Contact Us

Contact Us

If you are interested in joining the BAND-Lab, collaborating with us, exchanging ideas or
having a chat about opportunities, please email us at:

aaaaa

aaaaa

Postal address:

Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Research opportunities

aaaa

1. Neural entrainment in Immersive Sound (4D) Environment 

  • TOPIC: In this EEG project we will investigate how the brain processes music and sounds in an Immersive Sound Environment. Focus: neural and bodily waves (breathing, cardiac, brain activity via mobile EEG). Potential application: foster music-assisted therapy in Parkinson’s patients.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

2. Basic auditory and timing processing in Parkinson’s disease patients

  • TOPIC: In this EEG project we will investigate if and how basal ganglia degeneration in Parkinson’s patients affects basic auditory and timing processing. Focus: event-related responses, and time-frequency analyses.
  • Existing dataset.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

3. Mobile and multimodal body-brain imaging

  • TOPIC: In this multimodal imaging project we will collect mobile body-brain imaging data and test if and how bodily signals (i.e., breathing, cardiac activity) influence brain activity and behavior: walking, speaking and listening.
  • SKILLS: Data analysis of neural and physiological data; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz. 

4. Multisensory integration in cerebellar lesion patients

  • TOPIC: In this EEG project we will investigate the causal role of cerebellum in multisensory (audio-visual) integration.
  • Existing dataset.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

5. The effect of meditation on body, brain and mental states

  • TOPIC: In this multimodal imaging project we will collect mobile body-brain imaging data and test if and how bodily and brain signals (i.e., breathing, cardiac and neural oscillatory activity) are modulated by meditation.
  • Existing dataset.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

6. Impact of focal basal ganglia lesions on predictive auditory processing

  • TOPIC: This EEG project focuses on the analysis of existing patient and control datasets to investigate the role of the basal ganglia system in audition. 
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

7. Relating neurophysiological and behavioral timing using mobile EEG

  • TOPIC: This ongoing project uses mobile wearable EEG technology to relate timing measures obtained in the lab and during sleep.   
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.