm abilities & disorders affecting speech-language development. International collaboration led by @drsrishtin.bsky.social, out in @natcomms.nature.com. 👇🧪

6 months ago 38 15 1 3

The Human and Organizational Development department at Vanderbilt University is hiring a senior and junior faculty member whose research focus is on social innovation and/or entrepreneurship for strengthening communities. Apply if you’d like to work in an incredibly interdisciplinary department!

7 months ago 9 7 1 1

I'm happy to announce that Vanderbilt Psychology's clinical area is hiring a TT asst prof this year! Please share with your networks and consider applying if you're on the market! Happy to (try to) answer questions about the search if you have them.

Link here: apply.interfolio.com/173316

7 months ago 43 42 0 2
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Large-scale genome-wide analyses of stuttering - Nature Genetics Genome-wide analyses in over one million self-reported cases and controls identify genetic variants associated with stuttering and find genetic correlations with autism, depression and impaired musica...

Exciting paper on genetic influences on speech fluency, out now in @natgenet.nature.com. In a big step forward for the field, genome scans of almost 100,000 people with self-reported stuttering, & 1 million controls, identify 57 associated loci. Great work by @piperbelow.bsky.social & her team.🗣️🧬🧪

8 months ago 56 21 2 0
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The position focuses on social communication assessments and intervention for young children on the autism spectrum. Interventions are grounded in naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention strategies and include music- and play-based activities.

More info:
redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=N...

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Our team is growing! Looking to hire a Speech-Language Pathologist (including clinical fellowship candidates) or Clinical postdoctoral fellow (psychology or communication sciences) with a strong interest in clinical-translational research in autism! See link below for more info!

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Mood, Emotion & Development Laboratory The Mood, Emotion & Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is directed by Dr. Autumn Kujawa. Our research examines social and emotional development and the ways in which alterations in emotion contr...

We are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods).

See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.

9 months ago 27 21 1 3

Not exactly what you are asking but studies of emotional attentional blink may be relevant

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Research Analyst II (Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab) - TERM Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who co...

Research Analyst-2: multifaceted postbacc or master’s level RA position! vumc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/vumcca...

Responsibilities involve data collection with adults and children; data coding, processing, analysis; participant recruitment and visit coordination; and other study-related tasks.

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Clinical Translational Research Coordinator II - TERM Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who co...

Clinical Translational Research Coordinator / Clinical Assessment and Intervention for autism-focused research studies! This position has been a great fit for SLPs and psychology backgrounds in past for people interested in working in research. vumc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/vumcca...

10 months ago 0 1 1 0

We are hiring! Two open positions at Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab for opportunities spanning coordinator, clinical assessment/intervention, and research analyst for studies into communication and social engagement in autism, as well as rhythm and early musical experiences. See below for links!

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This role could serve as a lunchpad for a PhD within my lab!

Experience w/ infant data collection preferred. Experience w/ EEG or fMRI data acquisition/analysis is helpful.

Interested? Submit a cover letter, CV, & contact information for 2 recommenders to northeastern.pinelab@gmail.com

1 year ago 14 13 1 2

Our study is now out in @naturecomms.bsky.social! Here, we integrate large-scale registry musicality data from twins to investigate the genetics of music enjoyment 🧬🎶🧑‍🤝‍🧑

1 year ago 39 13 3 1
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Interested in rhythm and communication? Infant-directed speech and song? Social and language development in autism? Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab is recruiting a postdoc focused on these areas! #musicscience redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=N...

1 year ago 7 4 0 0
Research Technician - Full-Time, Term This full-time research technician position is part of the Mood, Emotion, and Development Lab housed in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University a...

We’re hiring! Seeking a full-time project coordinator to run EEG study sessions with research participants, administer diagnostic interviews, and assist with the organization and analysis of study datasets. More info below:

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1 year ago 4 5 0 1

In this paper, we also compare effects for parent-reported behavior (frequency of singing to infant) with parent-reported beliefs in importance of music. Actual (self-reported) musical behavior matters more than beliefs for relationships with child langauge and gestures!

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Parental Social and Musical Characteristics, the Home Music Environment, and Child Language Development in Infancy Parents use music, especially singing, to interact with their young children, supporting parent-child bonding and social communication. Little is known about the parental attributes that support musi...

What leads to parenting musically? Ashley Boyne & @camilaalviar.bsky.social find parent social motivation promotes an early musical home, esp. for infant-directed singing! And singing is associated with child language! Out now in @infantstudies.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Auditory Rhythm Encoding during the Last Trimester of Human Gestation: From Tracking the Basic Beat to Tracking Hierarchical Nested Temporal Structures Rhythm perception and synchronization to periodicity hold fundamental neurodevelopmental importance for language acquisition, musical behavior, and social communication. Rhythm is omnipresent in the f...

Cool #musicscience #neuroskyence alert:
Auditory Rhythm Encoding during the Last Trimester of Human Gestation: From Tracking the Basic Beat to Tracking Hierarchical Nested Temporal Structures
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...

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