This week we have exciting news! Next Thursday, June 12, we will host a symposium focused on brain development during adolescence at Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa. During this symposium, we will have a keynote lecture by Leah Somerville, Professor at Harvard University. Her talk will focus on new work that reveals how goal-directed behaviors are differentially shaped by…

Have you ever experienced a pleasant chill running up your spine when listening to a piece of music or a given harmony? Or goose bumps raising up your arms? Musical frisson… This phenomenon is defined as music frisson. Listening to emotionally moving music can trigger a strong emotional reaction (e.g., joy, nostalgia) and influence our…

Language is everywhere and the use of it is one of the defining features of the human species. But how does it come that we can transmit even complex ideas by uttering a number of different sounds? Why do we understand those sounds as meaningful? Here I want to introduce you to one recently proposed…