Test your musical memory with the new game TuneTwins (do it for science)
TuneTwins is inspired by the classic game Memory. “You have to match pairs of musical fragments that sound the same,” explains PhD candidate Jiaxin Li from the Music Cognition Group at the University of Amsterdam. “Some pairs are completely identical, while others are deliberately distorted to varying degrees. That’s where the challenge lies.” The goal is to learn more about musical memory across different cultures and to bring science closer to the general public.
Citizen science on human musicality
TuneTwins is part of an international citizen science project exploring how we remember music. “We know that most people are far more musical than they think,” says Henkjan Honing, professor of Music Cognition. “But how do different aspects of music influence our listening and memory behavior? That’s what we’re investigating with TuneTwins—to better understand how our brain works when we listen to music. But that’s not the only goal. We also want to bring science closer to the public and actively involve people in our research.”
Hoping for a global craze
The researchers have tested the game with children and adults in Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. Li says, “We hope people all over the world will play it, so we can learn even more about musical memory in different cultures.”
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We hope people all over the world will play it
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