— Only publications since summer 2013 are listed below. For publications before summer 2013, click here. —
Journal articles
2024
Loui, P. (2024). New Music as Generalizable Tonal Predictions: Towards an Anti-Racist Framework. Journal of Music Theory. In press. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zqhu9
Kathios, N., Patel, A. D., & Loui, P. (2024). Musical anhedonia, timbre, and the rewards of music listening. Cognition, 243, 105672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105672
Kathios, N., Sachs, M. E., Zhang, E., Ou, Y., & Loui, P. (2024). Generating New Musical Preferences from Hierarchical Mapping of Predictions to Reward. Psychological Science, 35(1), 34-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231214185
Loui, P., Kubit, B. Y., Ou, Y., & Margulis, E. H. (2024). Imaginings from an Unfamiliar World: Narrative Engagement with a New Musical System. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000629
2023
Loui, P. & Margulis, E. H. (2023). Knowledge Clustering and the Acquisition of Creative Expertise. Physics of Life Reviews, 47, 22-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2023.08.004
Kathios, N., Lopez, K., Gabard-Durnam, L., Loui, P. (2023). Music@Home Retrospective: A New Measure to Retrospectively Assess Early Home Musical Environments. Proceedings of the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/csn2m
Faber, S., Belden, A. G., Loui, P., & McIntosh, A. R. (2023). Age-related variability in network engagement during music listening. Network Neuroscience, 7(4): 1404–1419. https://doi.org/10.1162/netn_a_00333
Belden, A., Quinci, M. A., Geddes, M. R., Hanser, S. B., Donovan, N. J., & Loui, P. (2023). Functional Organization of Auditory and Reward Systems in Healthy Aging. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35(10):1570-1592. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.01.522417.
Tinney, E. M., Loui, P., Raine, L. B., Hiscox, L. V., Delgorio, P. L., Kramer, M. K., Schwarb, H., Martens, C. R., Kramer, A. F., Hillman, C. H., & Johnson, C. L. (2023). Influence of mild cognitive impairment and body mass index on white matter integrity assessed by diffusion tensor imaging. Psychophysiology, e14306. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14306
Ozaki, Y., Tierney, A., Pfordresher, P. Q., McBride, J., Benetos, E., Proutskouva, P., … Savage, P. E. (Accepted in Principle). Similarities and differences in a global sample of song and speech recordings [Stage 1 Registered Report]. Peer Community in Registered Reports. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jr9x7
Loui, P. (2023). BP Sequencer: A Low-Barrier-to-Entry Assessment Tool for Musical Creativity. Proceedings of the TENOR Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Proceedings
2022
Tichko, P., Page, N., Kim, J. C., Large, E. W., & Loui, P. (2022). Neural Entrainment to Musical Pulse in Naturalistic Music Is Preserved in Aging: Implications for Music-Based Interventions. Brain Sciences, 12(12), 1676. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121676
Chen, W., Iversen, J., Kao, M., Loui, P., Patel, A., Zatorre, R., & Edwards, E. (2022). Music and Brain Circuitry: Strategies for Strengthening Evidence-Based Research for Music-Based Interventions. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(45), 8498. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/42/45/8498.full.pdf
Woods, K. J. P., Sampaio, G., James, T., Przysinda, E., Hewett, A., Spencer, A. E., Morillon, B., Loui, P. (2021). Stimulating Music Supports Attention in Listeners with Attentional Difficulties. bioRxiv Preprint.
Quinci, M. A., Belden, A., Goutama, V., Gong, D., Hanser, S., Donovan, N. J., Geddes, M.R., Loui, P. (2022). Longitudinal Changes in Auditory and Reward Systems Following Receptive Music-Based Intervention in Older Adults. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 11517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15687-5
Ai, M., Loui, P., Morris, T.P., Chaddock-Heyman, L., Hillman, C.H., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F. (2022). Musical Experience Relates to Insula-Based Functional Connectivity in Older Adults. Brain Sciences, 12(11), 1577. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111577
Loui, P., & Margulis, E. H. (2022). Creativity and Tradition: Music and Bifocal Stance Theory. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 45, e262. Preprint.
