Brain, Music, and Learning team had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Psyche Loui from the Northeastern University, Boston, on April 4, 2025 on her way to Lapland. In the Faculty of Educational Sciences, she gave an excellent and inspiring visiting lecture, entitled “New musical experiences and their connections to cognitive and brain health“ to a total of 40 participants. Before the lecture, Professor Loui visited the research laboratory in which Professor Benjamin Ultan Cowley conducts research with his team on high performance and cognition including music learning. After the lecture, she visited the Biomag laboratory with excellent facilities for MEG and TMS studies; it was introduced by its head Professor Hanna Renvall.