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2025

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Moisseinen, N., Haavisto, A., Heimala, S., Martínez-Molina, N., Kleber, B., Sihvonen, A. J. & Särkämö, T. (2025). Neurocognitive and emotional benefits of choir singing and their mediating factors across adulthood. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(1), Article 272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-025-03187-1

Matthews, T. E., Vuust, P. & Cannon, J. (2025). An Active Inference Model of Meter Perception and the Urge to Move to Music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70129

Martínez-Molina, N., Pitkäniemi, A., Siponkoski, S. T., Moisseinen, N., Kuusela, L., Laitinen, S., Särkämö, E. R., Pekkola, J., Melkas, S., Schlaug, G., Kleber, B., Sihvonen, A. J. & Särkämö, T. (2025). Functional neuroplasticity in chronic post-stroke aphasia following a singing intervention in a cross-over randomised trial. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 27639. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11288-0

Magami, K., Bianco, R., Hall, E., Pearce, M. & Chait, M. (2025). The Effect of Previously Encountered Sensory Information on Neural Representations of Predictability: Evidence From Human EEG. European Journal of Neuroscience, 62(10), Article e70300. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70300

Lippolis, M., Matarrelli, B., Carraturo, G., Vuust, P. & Brattico, E. (2025). Examining the relationships between musical sophistication, musical engagement, and empathy in samples of Italian and Spanish preadolescents. Psychology of Music. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356251368701

Lippolis, M., Derdau Sørensen, S., Petersen, B., Vuust, P. & Brattico, E. (2025). How Culture and Musical Engagement Shape Musical Reward Sensitivity in Danish Teens: A Validation Study of the Danish Barcelona Musical Reward Questionnaire With 4641 Adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 66(2), 190-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13074

Lenc, T., Lenoir, C., Keller, P. E., Polak, R., Mulders, D. & Nozaradan, S. (2025). Measuring self-similarity in empirical signals to understand musical beat perception. European Journal of Neuroscience, 61(2), Article e16637. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16637

Laffi, L., Bigand, F., Peham, C., Novembre, G., Gamba, M. & Ravignani, A. (2025). Rhythmic categories in horse gait kinematics. Journal of Anatomy, 246(3), 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14200

Laffi, L., Raimondi, T., Ferrante, C., Pagliara, E., Bertuglia, A., Briefer, E. F., Gamba, M. & Ravignani, A. (2025). The rhythm of horse gaits. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1543(1), 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15271

Kohler, N., Czepiel, A. M., de Manzano, Ö., Novembre, G., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A. & Sammler, D. (2025). Distinct and content-specific neural representations of self- and other-produced actions in joint piano performance. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 19, Article 1543131. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1543131

Kleber, B., Sitges, C., Brattico, E., Vuust, P. & Zamorano, A. M. (2025). Association Between Interoceptive Accuracy and Pain Perception: Insights From Trained Musicians and Athletes. European journal of pain (London, England), 29(5), e70012. Article e70012. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70012

Kleber, B., Dale, C., Zamorano, A. M., Lotze, M., Luders, E. & Kurth, F. (2025). Increased Callosal Thickness in Early Trained Opera Singers. Brain Topography, 38(5), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-025-01134-x

Jespersen, K. V., Stevner, A., Kringelbach, M., Van Someren, E., Vidaurre, D. & Vuust, P. (2025). Reduced switching between brain states in insomnia: evidence from modeling of fMRI brain dynamics. Cerebral Cortex, 35(11), Article bhaf314. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf314

Jadoul, Y., Hersh, T. A., Domingos, E. F., Gamba, M., Favaro, L. & Ravignani, A. (2025). An evolutionary model of rhythmic accelerando in animal vocal signalling. PLoS Computational Biology, 21(4), Article e1013011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013011

Jadoul, Y., Tufarelli, T., Coissac, C., Gamba, M. & Ravignani, A. (2025). Hidden assumptions of integer ratio analyses in bioacoustics and music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1553(1), 363-378. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70037

Jadoul, Y., D’Orazio, F., Eleuteri, V., van der Werff, J., Tufarelli, T., Gamba, M., Raimondi, T. & Ravignani, A. (2025). Rhythmic Analysis in Animal Communication, Speech, and Music: The Normalized Pairwise Variability Index Is a Summary Statistic of Rhythm Ratios. Vibration, 8(2), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration8020012

Hoegholt, N. F., Krænge, C. E., Vuust, P., Kringelbach, M. & Jespersen, K. V. (2025). Music and Sleep Hygiene Interventions for Pregnancy-Related Insomnia: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 70(3), 387-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13699

Hersh, T. A., Jadoul, Y., Gamba, M., Ravignani, A. & Favaro, L. (2025). Accelerando and crescendo in African penguin ecstatic display songs. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1549(1), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15383

Grassi, M., Talamini, F., Altoè, G., Brattico, E., Caclin, A., Carretti, B., Drai-Zerbib, V., Ferreri, L., Gambarota, F., Grahn, J., Guiotto Nai Fovino, L., Roccato, M., Rodriguez-Fornells, A., Swaminathan, S., Tillmann, B., Vuust, P., Wilbiks, J., Zentner, M., Aguilar, K. ... Zappa, A. (2025). Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251379432

Geli, S. M., Lynn, C. W., Kringelbach, M. L., Deco, G. & Sanz Perl, Y. (2025). Non-equilibrium whole-brain dynamics arise from pairwise interactions. Cell Reports Physical Science, 6(3), Article 102464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102464