Loui, P. (2022). New music system reveals spectral contribution to statistical learning. Cognition, 224, 105071. Full text
Kathios, N., & Loui, P. (2022). Musical Enculturation in the Social Coevolution of Emotions. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 6(1), 33-38. PDF
Tichko, P., Kim, J. C., Large, E., & Loui, P. (2022). Integrating music-based interventions with Gamma-frequency stimulation: Implications for healthy aging. European Journal of Neuroscience, 55(11–12): 3303–3323 Preprint | Full text
2021
Krotinger, A., & Loui, P. (2021). Rhythm and groove as cognitive mechanisms of dance intervention in Parkinson’s disease. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0249933. Preprint | Full text
Savage, P.E., Loui, P., Tarr, B., Schachner, A., Glowacki, L., Mithen, S.J., & Fitch, W.T. (2021). Toward inclusive theories of the evolution of musicality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, e121. Full text
Savage, P. E., Loui, P., Tarr, B., Schachner, A., Glowacki, L., Mithen, S. J., & Fitch, W. T. (2020). Music as a coevolved system for social bonding. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, e59. Full text
Granot, R.Y., Spitz, D.H., Cherki, B.R., Loui, P., Timmers, R., Schaefer, R., … Israel, S. (2021). “Help! I Need Somebody”: Music as a Global Resource for Obtaining Wellbeing Goals in Times of Crisis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 648013. Full text
Chaddock-Heyman, L., Loui, P., Weisshappel, R., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A.F. (2021). Musical training and brain volume in older adults. Brain Sciences, 11(1), 50. Full text
Chaddock-Heyman, L., Weng, T. B., Loui, P., Kienzler, C., Weisshappel, R., Drollette, E. S., . . . Kramer, A. F. (2021). Brain network modularity predicts changes in cortical thickness in children involved in a physical activity intervention. Psychophysiology, 58(10), e13890. Full text
2020
Loui, P. (2020). New Music System Reveals Spectral Contribution to Statistical Learning. Bioarxiv.
Loui, P. (2020). Neuroscientific Insights for Improved Outcomes in Music-Based Interventions. Music and Science, 3, 1-9. Full text
Tichko, P., & Loui, P. (2020). Deutsch, D. Musical Illusions and Phantom Words: How Music and Speech Unlock Mysteries of the Brain. Perception, 49(7), 798-800. Full text
Wang, D., Belden, A., Hanser, S., Geddes, M. R., & Loui, P. (2020). Resting-State Connectivity of Auditory and Reward Systems in Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14:280. Full text.
Belden, A.G., Zeng, T., Przysinda, E., Anteraper, S., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Loui, P. (2020). Improvising at rest: Differentiating jazz and classical music training with resting state functional connectivity. NeuroImage, (207), 116384. Preprint | Full text | PDF
Belfi, A., Loui, P. (2020). Musical anhedonia and rewards of music listening: Current advances and a proposed model. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1464(1), 99-114. Full text | PDF
2019
Woods, K. J. P., Hewett, A., Spencer, A., Morillon, B., & Loui, P. (2019). Modulation in background music influences sustained attention. Arxiv.
Zeng, T., Przysinda, E., Pfeifer, C., Arkin, C., & Loui, P. (2019). White Matter Connectivity Reflects Success in Musical Improvisation. Bioarxiv.
Loui, P., & Belden, A.G. (2019). Music and the Brain. Acoustics Today, 15(4), 29-37. PDF
Lee, D. J., Jung, H., Loui, P. (2019). Attention Modulates Electrophysiological Responses to Simultaneous Music and Language Syntax Processing. Brain Sciences, 9(11), 305. Full text.
