World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
40
Citations
8212
World Ranking
5295
National Ranking
49

Overview

Petri Toiviainen is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on neuroscience, computer science, and psychology.

The scientist has a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, signal processing, computer vision and pattern recognition, and music. Their work addresses key topics such as:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Music and Audio Processing
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Music Technology and Sound Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Diverse Music Education Insights

Petri Toiviainen's publication record includes several recent papers, each contributing to understanding music cognition and its psychological and neurological dimensions. Recent works include:

  • "The Role of Music in Everyday Life During the First Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Emotions of music listening in Finland and in India: Comparison of an individualistic and a collectivistic culture," 2020, Psychology of Music
  • "What makes music memorable? Relationships between acoustic musical features and music-evoked emotions and memories in older adults," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience," 2023, Psychology of Music
  • "Dance to your own drum: Identification of musical genre and individual dancer from motion capture using machine learning," 2020, Journal of New Music Research

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Psychology of Music, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Collaboration is a significant component of their research, with frequent co-authors including Vinoo Alluri, Martín Hartmann, Emily Carlson, Elvira Brattico, and Suvi Saarikallio. These partnerships have produced numerous papers across various interdisciplinary fields.

Best Publications

  • A Matlab Toolbox for Musical Feature Extraction from Audio

    Olivier Lartillot;Petri Toiviainen

  • Large-scale brain networks emerge from dynamic processing of musical timbre, key and rhythm.

    Vinoo Alluri;Petri Toiviainen;Iiro P. Jääskeläinen;Enrico Glerean

  • A Matlab Toolbox for Music Information Retrieval

    Olivier Lartillot;Petri Toiviainen;Tuomas Eerola

  • Embodied Meter: Hierarchical Eigenmodes in Music-Induced Movement

    Petri Toiviainen;Geoff Luck;Marc R. Thompson

  • Cross-cultural music cognition: cognitive methodology applied to North Sami yoiks

    Carol L. Krumhansl;Pekka Toivanen;Tuomas Eerola;Petri Toiviainen

  • MIDI toolbox : MATLAB tools for music research

    Tuomas Eerola;Petri Toiviainen

  • Influences of rhythm- and timbre-related musical features on characteristics of music-induced movement

    Birgitta Burger;Marc R Thompson;Geoff Luck;Suvi Saarikallio

  • PREDICTION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL EMOTIONAL RATINGS IN MUSIC FROM AUDIO USING MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS

    Tuomas Eerola;Olivier Lartillot;Petri Toiviainen

  • Measuring and modeling real-time responses to music: the dynamics of tonality induction.

    Petri Toiviainen;Carol L Krumhansl

  • Born to dance but beat deaf: A new form of congenital amusia

    Jessica Phillips-Silver;Petri Toiviainen;Nathalie Gosselin;Olivier Piché

  • Exploring Perceptual and Acoustical Correlates of Polyphonic Timbre

    Vinoo Alluri;Petri Toiviainen

  • Maladaptive and adaptive emotion regulation through music: a behavioral and neuroimaging study of males and females

    Emily Carlson;Suvi Saarikallio;Petri Toiviainen;Brigitte Bogert

  • Tapping to Bach: Resonance-Based Modeling of Pulse

    Petri Toiviainen;Joel S. Snyder

  • Ensemble Musicians’ Synchronization With Conductors’ Gestures: An Automated Feature-Extraction Analysis

    Geoff Luck;Petri Toiviainen

  • Hunting for the beat in the body: on period and phase locking in music-induced movement

    Birgitta Burger;Marc R. Thompson;Geoff Luck;Suvi H. Saarikallio

  • Melodic Expectation in Finnish Spiritual Folk Hymns: Convergence of Statistical, Behavioral, and Computational Approaches

    Carol L. Krumhansl;Jukka Louhivuori;Petri Toiviainen;Topi Järvinen

  • Connectivity Patterns During Music Listening: Evidence for Action-Based Processing in Musicians

    Vinoo Alluri;Petri Toiviainen;Iballa Burunat;Marina Kliuchko

  • Capturing the musical brain with Lasso: Dynamic decoding of musical features from fMRI data.

    Petri Toiviainen;Vinoo Alluri;Vinoo Alluri;Elvira Brattico;Elvira Brattico;Elvira Brattico;Mikkel Wallentin

  • Effects of the Big Five and musical genre on music-induced movement

    G. Luck;S. Saarikallio;B. Burger;M.R. Thompson

  • Perceived complexity of western and African folk melodies by western and African listeners.

    Tuomas Eerola;Tommi Himberg;Petri Toiviainen;Jukka Louhivuori

  • From Vivaldi to Beatles and back: Predicting lateralized brain responses to music

    Vinoo Alluri;Petri Toiviainen;Torben Ellegaard Lund;Mikkel Wallentin

  • Statistical Features and Perceived Similarity of Folk Melodies

    Tuomas Eerola;Topi Jäärvinen;Jukka Louhivuori;Petri Toiviainen

  • Relationships Between Perceived Emotions in Music and Music-induced Movement

    Birgitta Burger;Suvi Saarikallio;Geoff Luck;Marc R. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Elvira Brattico
Elvira Brattico University of Helsinki
Tuomas Eerola
Tuomas Eerola Durham University
Peter Vuust
Peter Vuust Royal Academy of Music
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki
Mari Tervaniemi
Mari Tervaniemi University of Helsinki
Klaus Mathiak
Klaus Mathiak RWTH Aachen University
Mikko Sams
Mikko Sams Aalto University
Carol L. Krumhansl
Carol L. Krumhansl Cornell University
Andrzej Cichocki
Andrzej Cichocki Systems Research Institute

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring Social Sciences and Humanities in the USA opens doors to a variety of rewarding online degrees and career options. Students interested in psychology can find numerous accredited programs. For those on a budget, seeking the most affordable online psychology degree makes it easier to begin a career without hefty financial burdens.

Many aspiring social workers look for the easiest msw programs to get into, which can fast-track entry into the profession. These programs focus on accessibility and flexible admission requirements, helping students get started sooner.

For those seeking advanced mental health roles, the psyd programs provide doctoral-level training for future psychologists in clinical, counseling, or school settings. Those passionate about relationships and family dynamics can consider marriage and family therapy programs online to begin practicing as MFTs quickly.

Each of these pathways empowers students to make meaningful impacts in their communities while offering flexible options for diverse schedules and backgrounds.

Best Scientists Citing Petri Toiviainen

Trending Scientists