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L. (Lidya) Yurdum

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Social Psychology
Area of expertise: Nonverbal vocalisations, emotion, music, citizen science

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
Postal address
  • Postbus 15906
    1001 NK Amsterdam
Social media
  • Profile

    I am a PhD candidate in the Social Psychology department, and I research nonverbal vocalisations (like, sighs, groans and laughter) and the situations that give rise to them. I’m also interested in music, specifically human song, and the emotional responses music gives rise to. I use citizen science methods, such as gamified online experiments, to diversify participant pools and reach large numbers of people around the world.

  • Research

    Research methods

    • Citizen science
    • Computational analyses

    Current research projects

    • Nonverbal Vocalisations in Context: What kinds of sounds do people around the world make? And what kinds of situations give rise to those sounds? In this project, I’m interested in exploring the varied ways we use vocalisations, without assuming a priori that they serve purely communicative functions. 
    • Emotions in Music: In this line of work, I’m researching the emotions people report experiencing in response to music, whether it’s a top-of-the-charts pop song, or a lullaby recorded in a remote culture. 

    RPA

    • Real Emotion
  • Publications

    2024

    • Cong, Y., Yurdum, L., Fischer, A. H., & Sauter, D. A. (in press). Emotions are Perceived Differently from Posed and Spontaneous Facial Expressions. Emotion.

    2023

    2022

    • Yurdum, L., Singh, M., Glowacki, L., Vardy, T., Atkinson, Q., Hilton, C. B., Sauter, D., Krasnow, M., & Mehr, S. (2022). Cultural Invariance in Musical Communication. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2022): Cognitive Diversity : Toronto, Canada, 27-30 July 2022 (Vol. 1, pp. 326-333). (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society; Vol. 44). Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7hc3762n [details]
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  • Ancillary activities
    • No ancillary activities
    • LDY Consulting (sole proprietorship)
      Freelance data analysis work