Body-Brain Waves

Body-Brain physiological waves meet the waves of the Amalfi Coast Visit the website: http://www.waves-conference.com For decades now, both cognitive and translational neuroscience have corroborated the pivotal role of neural oscillations in perception, cognition, and motor behavior in health and pathology. However, these research lines have almost exclusively showcased the tight link between brain activity and … Read more Body-Brain Waves

BAND-lab at SAMBA

Sonja is giving a talk at the Salzburg Mind Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA). Her talk is titled: ‘Heard but not present:pathophysiology of prediction and adaptation’. In the slides, tonotopic mapping in humans’ medial geniculate body in the thalamus. Work in prep with deep brain stimulation. Stay tuned for news! Some good time with friends and colleagues. … Read more BAND-lab at SAMBA

Cognition through the lens of a body-brain dynamic system

Stepping back from Descartes’ and Newton’s reductionist principles, accumulating evidence shows that body signals (e.g., respiratory and heart rhythms) modulate neural activity and influence cognitive functions. The body-brain dynamic system (BBDS) provides a dynamic and holistic perspective on the body–brain interface, and aims to explain how such intricate interactions enable individuals to efficiently act in … Read more Cognition through the lens of a body-brain dynamic system

ERPs reveal an iconic relation between sublexical phonology and affective meaning

New paper alert! The authors found that a mismatch between sublexical and lexical affective values of words elicited an increased N400 response. Curious? Read about this new paper with contribution of Sonja Kotz here.

Uncovering hidden resting state dynamics: A new perspective on auditory verbal hallucinations

Find this new and interesting paper from our PhD student Hanna Honcamp here. She proposes that (semi) hidden markov models may relate to auditory verbal hallucinations to investigate temporal brain state dynamics.

Lab Director – Sonja A. Kotz

I hold a Chair in Neuropsychology and Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology (NPPP) at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Since starting my current post in the Netherlands (2015), I am a board member and current Chair of the Research Council of FPN at Maastricht University. … Read more Lab Director – Sonja A. Kotz

Our Research

The primary goal of the group is to investigate how predictions inform and facilitate perception and general cognition, from healthy to clinical populations.We are interested in understanding how humans generate, update and exploit temporal and formal predictions to adapt to a dynamically changing environment, how we process emotional cues in communicative signals, and what … Read more Our Research

Publications

[last update 22.05.2023] A Zare, G van Zwieten, SA Kotz, Y Temel, F Almasabi, BG Schultz, M Schwartze, MLF Janssen (2023). Sensory gating functions of the auditory thalamus: adaptation and modulations through noise-exposure and high-frequency stimulation in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. AK Emmendorfer, M Bonte, BM Jansma, & SA Kotz (2023). Sensitivity to syllable stress … Read more Publications

Meet the BAND-Lab

Here you will find information about our members and the research we conduct.

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Contact Us

If you are interested in joining the BAND Laboratory or collaborating on our projects, please email us at:

bandlab.um@gmail.com or

sonja.kotz@maastrichtuniversity.nl (lab director)

Postal address:

Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER
Maastricht, The Netherlands

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