38th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology

The 38th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology will take place from 2 to 4 September 2022 at the Institute Human-Computer-Media of the University of Würzburg. The conference will focus on "The Psychology of Popular Music". Popular music should not be limited to pop music, but should include any form of music that enjoys popularity among certain target groups - including hip-hop, heavy metal, Schlager, folk music or film and series music. In order to present the research subject in all its dimensions as far as possible, submissions from a wide range of psychological perspectives are welcome. This could include, for example, emotional psychology, social and developmental psychology, media psychology, psychoacoustics, educational psychology and psychotherapy, all of which illuminate the spectrum of popular music from very different angles. As always, free contributions from other subject areas are also welcome. In order to provide space for as many presentations as possible, there will be no keynote speeches at the 38th annual conference in Würzburg.

You can download the conference reader here (status 26.08.2022, subject to change).

Notes on your presentations
Presentations comprise 20 minutes of presentation time plus 5 minutes for discussion (5 minutes conversion). The possible formats for presentations are 4:3 and 16:9. HDMI and VGA cables are available, please remember to bring appropriate adapters.

A Windows laptop is available so that presentations can also be imported via USB stick. Posters can be put up on Friday from 12.30 pm and on Sunday from 9 am.

Friday, 2 September 2022

from 12:30 Opening of the conference office
14:00 Welcome by the conference team and the DGM board
14:30-15:30 Lecture block I CONFERENCE TOPIC

• The Structure of Musical Dislikes
  Merrill, Julia; Frieler, Klaus; Ackermann, Taren-Ida
• "And the two of us leave everyday life at home...": Usage motives of listeners of German-language popular music
  Thiesen, Felix Christian; Schramm, Holger

15:30 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Poster session I (see below)
17:00-18:30 Lecture block II FREE CONTRIBUTIONS

• How emotional is analytical hearing?
  Raatz, Philipp; Lorenzen, Joschua; Bullerjahn, Claudia; Kaernbach, Christian; Rötter, Günther
• Development of an adaptive test for musical scene analysis skills
  Hake, Robin; Bürgel, Michel; Müllensiefen, Daniel; Siedenburg, Kai
• The development of cognitive and musical abilities: Preliminary results of a longitudinal study
  Müllensiefen, Daniel; Frieler, Klaus; Kopiez, Reinhard

19:00 Offer of joint bridge wine for those who go directly from the conference to the Alte Mainmühle (all others have a short time to bring luggage to the hotel etc.)
19:30 Get-together and dinner together in the "Alte Mainmühle"

Saturday, 3 September 2022

9:00 Opening of the conference office
9:30-11:00 Lecture block III FREE CONTRIBUTIONS

• It's so green when... Using background music in green commercials for a greener brand image
  Herget, Ann-Kristin
• Changing the emotional-semantic perception of visual scenes with music: A large-scale investigation into the effects of audio branding
  Silas, Sebastian; Baker, David; Müllensiefen, Daniel
• At the movies, time flies when you don't feel active: the influence of soundtracks on viewers' time perception
  Ansani, Alessandro

11:00 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Lecture block IV CONFERENCE TOPIC

• Immersive music experience: Psychophysiological correlates
  Kopiez, Reinhard; Wycisk, Yves; Sander, Kilian; Silas, Sebastian; Kiyan, Roman; Platz, Friedrich; Bergner, Jakob; Schössow, Daphne; Preihs, Stephan; Peissig, Jürgen
• Development of the Music and Gaming Inventory (MAGI)
  Bötsch, Isabell; Krause, Julia

12:30 Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Lecture block V CONFERENCE TOPIC

• Meta-characteristics of situational music selection - A big data analysis of user-generated Spotify playlists
  Lepa, Steffen; Tom, Potthoff
• Autotune kills the radio star: salience of pitch micromodulations in popular music
  Bürgel, Michel; Siedenburg, Kai

15:00 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Lecture block VI FREE CONTRIBUTIONS

• In touch: Cardiac and respiratory patterns synchronise during ensemble singing with physical contact
  Lange, Elke; Omigie, Diana; Trenado, Carlos; Müller, Viktor; Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie; Merrill, Julia
• Experimental Concert Research - Studying Live Music Experiences
  Egermann, Hauke; Kreuzer, Martin; O'Neill, Katherine; Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie; Tschacher, Wolfgang; Meier, Deborah; Weining, Christian; Tröndle, Martin
• Music Performance Assessment: Noise in Judgments and Reliability of Measuremenents
  Passarotto, Edoardo; Altenmüller, Eckart; Müllensiefen, Daniel

17:00 General meeting of the DGM
19:30 Wine tour and tasting in the historic wine cellar of the Würzburg Residence

Sunday, 4 September 2022

9:00 Opening of the conference office
9:30-10:30 Lecture block VII CONFERENCE TOPIC

• An Empirical Validation of the Psychological Groove Model: Proof of Concept
  Senn, Olivier; Bechtold, Toni; Hoesl, Florian; Jerjen, Rafael; Kilchenmann, Lorenz; Rose, Dawn; Baldassarre, Antonio; Sigrist, Carlo; Alessandri, Elena
• Aren't you ashamed? On the influence of intonation and text content on the experience of foreign shame during singer-songwriter performances in casting shows
  Gillner, Elisa; Thiesen, Felix Christian; Schramm, Holger

10:30-11:30 Poster session II (see below)
11:30 Coffee break
12:00-13:00 Lecture block VIII CONFERENCE TOPIC

• What makes a music programme popular? On the status and significance of music research at German radio stations in 2021
  Schramm, Holger; Mayer, Fabian;
• "I make the world, widde widde as I like it." Mood management through feelings of nostalgia in the reception of popular series theme music from childhood
  Herget, Ann-Kristin; Schramm, Holger; Haas, Christina; Polifka, Alina

13:00 Farewell by the conference team
13:30 Individual departure