Arkin, C., Przysinda, E., Pfeifer, C., Zeng, T., & Loui, P. (2019). Grey Matter Correlates of Creativity in Musical Improvisation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 169. Full text | PDF
Loui, P., Raine, L.B., Chaddock-Heyman, L., Kramer, A.F., Hillman, C.H. (2019). Musical Instrument Practice Predicts White Matter Microstructure and Cognitive Abilities in Childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1198. Full text | PDF
2018
Loui, P., Patel, A.D., Gaab, N., Wong, L.M., Hanser, S., Schlaug, G. (2018). Music, Sound and Health: A Meeting of Minds in the Neurosciences of Music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1423(1), 7-9. PDF
Loui, P. (2018). Rapid and Flexible Creativity in Musical Improvisation: Review and a Model. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1423(1), 138-145. PDF
Hohmann, A., Loui, P., Li, C. H., & Schlaug, G. (2018). Reverse Engineering Tone-deafness: Disrupting Pitch-Matching by Creating Temporary Dysfunctions in the Auditory-Motor Network. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 9. PDF
2017
Przysinda, E., Zeng, T., Maves, K., Arkin, C., & Loui, P. (2017). Jazz Improvisers Reveal Role of Expectancy in Human Creativity. Brain and Cognition, 119, 45-53. PDF
Loui, P., Patterson, S., Sachs, M.E., Leung, Y., Zeng, T., & Przysinda, E. (2017). White Matter Correlates of Musical Anhedonia: Implications for Evolution of Music. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1664). PDF
Guetta, R., & Loui, P. (2017). When Music is Salty: The Crossmodal Associations Between Sound and Taste. PLOS ONE, 12(3): e0173366. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173366 Full text | PDF
2016
Abel, M. K., Li, H. C., Russo, F. A., Schlaug, G., & Loui, P. (2016). Audiovisual Interval Size Estimation is Associated with Early Musical Training. PLoS ONE, 11(10), e0163589. PDF
Loui, P., *Przysinda, E., Aklaff, P., *Maves, K., *Arkin, C., *Zeng, T. (2016). Jazz Improvisation as a Model of the Creative Process: Heightened Perceptual Awareness and Sensitivity. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, 175-179. PDF
Sachs, M. E., Ellis, R. J., Schlaug, G., Loui, P. (2016). Brain Connectivity Reflects Human Aesthetic Responses to Music. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience. 1-6. PDF
2015
*Jung, H., *Sontag, S., *Park, Y. S., & Loui, P. (2015). Rhythmic Effects of Syntax Processing in Music and Language. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. PDF
*Lolli, S., *Lewenstein, A., *Basurto, J., *Winnik, S., & Loui, P. (2015). Sound Frequency Affects Speech Emotion Perception: Results from Congenital Amusia. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. PDF
Yuskaitis, C., Parviz, M., Loui, P., Wan, C., & Pearl, P. (2015). Neural Mechanisms Underlying Musical Pitch Perception and Clinical Applications Including Developmental Dyslexia. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 15(8), 1-7. PDF
Loui, P., Demorest, S. M., Pfordresher, P. Q., & *Iyer, J. (2015). Neurological and Developmental Approaches to Poor Pitch Perception and Production. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1337, 263-271. PDF
Loui, P. (2015). A Dual-Stream Neuroanatomy of Singing. Music Perception, 32(3), 232-241. PDF. Recommended by Faculty of 1000
Demorest, S. M., Pfordresher, P. Q., Bella, S. D., Hutchins, S., Loui, P., Rutkowski, J., & Welch, G. F. (2015). Methodological perspectives on singing accuracy: An introduction to the special issue on singing accuracy (part 2). Music Perception, 32(3), 266-271. PDF
Pfordresher, P. Q., Demorest, S. M., Bella, S. D., Hutchins, S., Loui, P., Rutkowski, J., & Welch, G. F. (2015). Theoretical perspectives on singing accuracy: An introduction to the special issue on singing accuracy (part 1). Music Perception, 32(3), 227-231. PDF
2014
Devaney, J., Loui, P., Hafter, E. R., & Krumhansl, C. L. (2014). David Wessel (6 October, 1942 – 13 October, 2014): Tributes and remembrances. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain, 24(3), 274-278. PDF
Choi, I., Bharadwaj, H., Bressler, S., Loui, P., Lee, K., Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2014). Automatic processing of abstract musical tonality. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. PDF
Loui, P., *Koplin-Green, M., *Frick, M., *Massone, M. J. L. (2014). Rapidly Learned Identification of Epileptic Seizures from Sonified EEG. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. PDF Demo
*Harrison, L. D., & Loui, P. (2014). Thrills, Chills, Frissons, and Skin Orgasms: Toward an Integrative Model of Transcendent Psychophysiological Moments in Music. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. PDF
2013
Loui, P., Bachorik, J., Li, H. C., Schlaug, G. (2013). Effects of Voice on Emotional Arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 4. PDF
Zamm, A., Schlaug, G., Eagleman, D. M., Loui, P. (2013). Pathways to Seeing Music: Enhanced Structural Connectivity in Colored-Music Synesthesia. NeuroImage, 74, 359-366. PDF
Lindau, B. (2013). Symposium report: Music & Science: Practice & Convergence—An Organic Symposium. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 23(2), 123-126. PDF
Book chapters
Zuk, J. M., Loui, P., & Guenther, F. H. (2024). Neural Control of Speaking and Singing: The DIVA Model for Singing. To appear in D. Sammler (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Music and Language and Music: Oxford University Press.
