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Neuroscience and Music Perception

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Sam Norman-Haignere
University of Rochester Medical Center
2
Aleksandra Ćwiek
Nicolaus Copernicus University
3
Wen-Yi Hsiao
Academia Sinica
4
Conghui Su
Shenzhen University Health Science Center
5
Wenjie Zhou
Songjiang District Central Hospital
6
Nieves Fuentes‐Sánchez
University of Castilla-La Mancha
7
Nicholas J. Audette
New York University
8
Hongmi Lee
Purdue University West Lafayette
9
Jennifer K. Mendoza
Oregon Department of Education
10
Laura S. Geurts
Radboud University Nijmegen

Rising Stars Papers

1
The alveolar trill is perceived as jagged/rough by speakers of different languages
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America|2024
15 cit.
2
On joy and sorrow: Neuroimaging meta-analyses of music-induced emotion
Imaging Neuroscience|2024
8 cit.
3
Neural dynamics of spontaneous memory recall and future thinking in the continuous flow of thoughts
Nature Communications|2025
8 cit.
4
Sound symbolism in Japanese names: Machine learning approaches to gender classification
PLoS ONE|2024
6 cit.
5
Temporal integration in human auditory cortex is predominantly yoked to absolute time
Nature Neuroscience|2025
4 cit.
6
Pupil-Linked Arousal Modulates Precision of Stimulus Representation in Cortex
Journal of Neuroscience|2024
3 cit.
7
Introduction to the Special Issue on Iconicity and Sound Symbolism
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America|2025
2 cit.
8
Preterm birth increases susceptibility to hyperglycemia induced glomerular alterations in male mice
Scientific Reports|2025
2 cit.
9
Using artificial intelligence to explore sound symbolic expressions of gender in American English
PeerJ Computer Science|2024
1 cit.
10
The role of gender in emotional reactions elicited by music: Autonomic reactivity, facial expression, and self-reports
Musicae Scientiae|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Manvir Singh
Harvard University
2
Bassam V. Atallah
Champalimaud Foundation
3
Joonkoo Park
Amherst College
4
Alexander G. Huth
The University of Texas at Austin
5
Samuel A. Mehr
Harvard University
6
Theresa Veltri
University of Sheffield
7
Sascha Frühholz
University of Zurich
8
Reyna L. Gordon
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
9
Courtney Szocs
Louisiana State University
10
Enrico Glerean
Aalto University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings
Nature Neuroscience|2023
368 cit.
2
Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures
Nature Human Behaviour|2022
173 cit.
3
Human social organization during the Late Pleistocene: Beyond the nomadic-egalitarian model
Evolution and Human Behavior|2022
104 cit.
4
Live music stimulates the affective brain and emotionally entrains listeners in real time
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
72 cit.
5
Universality, domain-specificity and development of psychological responses to music
Nature Reviews Psychology|2023
57 cit.
6
How games can make behavioural science better
Nature|2023
54 cit.
7
Predictive Coding or Just Feature Discovery? An Alternative Account of Why Language Models Fit Brain Data
Neurobiology of Language|2022
46 cit.
8
The store of the future: Engaging customers through sensory elements, personalized atmospherics, and interpersonal interaction
Journal of Retailing|2023
46 cit.
9
A natural language fMRI dataset for voxelwise encoding models
Scientific Data|2023
45 cit.
10
Computational Language Modeling and the Promise of In Silico Experimentation
Neurobiology of Language|2023
40 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Nina Kraus
Northwestern University
2
Robert J. Zatorre
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
3
David Poeppel
Perfect Harmony Health
4
Gottfried Schlaug
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
5
Michael M. Merzenich
Posit Science (United States)
6
Laurel J. Trainor
McMaster University
7
Angela D. Friederici
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
8
Steven A. Hillyard
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
9
Isabelle Peretz
Centre for Research on Brain Language and Music
10
Warren H. Meck
Duke University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Reading Senseless Sentences: Brain Potentials Reflect Semantic Incongruity
Science|1980
4.9k cit.
2
Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
2.8k cit.
3
Brain potentials during reading reflect word expectancy and semantic association
Nature|1984
2.2k cit.
4
Two varieties of long-latency positive waves evoked by unpredictable auditory stimuli in man
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology|1975
2.1k cit.
5
Cortical oscillations and speech processing: emerging computational principles and operations
Nature Neuroscience|2012
2k cit.
6
Electrical Signs of Selective Attention in the Human Brain
Science|1973
2k cit.
7
Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music
Nature Neuroscience|2011
1.8k cit.
8
Scalar Timing in Memory
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|1984
1.8k cit.
9
Brain Structures Differ between Musicians and Non-Musicians
Journal of Neuroscience|2003
1.6k cit.
10
Electrophysiological correlates of feature analysis during visual search
Psychophysiology|1994
1.5k cit.

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