17.04.2025: Experimental Methods in Language Research XXI 2025
Prof. Sonja Kotz was invited to talk about “Time and rhythm matter in the music and speech” at the EMLaR XXI 2025 conference which took place at Utrecht University.
More details can be seen here.
15.04.2025: Leibniz Lectures 2025
Prof. Sonja Kotz gave a lecture titled “Comparative and translational reflections on cortico-subcortical circuitries in time and rhythm processing” at the Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Magdeburg, Germany.
25.03.2025: CBBM lecture
Prof. Sonja Kotz gave a lecture on “Cortico-subcortico-cortical circuitry in action, perception, and cognition ” . The lecture was hosted by the Center of Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism at the University of Lübeck, Germany.
More details about the abstract can be found here.
04.04.2025: New interview featuring Prof. Sonja Kotz : “From Brain To Language”
Prof. Sonja Kotz and Dr. Lars Meyer took part in a discussion with Prof. Jürgen Erich Schmidt on Building Blocks of an Empirically Based Theory of Language. The interview was recorded in German. The main crux of the discussion was about how human brains differentiating sound events likely formed the evolutionary basis of our ability to speak.
More details can be found in the interview here.
04.04.2025: BAND-lab study featured on Parkinson’s News Today
A new study led by PhD candidate Francisco Contreras-Ruston, Dr. Jordi Navarra and Prof. Sonja Kotz was the prime feature of a news article published on Parkinson’s New Today. The study investigated how aging affects self-perception and voice awareness in Parkinson’s disease.
More details about the news article can be found here.
27-29th June 2025: The WAVES conference comes to Maastricht
For its 3rd edition, the Body-Brain Waves conference moves to Maastricht.
A special focus on the gut-brain axis: how nutrition and lifestyle choices impact
gut health? What influence does the gastrointestinal system exert on
neurocognitive functions?
Applications are now open!
29.11.2024: New PhD Positions – Voice Communication Sciences Doctoral Network
We will be recruiting 19 PhD students as part of an international consortium of 22 academic and non-academic partners. The call for applications will open in February 2025 for projects starting in Autumn 2025.
More information can be found here.
01.07.24: The BAND-lab prepares for Waves
The Waves series comes back in 2024 with a
4-day Summer School and a 2-day Symposium.
Waves takes place in Salerno, Italy
(Antonio’s hometown)
Find the preliminary programs online.
17.05.24: The BAND-lab in Marseille
The BAND-lab joined the
‘Speech Rhythms Inside and Outside the Brain’
workshop at Aix-Marseille University.
And had an amazing lab retreat:
hiking in the Calanques, swimming, and enjoying sunsets!
09.05.24: The BAND-lab in Padova
Sonja and Antonio joined the
‘Baby Rhythm’ workshop
at University of Padova, Italy.
Time for exciting discussions, networking,
and Italian Spritz (Aperol or Campari?)
03.04.24: The BAND-lab in Marseille
Sonja is spending a few months at the
Institute of Language, Communication and the Brain.
Check her project here.
04.12.23: The BAND-lab in Zurich
Sonja gave a lecture during the ISLE lecture series at
the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Evolutionary reflections on cortico-subcortical circuities
in time and rhythm processing and their impact on cognition.
And she was catching up with old friend and colleague
Martin Meyer (in the pic).
01.12.23: The BAND-lab in Salerno
Antonio co-organized a Seminar
for school teachers on the role of
musical training in neurocognitive
development and rehabilitation.
The Seminar was open to teachers
across the region, and was funded
by ‘Piano delle Arti’, an initiative of
the Italian Ministry of Education.
25.11.23: The BAND-lab in Bari
Antonio was invited to give a talk at
‘The Power of Music’, a seminar
organized by Prof. Elvira Brattico
at University of Bari, in southern Italy.
The talk was titled:
‘Rhythmic oscillations in the body
and in the brain’
03.10.23: The BAND-lab at TRF3
Antonio organized a Symposium at the
Timing Research Forum (TRF) conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
The symposium was titled:
‘Rhythmic synchronization in and out of the brain’
and featured talks from Antonio, Vani Rajendran (UNAM, Mexico City),
Frank Sierra (MPI, Frankfurt) and Mattia Rosso (UGhent, Ghent).
21.09.23: The BAND-lab at Syncposium
Sonja gave a talk and Antonio chaired
the ‘Rhythm in the brain’ session of the
‘Syncposium‘ organized by Mattia Rosso
at University of Ghent.
