Together with the awesome Music Cognition Group, we developed a website for science communication, through the KNAW Gewaardeerd! program. On this website, you can play a few small games to learn about your own musicality. Have a look at Toontjehoger! I was asked to give some explanation about the project in the Nacht van KRO-NCRV, […]

On the occasion of the Amsterdam Dance Event, I was asked to explain a few things about dancing and your sense of rhythm on Atlas TV (NPO2). Watch it here.

I had the pleasure this month to give a lecture at the science museum NEMO in Amsterdam. A room full of curious children as an audience, it does not get much better! We danced, sang, and explored the wonders of rhythm and music in the brain. I had a blast! NEMO wrote a report on […]

Last September, I had the pleasure of giving a public lecture for the Universiteit van Nederland in a sold-out Paradiso. The recording (in Dutch) is now online! With many thanks to the organisers for making this such a cool project to be part of.

I was asked by RTL EditieNL to give some comments on an article by Ole Heggli, Jan Stupacher, and Peter Vuust about diurnal fluctuations in music preference. Fun to do, but you have to watch carefully, I appear on screen for about 15 seconds… (NB: the video item will only be available for a limited […]

Last Saturday, an article appeared in the Volkskrant about why we like music so much. Prof. Henkjan Honing (my PhD supervisor) comments on the possible evolutionary roots for our love for music, and I chime in with some thoughts on why our brains like music so much (spoiler: something to do with expectations!). See the […]

On June 24, after two intensive and inspiring weeks of the ABC Summer School on Musicality, I had the honour to moderate a symposium on sad music, with a keynote lecture by Prof. David Huron, to celebrate him receiving the Honorary Frijda Chair. A recording of this hybrid symposium is now online, including the keynote […]

The Nationale Wetenschaps Agenda (NWA) has a theme months about music! I was asked to contribute to an item for school children about earworms (the song stuck inside your head). It turned into a whole project, including an article in Kidsweek, a video, and even materials to use in the classroom!

It was a bit early: 2 am in Hilversum. But also very special to enter the very silent Media Park in the middle of the night, and to have time for an elaborate interview about music, science, and why I happen to always listen to Frozen songs.