News from the Department of Music, Arts and Culture Studies

Nearly everyone responds to music with movement, whether through subtle toe-tapping or an all-out boogie.

FM Johan Kalmanlehto defends his doctoral dissertation in Art Education "Beyond the Figure. The Notion of Mimetic Subject Formation in Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe's Philosophy and its Relevance to Digital Gameplay".

Research work conducted at the University of Jyväskylä is bearing fruit as a commercial product.

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 6 March.

Music is known to evoke emotions through a range of mechanisms. A new study gives insights into the way positive emotional reactions can be triggered by music and pictures.

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