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”

Interview

Sonja was recently interviewed (in German) as part of a series “Kunst trifft Wissenschaft”, where she talked about the human sense of rhythm: why it affects our perception and action and influences cognitive processes. Check it out: https://fb.watch/5TdIw_AqOQ/ Thema: Gehirn + Kunstkonsum mit Prof. Dr. Sonja Kotz (Maastricht) & Stefanie Hauser

New paper alert! ‘Auditory thalamus dysfunction and pathophysiology in tinnitus: a predictive network hypothesis’

Our new paper discusses the role of the medial geniculate nucleus (MGB) in tinnitus, while reflecting on animal and human studies. Tinnitus is prevalent in 10-15% in the general population and its underlying mechanism still remains elusive. Here we propose a more general aproach of adaptive sensory gating and temporal processing along the auditory pathway … Read more New paper alert! ‘Auditory thalamus dysfunction and pathophysiology in tinnitus: a predictive network hypothesis’

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 15 .06.2021] P Brinkmann, S Rigoulot, M Kadi, M Schwartze, SA Kotz, S Dalla Bella (2021). About time: Ageing influences neural markers of temporal predictability. Biological Psychology. S Ferraro, A Nigri, …, SA Kotz, L Verga, et al. (2021). Preservation of Language Processing and Auditory Performance in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness: A … 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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