New paper on eLife: Temporo-cerebellar connectivity underlies timing constraints in audition

In this article we tested whether temporo-cerebellar disconnection is associated with the processing of sounds at short-timescales. The findings support the view that the encoding and modeling of rapidly modulated auditory spectro-temporal properties can rely on a temporo-cerebellar interface. We discuss these findings in view of the conjecture that proactive adaptation to a dynamic environment … Read more New paper on eLife: Temporo-cerebellar connectivity underlies timing constraints in audition

New paper alert! Neural Tracking of Speech: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Influences in the Musician’s Brain

New paper alert! Who doesn’t love a musician’s brain? In our new paper, we are discussing the: “Neural Tracking of Speech: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Influences in the Musician’s Brain”. What is so special about musicians’ brains and how might that affect speech processing. We connect to previous literature on speech processing models and how musical … Read more New paper alert! Neural Tracking of Speech: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Influences in the Musician’s Brain

This project was conducted in collaboration with Simon Rigoulot, Melissa Kadi and Simone Dalla Bella at the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS) in Montreal, Canada. We investigated EEG responses to auditory oddball sequences that had an isochronous or random inter-stimulus interval (ISI), while comparing younger with older adults. We found that … Read more

Talk by Sonja on “Timing and Prediction in Audition”

Sonja will be a speaker in a virtual “Tinnitus mini-symposium” on July 8 (16-18h CEST). The other speakers are Prof. Holger Schulze on “Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Tinnitus Development” and Dr. Minke van de Berge on “Tinnitus and Auditory Brainstem Stimulation”. The scientific symposium will take place online and is organised in collaboration with Maastricht University, … Read more Talk by Sonja on “Timing and Prediction in Audition”

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 (NP&PP) at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. I serve as a board member and senior editor of major journals (Neuroimage, Cortex, PLoS ONE, Time & Time Perception) and actively review for all top journals … Read more Lab Director – Sonja A. Kotz

Our Research

The primary goal of the group is to investigate the facilitatory effects of predictive cues in comprehension and its underlying processes. Focusing on rhythmic, formal, and emotional cues in communicative signals, we aim to identify factors that modulate the extraction of cues and thus the resulting predictions. Furthermore, we examine the functional and neuroanatomical links … Read more Our Research

Publications

[last update 29.08.2021] MD Greenfield, H Honing, SA Kotz, A Ravignani (2021). Synchrony and rhythm interaction: from the brain to behavioural ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. MJ Henry, PF Cook, K de Reus, V Nityananda, AA Rouse & SA Kotz (2021). An ecological approach to measuring synchronization abilities across the animal kingdom. Philosophical … 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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