Loui, P. (2023). Temporal Aspects of Musical Expectancy and Creativity in Improvisation: A Review of Recent Neuroscientific Studies and an Updated Model. In C. W. Justin London (Ed.), Performing Time: Synchrony and Temporal Flow in Music and Dance: Oxford University Press.
Belfi, A., & Loui, P. The Music System. In M. Nadal, M. Skov (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Neuroaesthetics. Routledge. Full text
Loui, P. Neuroscience of Musical Improvisation. To appear in E. Miranda (Ed.), Handbook of Artificial Intelligence for Music. Springer.
Loui, P., & Guetta, R. (2019). Music and Attention, Executive Function, and Creativity. To appear in M. Thaut, D. Hodges (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain. (pp. 283-284): Oxford University Press.
Timmers, R., & Loui, P. (2018). Music and Emotion. In D. Levitin, J. Rentfrow (Eds.), Foundations of Music Psychology (pp. 783-826): MIT Press.
Loui, P., *Przysinda, E. (2017). Music and the brain: Areas and networks. In R. Ashley, R. Timmers (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Music Cognition. (pp. 13-24). New York, NY: Routledge. PDF
Loui, P., *O’Brien, S., *Sontag, S. Neural Connectivity of the Creative Mind. (2017). In S. J. Lopez, L. M. Edwards, S. C. Marques (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, 3rd Edition: Oxford University Press. Provisional PDF
Loui, P. (2016). Disorders of Music Cognition. In S. Hallam, I. Cross & M. Thaut (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology: Oxford University Press. PDF
Loui, P. (2016). Absolute Pitch. In S. Hallam, I. Cross & M. Thaut (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology: Oxford University Press. PDF
Loui, P. (2016). The Role of Brain Connectivity in Musical Experience. In J. D. Greene (Ed.), Positive Neuroscience: Oxford University Press, 191-208. PDF
Conference presentations
2022
Loui, P. (2022). Rhythm and Predictability for Music-Based Interventions. Symposium presentation on Music and Brain Circuitry: Strategies for Strengthening Evidence-Based Research at the Society for Neuroscience, November, 2022.
Kathios, N.*, Sachs, M.E.*, Zhang, E.*, & Loui, P. (2022). From Prediction to Reward: Individual Differences in Reward Learning. Oral presentation at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, August, 2022.
Belden, A.*, Quinci, M.A.*, Goutama, V.*, Gong, D.*, Zhou, C.*, Loui, P. (2022). Comparing Auditory and Reward Connectivity in Young and Older Adults During Music Listening and Rest. Oral presentation at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, August, 2022.
Kathios, N.*, Patel, A.D., Loui, P. (2022). Individuals with specific musical anhedonia show blunted pleasure to nonmusical sounds. Oral presentation at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, August, 2022.
Tichko, P.*, Kim, J.C., Large, E., Zappi, V., & Loui, P. (2022). Integrating music-based interventions with Gamma-frequency stimulation for Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, July, 2022.
Chiu, L., Ai, M., Makram, F., Quinci, M., Cooper, J. Loui, P., & Geddes, M. (2022). Neural Correlates of Effort-Reward Decision-Making in Older Adults. Poster presentation at the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, June, 2022.
Kathios, N.*, Quinci, M.A.*, Loui, P. (2022). When You Heard It First: Age of Exposure Affects Encoding of Music in the Default Mode Network. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, April, 2022.
Tinney, E.*, Loui, P., Kramer, A.F., Hillman, C., Johnson, C. (2022). The relationship between cognition and white matter integrity in mild cognitive impairment using diffusion tensor tractography. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, April, 2022.
2021
Loui, P. (2021). Use-inspired music cognition: Designing cognitively informed musical interventions for the brain. Paper presented at the Future Directions of Music Cognition.
Ai, M.*, Morris, T.P., Chaddock-Heyman, L., Loui, P., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Hillman, C.H., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F. (2021). Musical experience relates to functional connectivity in older adults. Poster presentation at the Gerontological Society of America, Phoenix, AZ., November 2021.
