A5054015683- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Language Development and Disorders
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mind wandering and attention
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Maastricht University
2016-2025
University of Münster
2024
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
2009-2021
Maastricht University Medical Centre
2021
Chicago Neuropsychology Group
2018
Max Planck Society
2009-2015
Baylor College of Medicine
2015
University of Manchester
2013-2015
Auditory stimulation via rhythmic cues can be used successfully in the rehabilitation of motor function patients with disorders. A prototypical example is provided by dysfunctional gait idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Coupling steps to external (the beat music or sounds a metronome) leads long‐term improvements, such as increased walking speed and greater stride length. These effects are likely underpinned compensatory brain mechanisms involving cerebellar–thalamocortical networks....
Abstract Acting in and adapting to a dynamically changing environment necessitates precisely encode the timing of sensory events, time our own (re-)actions them. Cerebellar (CE) basal ganglia (BG) circuitries play fundamental complementary roles processes. While CE seems use precise (when an event occurs) temporal intervals generate predictions next occurs), BG uses relative extract beat rhythmic sequences. As it is generally difficult record data from respective patient groups parallel,...
We live in a dynamic and changing environment, which necessitates that we adapt to efficiently respond changes of stimulus form (‘what’) occurrence (‘when’). Consequently, behaviour is optimal when can anticipate both the ‘what’ ‘when’ dimensions stimulus. For example, perceive temporally expected stimulus, listener needs establish fairly precise internal representation its external temporal structure, function ascribed classical sensorimotor areas such as cerebellum. Here investigated how...
OPINION article Front. Integr. Neurosci., 22 December 2011 Volume 5 - | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2011.00086
Deterioration in the peripheral and central auditory systems is common older adults often leads to hearing speech comprehension difficulties. Even when remains intact, electrophysiological data of frequently exhibit altered neural responses along pathway, reflected variability phase alignment activity sound onsets. However, it unclear whether challenges processing aging stem from more fundamental deficits timing processes. Here, we investigated if how individuals encoded temporal...
When sensory input conveys rhythmic regularity, we can form predictions about the timing of upcoming events. Although rhythm processing capacities differ considerably between individuals, these differences are often obscured by participant- and trial-level data averaging procedures in M/EEG research. Here, systematically assessed neurophysiological variability displayed individuals listening to isochronous (1.54 Hz) equitone sequences interspersed with unexpected (amplitude-attenuated)...
Many animal species show comparable abilities to detect basic rhythms and produce rhythmic behavior. Yet, the capacities process complex synchronize behavior appear be species-specific: vocal learning animals can, but some primates might not. This discrepancy is of high interest as there a putative link between rhythm processing development sophisticated sensorimotor in humans. Do our closest ancestors endogenous dispositions sample acoustic environment absence task instructions training? We...
In stress-timed languages, the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables (or 'meter') is an important formal temporal cue to guide speech processing. Previous electroencephalography studies have shown that metric violations result in early negative event-related potential. It unclear whether this 'metric' negativity N400 elicited by misplaced stress or it responds error detection. The aim study was investigate nature as a function rule-based, predictive sequencing. Our results show...
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are a cardinal symptom of psychosis but also occur in 6-13% the general population. Voice perception is thought to engage an internal forward model that generates predictions, preparing auditory cortex for upcoming sensory feedback. Impaired processing feedback vocalization seems underlie experience AVH psychosis, whether this case nonclinical voice hearers remains unclear. The current study used electroencephalography (EEG) investigate and how...
It has been suggested that speech production is accomplished by an internal forward model, reducing processing activity directed to self-produced in the auditory cortex. The current study uses established N1-suppression paradigm comparing self- and externally-initiated natural sounds answer two questions: (1) Are predictions generated process complex sounds, such as vowels, initiated via a button press? (2) prediction errors regarding self-initiated deviant vowels reflected corresponding ERP...