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Instru(mental)
An applied music science podcast, hosted by a music therapist. Discover and appreciate the intricacies of musical behaviors, and how music functions in your life.
Instru(mental)
Latest Episodes
#22 - Beautiful Motives, Better Person?
Does knowing someone's motivations for using music change our opinion of them? This episode features an interview with Dr. Tanushree Agrawal discussing her research on aesthetics, beauty, and prosocial judgments. Our conversation opens with how...
#21 - An MT-BC Goes to SMPC (2026)
Where can you catch up on the latest music cognition research, watch a musical about the scientific process, and karaoke to your heart's desire? SMPC 2026! This episode is series of recordings from the 2026
#20 - This Is Your Musical Brain On Marijuana
Have you ever noticed that music just hits differently when your high? In this episode of Instru(mental), we're diving into the surprisingly sparse, but curious body of research that explains how cannabis changes our musical experiences. Along ...
#19 - Split Second Music Judgments
What can we deduce from hearing less than 1 second of music? Learn how accurately listeners can identify music genres from excerpts that are less than a quarter of a second long, and see how your brain does in a mini version of the experimental...
