Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain @coe-mmbb.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social and Social Body Lab @ox.ac.uk
#musicscience
Website: https://joshua.bamford.id.au/
Dr Joshua S. Bamford
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Nice to see our MEL model mentioned here. Music is a really important part of many people's romantic lives! medium.com/illumination...
I am very pleased to announce that, after many years of hard work and brushing, I have been finally admitted to that most prestigious of academic societies: The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS).
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Looking forward to Valentine's day? Our researcher, Dr Joshua Bamford @js.bamford.id.au has some relationship advice, based upon recent studies into music and love. 🥰💘
Read it here: scienceillustrated.com/humans/one-p...
#MusicScience #MusicSky #ValentinesDay
Come study with us! We are excited to announce the international application period for our Master’s Degree in Music and Science is now open!
www.jyu.fi/en/study-wit...
You can apply until 21 January 2026. Please distribute to anyone interested!
Homosexual behaviour has sometimes been regarded as an evolutionary paradox, but a study looking at 59 primate species suggests it does in fact boost survival.
Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
It also reminded me how important our social bonds are in science, as the formation of such bonds often lead to fruitful collaboration or the generation of new ideas. Love is a creative force, whether in biological, cultural or scientific domains!
Somehow it feels like this research exists purely to be a question for a pub quiz.
www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Dr Joshua S. Bamford
Dr Joshua S. Bamford
What role does music play in romantic relationships? We asked a bunch of people and the results are now published in Open Research Europe! 💙🎵
It was a really fun experience working with ORE, which is @ec.europa.eu's own journal for @erc.europa.eu funded research, using post-pub open peer review.
Had a lovely time presenting some of our research from @coe-mmbb.bsky.social on #music and #love at this special meeting of @royalsociety.org in Edinburgh. It was an exciting couple of days, filled with stimulating discussions about the variety of ways that people form connections with each other.
The Master's Degree Programme in Music and Science at the University of Jyväskylä aims to help students understand the various functions of music in modern everyday life by examining music through a c...
Joshua Bamford has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™ (LFHCfS). He says: I am a cognitive anthropologist, studying the evolutionary functions of music and dance in Homo s…
