Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain 2022-2029

The Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Brain, and Body studies music as a multimodal experience and a versatile agent of change throughout the lifespan. The research in this project is interdisciplinary and empirical, combining cognitive music and neuroscience, music therapy, psychology, educational science, and computer science. Research projects range from basic research to practical applications.

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Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain (MMBB) team gathering in June 2022

Table of contents

Project duration
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Core fields of research
Languages, culture and society
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
JYU.Well
Department
Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funding
Research Council of Finland
346210

Project description

The Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain investigates music as a multimodal experience and a versatile agent of change throughout the lifespan. The research in this project is interdisciplinary and empirical, combining cognitive music and neuroscience, music therapy, psychology, educational science, and computer science – encompassing both fundamental and applied research.

The CoE MMBB explores how cognitive, emotional, physical, and interactive experiences of music evolve across a person's lifespan, how they manifest in various diseases and disorders, and how music-based interventions can be optimised to support learning and enhance emotional, cognitive, motor, and social well-being in everyday life as well as in educational and rehabilitation contexts. Additionally, the research delves into the individual, context-dependent, psychological, and neural mechanisms underlying these phenomena.

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Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access
JMIR Human Factors.
Danso, Andrew
Kekäläinen, Tiia
Koehler, Friederike
Knittle, Keegan
Nijhuis, Patti
Burunat, Iballa
Neto, Pedro
Mavrolampados, Anastasios
Randall, William M.
Hansen, Niels Chr
Ansani, Alessandro
Rantalainen, Timo
Alluri, Vinoo
Hartmann, Martin
Schaefer, Rebecca S.
Ihalainen, Johanna K.
Rousi, Rebekah
Agres, Kat R.
MacRitchie, Jennifer
Toiviainen, Petri
Saarikallio, Suvi
Chastin, Sebastien
Luck, Geoff

Project team

External members

Mikko Leimu

Laboratory Technician
Jyväskylän yliopisto