Fernández-Rubio, G., Vuust, P., Kringelbach, M. L. & Bonetti, L. (2025). The neurophysiology of healthy and pathological aging: a comprehensive systematic review. Brain Structure & Function, 230(8), Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-025-03012-5

Escrichs, A., Sanz Perl, Y., Fisher, P. M., Martínez-Molina, N., G-Guzman, E., Frokjaer, V. G., Kringelbach, M. L., Knudsen, G. M. & Deco, G. (2025). Whole-brain turbulent dynamics predict responsiveness to pharmacological treatment in major depressive disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 30(3), 1069-1079. Article 110074. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02690-7

Eleuteri, V., van der Werff, J., Wilhelm, W., Soldati, A., Crockford, C., Desai, N., Fedurek, P., Fitzgerald, M., Graham, K. E., Koops, K., Pruetz, J., Samuni, L., Slocombe, K., Stoeger, A., Wilson, M. L., Wittig, R. M., Zuberbühler, K., Camara, H. D., Mamy, G. ... Hobaiter, C. (2025). Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation. Current Biology, 35(10), 2448-2456.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.019

Duengen, D., Jadoul, Y. & Ravignani, A. (2025). A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) shows extensive respiratory control in sound production. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25(1), Article 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02404-9

Deco, G., Sanz Perl, Y. & Kringelbach, M. L. (2025). Complex harmonics reveal low-dimensional manifolds of critical brain dynamics. Physical Review E, 111(1), Article 014410. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014410

Deco, G., Perl, Y. S. & Kringelbach, M. L. (2025). Non-local Schrödinger diffusion model reveals mechanisms of critical brain dynamics. Cell Reports Physical Science, 6(7), Article 102663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102663

Da Mota, P. A., Fernandes, H. M., Lourenço Queiroga, A. T., Stark, E., Vohryzek, J., Cabral, J., Heggli, O. A., Sousa, N., Deco, G., Kringelbach, M. & Vuust, P. (2025). Creativity in Music: The Brain Dynamics of Jazz Improvisation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1553(1), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70042

Dai, R., Toiviainen, P., Vuust, P., Jacobsen, T. & Brattico, E. (2025). Beauty Is in the Brain Networks of the Beholder: An Exploratory Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000681

Dai, R., Toiviainen, P., Campo, F. F. & Brattico, E. (2025). Differences in dynamic functional connectivity between musicians and non-musicians during naturalistic music listening. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 19, Article 1649733. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1649733

Dai, R., Toiviainen, P., Campo, F., Cantou, P., Fasano, M. C., Kleber, B. A., Vuust, P. & Brattico, E. (2025). Differences in dynamic functional connectivity between naturalistic music listening and rest in preadolescents. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 19, Article 1651074. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1651074, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1651074

Criscuolo, A., Schwartze, M., Bonetti, L. & Kotz, SA. (2025). Aging Impacts Basic Auditory and Timing Processes. European Journal of Neuroscience, 61(5), Article e70031. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70031

Costa, M., Vuust, P., Kringelbach, M. L. & Bonetti, L. (2025). EEG Correlates of Auditory Short-Term Memory and Dissimilarity Perception in Young and Older Adults. European Journal of Neuroscience, 61(12), Article e70166. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70166

Carraturo, G., Ferreri, L., Cardona, G., Lorenzo-Seva, U., Rodriguez-Fornells, A. & Brattico, E. (2025). The Italian version of the extended Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (eBMRQ): a validation study and association with age, gender, and musicianship. PeerJ, 13(2), Article e18403. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18403

Carlomagno, F., Bruzzone, S. E. P., Bonetti, L. & Brattico, E. (2025). How To Keep a Brain Plastic with Music: A Mini-Review of Neurophysiological Findings on Music and Ageing. Ageing International, 50(4), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-025-09633-9

Carlomagno, F., Bevilacqua, V., Brunetti, A., Sibilano, E., Delussi, M., Lippolis, M., Diomede, R. & Brattico, E. (2025). Proof-of-Concept Study on the Use of Virtual Reality with Evocative and Aesthetic Content for Elderly Individuals with Cognitive Decline. Applied Sciences, 15(9), Article 4627. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15094627

Cantou, P., Kleber, B., Kotz, S. A., Vuust, P., Fasano, M. C. & Brattico, E. (2025). Emotion Regulation in the Preadolescent Brain and the Role of Individual Temperamental Differences. Brain and Behavior, 15(10), Article e70895. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70895

Buus, R. M., Genovese, S. & Jespersen, K. V. (2025). The art of sleep: examining sleep strategies in the general population with a focus on the use of music for sleep. Journal of Sleep Research, 34(5), Article e70006. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70006

Brattico, E., Brusa, A., Dietz, M., Jacobsen, T., Fernandes, H. M., Gaggero, G., Toiviainen, P., Vuust, P. & Proverbio, A. M. (2025). Beauty and the brain – Investigating the neural and musical attributes of beauty during naturalistic music listening. Neuroscience, 567, 308-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.12.008

Bonetti, L., Fernández-Rubio, G., Andersen, M. H., Malvaso, C., Carlomagno, F., Testa, C., Vuust, P., Kringelbach, M. L. & Rosso, M. (2025). BROAD-NESS Uncovers Dual-Stream Mechanisms Underlying Predictive Coding in Auditory Memory Networks. Advanced Science, 12(44), Article e07878. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202507878

Bonetti, L., Vestberg, T., Jafari, R., Seghezzi, D., Ingvar, M., Kringelbach, M. L., Filgueiras, A. & Petrovic, P. (2025). Decoding the elite soccer player's psychological profile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(3), e2415126122. Article e2415126122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415126122