Sonja’s talk was titled:
‘Cortico-Subcortico-Cortical
Timing Circuitries in Action,
Perception, and Interaction’
30.06.23: The BAND-lab at Waves
Sonja and Antonio organized the
Body-Brain Waves conference in Salerno,
Antonio’s hometown in southern Italy.
BAND-lab members joined and enjoyed
three exciting days in Salerno, Amalfi
and Paestum.
Visit the website for info:
waves-conference.com
19.06.23: The BAND-lab at RPPW
Sonja and Antonio are at the
Rhythm Perception and Production
Workshop (RPPW) in Notthingam.
Their talks provide an overview on
their translational and comparative
research on rhythm processing.
Check the website for info:
rppw.org
22.05.23: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Today we hosted Emma Segura,
from the Cognition & Brain Plasticity lab,
Universitat de Barcelona
She introduced her research on
music-supported therapy in stroke patients.
17.05.23: The BAND-lab on the OHBM podcast
Sonja was recently live on the OHBM Neurosalience
podcast, hosted by Peter Bandettini.
Interested in hearing what happened at NeuroImage?
The whole editorial team resigned and then
launched a new journal, Imaging Neuroscience.
05.05.23: The BAND-lab in Munchen, DE
Sonja is giving a talk at the TUM,
Technische Universität München.
The talk is titled:
‘Little brain but big contributions –
how the cerebellum engages in
(temporal) prediction’.
01.05.23: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Yesterday we hosted Jelle van der Werff,
from the Comparative Bioacoustics group
at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen.
He gave a guest talk
at the BAND-lab, and introduced
a new Python package: thebeat.
24.04.23: The BAND-lab in Leuven, BE
Antonio is giving a talk at the
MindSeed event, organized by
NeuroTech at KU Leuven.
The talk is titled
‘Sampling the environment with
body-brain rhythms’.
31.03.23: The BAND-lab in Lisboa, PT
Sonja is giving a talk at the
APPE conference, Faculty of Psychology,
University of Lisboa, Portugal.
The talk is titled
‘Why time and rhythm matter in
speech/language comprehension’
20.03.23: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Iran Roman, from New York University,
is giving a guest talk at the BAND-lab.
The talk is titled
‘A dynamical system approach to sensorimotor
anticipatory behavior during synchronized rhythmic action’
07.03.23: The BAND-lab in Geneva, CH
Sonja is giving a talk at the Swiss National Centre of
Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language.
The talk is titled
‘Cortico-subcortico-cortical circuitry
and the timing of action, perception and cognition’
27.02.23: The BAND-lab in Paris, FR
Sonja is giving a talk at the NeuroSpin
Research Institute in Paris.
The talk is titled
‘Cortico-Subcortico-Cortical Circuitry
and (temporal) Prediction in Action, Perception, and Cognition’
13.02.23: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Diego Candia-Rivera, from the ICM in Paris,
is giving a guest talk at the BAND-lab.
The talk is titled
‘Modeling the physiological networks underlying
the embodied conscious experience’
25.01.23: The BAND-lab at TRF
Antonio is giving a talk during a
journal club session of the
Timing Research Forum.
The talk is titled
‘Sampling the environment with
body-brain rhythms’.
18.01.23: The BAND-lab in Brussels, BE
Sonja is giving a talk at the CONNEX seminar,
organized by the CRCN at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
The talk is titled
‘Heard but not present:
Pathophysiology of prediction and adaptation’
18.12.22: The BAND-lab in Rovereto, Italy
Antonio is giving a talk at the annual meeting
of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences (AISC),
organized by CIMeC.
The talk is titled
‘The body-brain dynamic system
for neurocognitive profiling’
12.12.22: The BAND-lab (virtually) in Connecticut, USA
Antonio is giving a talk at the
Music Dynamics Laboratory,
University of Connecticut, after invite
of Prof. Ed Large.
The talk is titled
‘Sampling the environment with body-brain rhythms’.
05.12.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Leon Waschke, from MPI Berlin, is giving a guest talk
at the BAND-lab.
The talk is titled
‘Inter- and intra-individual differences in neural processing
and behaviour through the lens of neural variability’.
Check his work here.
02.12.22: The BAND-lab in Ghent, Belgium
Antonio is giving a talk at the Institute for
Systematic Musicology, at Ghent University,
invited by the IPEM lab.
The talk was titled
‘On the phylogenesis of rhythm cognition and the
potential role of body-brain interactions’.
28.11.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Dunia Giomo, from SISSA, is giving a guest talk at
BAND-lab.
The talk was titled:
‘Processing and learning temporal patterns:
from behavior to computational models’.
Check her work here.