Loui, P., Sachs, M.E.*, Zhang, E.*, Walker, D.* (2021). Decreased Social Reward Sensitivity in Musical Anhedonia. Poster presentation at the Neurosciences of Music VII, Aarhus, Denmark, June 2021. [Postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19]
Hanser, S., Wilson, G.*, Goutama, V.*, Geddes, M., & Loui, P. (2021). Receptive Music Intervention in Older Adults: A Behavioral and fMRI Investigation. Poster presentation at the Neurosciences of Music VII, Aarhus, Denmark, June 2021. [Postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19]
Joshi, N., Belden, A.*, Guell, X., Vaheed, F.A., Vaheed, R.A., Lee, Y., Loui, P., Geddes, M., & Anteraper, S., (2021). Disrupted cerebello-cerebral RSFC networks in mild cognitive impairment. Poster presentation for IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Virtual Student International Conference, June 2021.
Anteraper, S., Joshi, N., Belden, A.*, Guell, X., Vaheed, F.A., Vaheed, R.A., Lee, Y., Loui, P., & Geddes, M. (2021). Probing Cerebello-cerebral Resting State Functional Connectivity in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Poster presentation for Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 2021.
Tichko, P.*, Page, N.*, Kim, J.C., Large, E., Zappi, V., & Loui, P. (2021). Developing A Novel Gamma- and Music-Based Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia-Related Disorders. Oral presentation at the New England Sequencing and Timing Conference, April 2021.
Quinci, M.A.*, Belden, A.*, Goutama, V.*, Gong, D.*, Hanser, S.*, Donovan, N.J., Geddes, M., Loui, P. (2021). Effects of Music-Based Intervention on Loneliness and Reward Processing in Aging. Oral presentation at the New England Sequencing and Timing Conference, April 2021.
Tichko, P.*, Page, N.*, Kim, J.C., Large, E., Zappi, V., & Loui, P. (2021). Developing A Novel Gamma- and Music-Based Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia-Related Disorders. Oral and poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March, 2021. Postdoctoral award winner
Quinci, M.A.*, Goutama, V.*, Gong, D.*, Hanser, S.*, Donovan, N.J., Geddes, M., Loui, P. Effects of Music-Based Intervention on Loneliness and Reward Processing in Aging. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March, 2021.
2020
Belden, A.*, Zeng, T.*, Przysinda, E.*, & Loui, P. (2020). Training-dependent changes of cortical network dynamics in musicians. Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience of Creativity, October 2020. (virtual presentation).
Belden, A.*, & Loui, P. (2020). Evaluating Resting State Functional Connectivity in Creative Improvisation. Poster presentation at the International Association for Music and Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2020. (virtual presentation).
Chen, Y.*, Raine, L., Kramer, A.F., Hillman, C., Loui, P. (2020). Are Two Activities Better Than One? Effects of Music Training and Physical Activity on Cognitive Development. Poster presentation at the International Association for Music and Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2020. (virtual presentation).
Wang, D.*, Geddes, M., Hanser, S., Bhasin, M., Burtonpatel, R.*, Loui, P. (2020). Potential of Receptive Music Intervention on Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Resting State fMRI Study. Poster presentation at the International Association for Music and Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2020. (virtual presentation).
Sachs, M.*, Zhang, E.*, Walker, D.*, Lazar, M.*, Loui, P. (2020). Social Reward in Musical Anhedonia. Oral presentation at the International Association for Music and Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2020. (virtual presentation).
Krotinger, A.*, Loui, P. (2020). Dance Experience Predicts Improvement from Movement Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease. Poster presentation at the International Association for Music and Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2020. (virtual presentation).
Wilson, G.*, Goutama, V.*, Hanser, S., Geddes, M., Bhasin, M., Loui, P. (2020). Receptive Music Intervention in Older Adults: A Multimodal Longitudinal Study. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2020. (virtual presentation).
Krotinger, A.*, Loui, P. (2020). Assessing and Predicting Efficacy of Dance Intervention for Parkinson’s Disease. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2020. (virtual presentation).
Sachs, M.E.*, Zhang, E.*, Walker, D.*, Loui, P. (2020). Learning and Liking a New Musical System. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2020. Data blitz award winner. (virtual presentation).
