September 2024. The Mismatch negativity conference was held in Salamanca, Spain, hosting researchers interested in the neuronal basis of MMN and its clinical applications. Minna Huotilainen in the Advisory Scientific Board of the conference and Mari Tervaniemi was in the Steering Scientific committee and gave a talk on Effects of language environment on auditory neurocognition. Tanja Linnavalli presented a poster entitled "Five-year old preschoolers’ MMN responses for speech-sound changes predict their prereading skills and non-verbal intelligence".
September 2024. In her keynote talk, research director Mari Tervaniemi shared new insights on research paradigms at the large congress, which attracted over 600 participants.
Postdoctoral researcher Kaisamari Kostilainen presented a poster of an upcoming study titled ”Pathophysiology of neonatal withdrawal symptoms and effects of multisensory intervention on withdrawal symptoms in newborns - Introducing the NASMUS study plan".
June 2024. First time in Helsinki, the international event offered dozens of captivating talks and 300 poster presentations for its 500 participants. Mari Tervaniemi was the conference director, and many BML members acted as speakers, poster presenters, and conference assistants.
June 2024. How do brain responses to improvised and sheet music differ? Research director Mari Tervaniemi offers fresh views on Finnish Music Quarterly, and talks about a year-long course and research project led by pianist, researcher and educator David Dolan, Head of the Centre for Creative Performance and Classical Improvisation at London’s Guildhall School of Music, at Sibelius Academy in 2022-2023. Read the article here.
March 2024. Three speakers from Helsinki and Turku brought together an impressive set of talks ranging from molecules and emotions to creativity. Minna Huotilainen's talk was entitled "Music is a mystery", and she emhasized the still unknown ways in which music and musical activities shape our brains.
November 2023. Kostilainen's doctoral research was particularly praised for supporting the relationship between the baby and the parent. Importantly, her work also includes recommendations for the care of preterm infants in the hospital environment, emphasizing the role of the parents' voice and singing, published together with the Hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa area.
Read the news(in Finnish) and Kostilainen's PhD thesis.