17.11.22: The BAND-lab in Groningen, NL
Sonja with Deniz Başkent and team at the
University of Groningen, working in
auditory neuroscience and hearing.
She was giving a talk titled
‘Heard but not present: Pathophysiology of
prediction and adaptation‘
12-17.11.22: The BAND-lab in San Diego, CA
Antonio gave a talk at APAN, and later presented
a poster at the Society for Neuroscience
conference in San Diego, CA.
The project title was
‘On the phylogenesis of rhythm cognition and the
causal involvement of cortico-subcortical structures’.
07.11.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Mattia Rosso, from IPEM, is giving a guest talk at
the BAND-lab.
The talk is titled
‘Human rhythmic interactions’
Check his work here.
25.10.22: The BAND-lab in Chile
Francisco is presenting his work at the
I Congress of the Chilean Society of Speech-Language Pathology
and the IV Congress of Research for Speech-Language Pathologists.
The talk is titled
‘Voice Self-assessment in Parkinson’s Disease:
A Comparison with Different Types of Dysphonias’
30.09.22: The BAND-lab at SPR
Sonja is giving a keynote talk during the Annual
Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR).
The talk is titled
‘Reflections on Cortico-subcortico-cortical
Circuitry in Action, Perception, and Cognition’
Find the program here.
19.09.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Koen de Reus, from MPI Nijmegen, is giving a guest
talk at BAND-lab.
The talk was titled:
‘Communicative rhythms in harbour and grey seals:
From behaviour to the brain’.
Check his work here.
14.09.22: The BAND-lab at SIPF
Sonja is giving a talk during a workshop
organized by the Italian Society for
Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF).
The talk is titled
‘Little brain but big contributions – reflections on
cerebellar circuitry in action, perception, & cognition’
Find the program here and the tweet.
14-15.07.22: The BAND-lab at SAMBA
Sonja is giving a talk at the Salzburg
Mind Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA).
‘Heard but not present:
pathophysiology of prediction and adaptation’.
Find info here and the tweet here.
09-13.07.22: The BAND-lab at FENS, in Paris
Hanna, Xanthate and Pia are presenting their
posters at the Federation of European
Neuroscience Societies (FENS), in Paris.
Find the program here.
Find Pia’s, Xan’s, and Hanna’s posters here.
05-09.07.22: The BAND-lab in Piran
Antonio is attending the TwinBrain
summer school in Piran, Slovenia
‘Neuroscience of Movement:
Exploring brain dynamics in Parkisons’s
disease and related disorders’.
08.07.22: The BAND-lab in Padua
Sonja is giving a distinguished lecture
at the Padua Neuroscience Center.
The lecture is titled
‘Little brain but big contributions –
reflections on cerebellar circuitry in
action, perception, & cognition’
29.06.22: The BAND-lab at FU, Berlin
Sonja is giving a keynote talk at the
Freie Universität in Berlin.
The talk is titled
‘Little brain but big contributions –
reflections on cerebellar circuitry in
action, perception, & cognition’
27.06.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Daniel Kluger, from Munster, is giving a guest
talk at BAND-lab.
The talk was titled:
‘Respiration aligns perception with neural excitability’.
Check his work here.
20.06.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Christina Lubinus, from MPI Frankfurt, is giving a guest
talk at BAND-lab.
The talk was titled:
‘Explaining flexible continuous speech comprehension
from individual motor rhythms’.
16.06.22: The BAND-lab at ILCB, Marseille
Sonja is giving a keynote talk at the Institute of
Language, Communication and the Brain
(ILCB) in Marseille.
The talk is titled
‘Little brain but big contributions –
cerebellar circuitry in (temporal) prediction’
02.06.22: The BAND-lab at FPN Research day
Antonio is giving a talk during the Research day
of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN),
Maastricht University.
The talk is titled
‘Timing in dynamic environments’
18.05.22: The BAND-lab at ICON
Antonio, Daniel and Anna are presenting their posters
at the International Conference of
Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), in Helsinki.
Their posters are on comparative and translational
research in rhythm cognition (Antonio & Daniel),
and on physiological reactions to aesthetic musical
experiences during live concerts (Anna).
12.05.22: The BAND-lab at NP&PP Research day
Hanna, Xanthate, Pia and Antonio are presenting
their work during the Research day of the
Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology Department,
Maastricht University.
Antonio co-organized the event, which was themed
‘Past, Present, Future’. Sonja guided reflections on
research, education and department interactions.
09.05.22: The BAND-lab at Pint of Science
Xanthate and Pia are going to present at the
Pint of Science festival in Maastricht.
Their talks are part of the session entitled
‘Do you hear what I hear?’
