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If you are interested in joining the BAND-Lab, collaborating with us, exchanging ideas or
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Postal address:

Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Research opportunities

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1. Neural entrainment and individual differences in rhythm processing

  • TOPIC: In this EEG project we will focus on neural waves and will zoom into intra- and inter-individual differences on how one’s neural activity encodes, tracks and anticipate the timing of external events.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

2. Rhythm processing in basal ganglia and cerebellar lesion patients

  • TOPIC: In this project we will investigate the causal contribution of basal ganglia and cerebellar lesions to rhythm processing and production. The dataset includes cognitive, behavioral and neural measures.
  • SKILLS: Analysis of cognitive, behavioral and neural data; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

3. Mobile body-brain imaging: influence on one’s rhythm abilities?

  • TOPIC: In this multimodal imaging project we will collect mobile body-brain imaging data and test the influence of body-brain rhythms (i.e., breathing and cardiac activity) on one’s preferred walking, speaking and listening rates.
  • 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.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

5. Neural oscillations and rhythm processing in the ageing brain

  • TOPIC: In this EEG project we will investigate how neural activity encodes, tracks and anticipate the timing of external events and will try and understand whether ageing impacts these timing capacities.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

6. Audio-motor coupling in rhythm processing

  • TOPIC: In this EEG project we will try and understand whether interactions between auditory and motor regions influence how we encode, track and anticipate the timing of external events.
  • SKILLS: EEG data analysis; basic programming in Matlab; basic knowledge of (non)parametric statistics.
  • SUPERVISORS: Antonio Criscuolo, Michael Schwartze, Sonja Kotz.

7. 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.

8. 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.