Wang, D.*, Geddes, M., Hanser, S., Bhasin, M., Burtonpatel, R.*, Loui, P. (2020). Potential of Receptive Music Intervention on Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Resting State fMRI Study. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2020. (virtual presentation).
Wilson, G.*, Goutama, V.*, Geddes, M., Bhasin, M., Hanser, S., Loui, P. (2020). Neuropsychological assessment for efficacy of receptive music intervention in older adults. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2020. (virtual presentation).
Chen, Y.*, Raine, L., Kramer, A.F., Hillman, C., Loui, P. (2020). Are Two Activities Better Than One? Effects of Music Training and Physical Activity on Cognitive Development. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2020. (virtual presentation).
2019
Loui, P. (2019). Musical Instrumental Practice Predicts White Matter Microstructure and Cognitive Abilities in Childhood. Oral presentation at Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York, NY, August 2019.
Raine, L., Chaddock-Heyman, L., Kramer, A., Hillman, C. Loui, P. (2019). White Matter Correlates of Musical Training and Verbal Ability in Children. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2019. Poster award winner
James, T.*, Loui, P. (2019). Acoustic Cues for Perceiving Race in the Human Voice. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2019.
Tay, H.Y.*, Shai, S., Loui, P. (2019). Network Analysis Comparing Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Data.Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2019.
Belden, A.*, Zeng, T.*, Przysinda, E.*, Loui, P. (2019). Differentiating Effects of Improvisational and Non-Improvisational Musical Training on Functional Connectivity. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2019.
Krotinger, A.*, Loui, P. (2019). Dance experience predicts improvement from movement therapy in Parkinson’s Disease. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2019.
Loui, P., Olgun, M.*, Lucas, C. Perceived Speaker Size Drives the Laurel/Yanny Illusion. (2019). Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2019. Poster award winner
Belden, A.*, Zeng, T.*, Przysinda, E.*, Loui, P. (2019). Differentiating Effects of Improvisational and Non-Improvisational Musical Training on Functional Connectivity. Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience of Creativity, San Francisco, CA, March 2019. Poster award winner
Krotinger, A.*, Loui, P. (2019). Dance experience predicts improvement from movement therapy in Parkinson’s Disease. Poster presentation at the Northeast Music Cognition Group, Boston, MA, March 2019.
2018
*Belden, A., *Zeng, T., *Przysinda, E., Loui, P. (2018). Hearing Creatively: Default Network Selectively Synchronizes to Auditory Cortex in Jazz Improvising Musicians. Oral and poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2018. Data Blitz award winner
Loui, P., *Sampaio, G., *Yost, K., *James, T., *Przysinda, E., Hewett, A., Morillon, B., Woods, K. (2018). Acoustic Effects on Oscillatory Markers of Sustained Attention. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2018.
*Patterson, S., *Zhou, Y., Loui, P. (2018). Structural and Functional Correlates of Musical Anhedonia. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2018.
*Lee, J.D., *Jung, H., *Mathew, C.J., Loui, P. (2018). Time-Frequency Effects of Syntactic Violation in Music, Language, and Rhythm. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2018.
*James, T., *Bouvagnet, M., Loui, P. (2018). The Perception and Cognition of Racialized Voices. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, March 2018.
2017
Loui, P., *Przysinda, E., *Sampaio, G., *James, T., Hewett, A., Morillon, B. (2017). Musical Effects on Oscillatory Markers of Sustained Attention. Poster presentation at the International Conference on the Auditory Cortex, Banff, AB, Canada, September 2017.
Loui, P. (2017). Longitudinal and Cross Sectional Study of Jazz Improvisation as a Model of Creativity. Oral presentation at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, San Diego, CA, August 2017.
*Przysinda, E., *Sampaio, G., *James, T., Woods, K., Hewett, A., Morillon, B., Loui, P. (2017). Acoustic Effects on Oscillatory Markers of Sustained Attention. Oral presentation at the Neural Entrainment and Rhythm Dynamics meeting, Boston, MA, June 2017.
*Przysinda, E., Hewett, A., Morillon, B., Cordovez, B., Loui, P. (2017). Attentional Enhancements of Algorithmically Generated Music. Poster presentation at the Neurosciences of Music, Boston, MA, June 2017.
Loui, P. (2017). Jazz Improvisation as a Model of Creativity: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study. Oral presentation at The Neurosciences and Music VI, Boston, MA, June 2017.