Find more info here.
28.04.22: The BAND-lab at NVP
Sonja is giving a keynote talk at the NVP
Brain & Cognition conference. Her talk is entitled
‘Little brain’ but big contributions – reflections on
cerebellar circuitry in action, perception, and cognition’
Antonio is presenting a poster entitled
‘Modelling temporal predictions in humans’ rhythm and beat processing’.
12.04.22: The BAND-lab at Max Planck Institute
Antonio Criscuolo is visiting Molly J. Henry’s lab at
the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt.
His stay is funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy
of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
04.04.22: The BAND-lab is hosting a speaker
Leonardo Bonetti is giving a guest talk at the
BAND-lab.
The talk is titled
‘Brain dynamics of temporal pattern recognition’
Check his work here.
31.03.22: The BAND-lab at Pittsburg University
Sonja Kotz is giving a talk at Pittsburg University
The title is
“The predictive brain: Evidence on function and dysfunction”
Find more info here.
17.03.22: The BAND-lab at MIB, Aarhus
Antonio Criscuolo is giving a talk at the
Center for Music in the Brain (MIB), Aarhus University.
The title is
“Temporal predictions in rhythm and beat processing”.
Find more info here.
07.03.22: The BAND-lab at the Women Researchers’ Festival
Xanthate Duggirala and Pia Brinkmann
pitched their PhD projects at the
Women Researchers’ Festival,
which was held online and organized by the
Female Empowerment group at Maastricht University.
Find more info here.
18.02.22: The BAND-lab at King’s College London
Katerina Kandylaki is giving a talk for the
neuroimaging seminars at King’s College London.
The title is “Rhythm and other stories:
naturalistic and neurobiologically relevant
approaches in language comprehension”
Find more info here.
19.01.22: The BAND-lab at SocialBridges
Sonja Kotz is in the organizing committee
of the Social Bridges e-conference,
“The Biological bases of music”.
Antonio Criscuolo is presenting a poster on
“Comparative rhythm cognition”, showing
similarities in rhythm processing in humans and macaque monkeys.
Find the online recording here
and his tweet here.
07.10.21: The BAND-lab at CuttingEEG
Antonio Criscuolo is presenting a poster at
CuttingEEG conference, hosted by
Aix-Marseille University.
The poster is entitled
“Towards individual fingerprinting: neurophysiological
signatures of rhythm and beat processing”.
Find his tweet here.
24.06.21: The BAND-lab at RPPW
Sonja Kotz at the Rhythm Production and
Perception Workshop. The talk by collaborator
Anna Kasdan is entitled
“Identifying a brain network for musical rhythm”.
Find the online recording here.
18.06.21: The BAND-lab at NeuroMusic VII
Antonio Criscuolo is presenting a poster at the
“Neuroscience and Music” conference,
hosted by the Center for Music in the Brain at Aarhus University.
The poster is entitled
“The Neuroanatomy of Musical Expertise:
A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies”
Find more info here.
16.06.21: The BAND-lab at the Martinos Center
Sonja Kotz is giving a talk at the Martinos Center
for Biomedical Imaging, affiliated with
Harvard and MIT.
The talk is entitled
“Cerebellar circuitry and the timing of (sensori-)motor behavior”
Find the online recording here.
14.06.21: The BAND-lab at the Tinnitus mini-symposium
Sonja Kotz is giving a talk entitled
“Timing and Prediction in Audition”.
Find more info here.
02.06.21: The BAND-lab at
International Seminars Music-language
Sonja Kotz is giving a talk entitled
“Time and rhythm in language learning”.
Find the online recording here.
28.01.21: The BAND-lab at BrainLab
Sonja Kotz is giving a keynote talk
at the Women in Neuroscience Symposium.
The talk is entitled
“Cortico-subcortico-cortical circuitry
and the timing of sensorimotor behaviour”.
Find more info here.
23.10.20: The BAND-lab at SNL
Sonja Kotz is giving a talk about
‘Growing up in Science’ at the
Society for Neurobiology of Language.
The recording is available through January 2021
on the SNL webpage, after log in.
Find more info here.
30.11.20: The BAND-lab at Studium Generale
Katerina Kandylaki is giving a lecture
in the online lecture series “Understanding Language”
organised by Studium Generale.
Her talk is titled
‘Rhythm in Speech and Language Processing’.
Find more info here.
29.05.19: The BAND-lab at Pint of Science
Katerina Kandylaki and the collaborator
Andrea Ravignani presented their research in a
fun and accessible way, bridging the gap
between science and communication.
Find more info here.
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