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Miriam Lense

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@miriamlense.bsky.social clinical psychologist/researcher @vanderbiltent. Social engagement, #musicscience, child development, Autism, and more. views my own.
Nashville, TN vumc.org/music-cognitio… Joined March 2016
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How does singing to infants support social engagement?

Check out our new paper in @PNASNews on how musical rhythm sensitivity during infant-directed singing entrains infants' social visual behavior:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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www.pnas.org Music of infant-directed singing entrains infants’ social visual behavior | PNAS Infant-directed singing is a culturally universal musical phenomenon known to promote the bonding of infants and caregivers. Entrainment is a widel...
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Join us tonight, may 18, at @nashvillesymph for a discussion on Music and Health with @ReneeFleming ! 🎶
Our Music Cognition Lab is partnering with the Nashville Symphony on a free event with Renée Fleming on Monday, May 18th at 7pm. The event also features Dr. Miriam Lense and Dr. Andy Wooldridge as panelists exploring Healing, Social Connection, and the Power of Song.
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Interested in autism and social contingency? Our new paper reviews social feedback loops throughout the lifespan in autism and points to future research directions: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article/3…

Great to collaborate for this special issue in @royalsocietypublishing.org !
royalsocietypublishing.org Social communication development in a contingent world: insights from autism Abstract. Children learn to communicate via real-time behavioural feedback loops with their social partners (e.g. infant vocalizes, caregiver responds and