*Przysinda, E., Hewitt, A., Morillon, B., Cordovez, B., Loui, P. (2017). Attentional Enhancements of Algorithmically Generated Music. Poster presentation at The Neurosciences and Music VI, Boston, MA, June 2017.
Loui, P. (2017). David Wessel: A Few Stories of an Antidisciplinarian. Oral presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA, June 2017.
*Przysinda, E., Sachs, M., *Leung, Y., *Zeng, T., Loui, P. (2017). Dissociated Perceived and Felt Emotion in Musical Anhedonia. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2017.
*Arkin, C., *Pfeifer, C., *Przysinda, E., Loui, P. (2017). Structural Brain Differences in Jazz Improvising Musicians. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2017.
*Zeng, T., *Przysinda, E., Loui, P. (2017). Increased Structural and Functional Connectivity in Jazz Improvising Musicians. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2017.
Loui, P. (2017). Jazz Improvisation as a Model of Creativity: Converging Evidence from Behavioral Performance and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Oral presentation at the Society for Neuroscience of Creativity, San Francisco, CA, March 2017.
2016
Loui, P., & *Przysinda, E. (2016). Jazz Improvisation as a Model of the Creative Process: Heightened Perceptual Awareness and Sensitivity. Oral presentation at the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, CA, July 2016.
*Przysinda, E., & Loui, P. (2016). A Psychophysical Measure of Auditory Imagination in Jazz Musicians. Poster presentation at the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, CA, July 2016.
*Lin, W. M., *Maves, K., *Iyer, J., & Loui, P. (2016). Size matters: An ERP study of interval size judgments in audiovisual integration. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY, April 2016.
*Jung, H., *Arkin, C., & Loui, P. (2016). Electrophysiological correlates of rhythm and syntax in music and language. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY, April 2016.
*Przysinda, E., & Loui, P. (2016). A Psychophysical Measure of Auditory Imagination in Jazz Musicians. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY, April 2016.
Loui, P. (2016). Real-time EEG Sonification and Its Applications in Epilepsy. Oral presentation at the Northeast Music Cognition Group Meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 2016.
*Lin, W. M., *Maves, K., *Iyer, J., & Loui, P. (2016). Size matters: An ERP study of interval size judgments in audiovisual integration. Oral presentation at the Northeast Music Cognition Group Meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 2016.
*Jung, H., *Arkin, C., & Loui, P. (2016). Electrophysiological correlates of rhythm and syntax in music and language. Poster presentation at the Northeast Music Cognition Group Meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 2016.
*Przysinda, E., & Loui, P. (2016). A Psychophysical Measure of Auditory Imagination in Jazz Musicians. Oral presentation at the Northeast Music Cognition Group Meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 2016.
2015
Hansen, N. C., Loui, P., Vuust, P., & Pearce, M. (2015). Modelling short- and long-term statistical learning of music as a process of predictive entropy reduction. Oral presentation at Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain, June 2015.
Li, H.C., Loui, P., Halwani, G.F., Guenther, F.H., & Schlaug, G. (2015) Cortical Control of Vocal Pitch Feedback. Posterpresented at Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2015.
Li, H.C., Fujii, S., Loui, P., & Schlaug, G., (2015) A voxel-based morphometry study of rhythm perception and production. Poster presented at Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2015.
Loui, P., *Lindau, B., *Pani, E., & Schlaug, G. (2015). Neural and cognitive markers of pitch perception and pitch awareness. Poster presented at Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2015.
*Jung, H., *Sontag, S., *Park, Y., & Loui, P. (2015). Rhythmic Effects of Syntax Processing in Music and Language. Oral presentation at the New England Music Cognition Group Meeting, Wesleyan University, April 2015.
*Guetta, R. & Loui, P. (2015). The Crossmodal Associations between Sound and Taste. Oral presentation at the New England Music Cognition Group Meeting, Wesleyan University, April 2015.
*Lee, M.C., *Kelly, T.D., *Daniels, C.E., & Loui, P. (2015). Investigating Voice Feedback Control and Its Possible Relationship with Empathy. Oral presentation at the New England Music Cognition Group Meeting, Wesleyan University, April 2015.
*Lolli, S., *Lewenstein, A., *Basurto, J., *Winnik, S., & Loui, P. (2015). Sound Frequency Affects Speech Emotion Perception: Results from Congenital Amusia. Oral presentation at the Northeast Music Cognition Group Meeting, Wesleyan University, April 2015.
*Jung, H., *Sontag, S., *Park, Y., & Loui, P. (2015). Rhythmic Effects of Syntax Processing in Music and Language. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
*Koplin-Green, M., *Massone, M. J. L., *Frick, M., & Loui, P. (2015). Rapidly Learned Identification of Seizures from Sonified EEG. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
*Lolli, S., *Lewenstein, A., *Winnik, S., *Basurto, J., & Loui, P. (2015). Sound Frequency Affects Speech Emotion Perception: Results from Congenital Amusia. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
*Iyer, J. & Loui, P. (2015). Statistical Learning of Tone Sequences in Dyslexia. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
Li, H.C., Loui, P., Halwani, G.F., Guenther, F.H., Schlaug, G. (2015) Cortical Control of Vocal Pitch Feedback. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
Li, H.C., Fujii, S., Loui, P., & Schlaug, G., (2015) A voxel-based morphometry study of rhythm perception and production. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
Abel, M. K. A., Li, H. C., Schlaug, G., & Loui, P. (2015). Graph Theory and Behavioral Studies on Auditory Integration. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, March 2015.
Loui, P. (2015). Action and Perception in the Musical Brain. Oral presentation at Workshop on Music, Language and Emotion, SUNY Stony Brook, March 2015.
2014
Hansen, N. C., Loui, P., Vuust, P., & Pearce, M. (2014). Spiking the Expectancy Profiles: Modelling short- and long-term statistical learning of music as a process of predictive entropy reduction. Poster presentation at BKN 25: Milestones in Music Cognition Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 2014.
Loui, P. (2014). Neural regulation of pitch perception and production. Paper presented at The Neurosciences and Music V: Cognitive Stimulation and Rehabilitation, Dijon, France, May 2014.
Hansen, N. C., Loui, P., Vuust, P., & Pearce, M. (2014). Modelling short- and long-term statistical learning of music as a process of predictive entropy reduction. Poster presentation at The Neurosciences and Music V: Cognitive Stimulation and Rehabilitation, Dijon, France, May 2014.
Loui, P., *Frick, M., *Koplin-Green, M., *Massone, M. (2014). EEG Sonification for the Detection of Seizures. Oral presentation at the Yale Epilepsy Research Retreat, Madison, CT, April 2014.
Loui, P. (2014). Neural regulation of pitch perception and production. Paper presented at the The Neurosciences and Music V: Cognitive Stimulation and Rehabilitation, Dijon, France.
Loui, P., Pani, E., Lindau, B., & Schlaug, G. (2014). White matter correlates of pitch perception and production. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Schlaug, G., Lindau, B., Pani, E., & Loui, P. (2014). Gray matter correlates of pitch perception and production. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Abel, M. K., Li, H. C., Schlaug, G., & Loui, P. (2014). Resting State Functional Networks in Tone-Deafness. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Li, H. C., Loui, P., Halwani, G. F., Guenther, F. H., & Schlaug, G. (2014). Cortical control of vocal pitch feedback. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Loui, P. (2014). Action and Perception in the Musical Brain. Oral presentation at Schmitt Symposium for Integrative Brain Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, March 2014.
Pani, E., Schlaug, G., & Loui, P. (2014). Predicting Musical Ability from Structural Connectivity of Auditory-Motor Pathways. Poster presented at Schmitt Symposium for Integrative Brain Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, March 2014.
2013
Loui, P. (2013). Attention and the refinement of auditory expectations. Oral presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA. J Acoust Soc Am, 134(5), 4195. Slides here
Gallun, F. J., Stecker, G. C., Loui, P., & Sarampalis, A. (2013). The Ear Club: Ervin R. Hafter’s academic family. Poster presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA. J Acoust Soc Am, 134(5), 4016. Poster here
Pearce, M., Rohrmeier, M., Loui, P., Large, E., Kim, J. C., Toiviainen, P., & Brattico, E. (2013). Music cognition: Bridging computation and insights from cognitive neuroscience. Oral presentation at the Cognitive Science Society. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Berlin, Germany. Slides here
–Non-peer-reviewed material follows–
Computer software
West, R., & Loui, P. (2013). Absolute Pitch Test. Figshare
Loui, P. (2013). Bohlen-Pierce scale artificial grammar learning experiment. Figshare