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CFIN and MIB guest talk: Rebecca Schaefer

Assistant Professor Rebecca Schaefer from Leiden University is visiting MIB and will give a talk about moving to music.

14.06.2019 | Hella Kastbjerg

Dato man 25 nov
Tid 13:30 14:30
Sted CFIN & MIB meeting room, 01A-0-12, Building 1A, Nørrebrogade 44, Aarhus C

TITLE:

Moving to music: Neural, cognitive and kinematic findings

ABSTRACT:

One of music’s most salient aspects is its potential to induce and guide movement. Not only is moving to music intuitive, automatic, and often enjoyable, it also has great clinical potential, for instance in movement rehabilitation. However, the underlying mechanisms of cueing movement with musical rhythm, or indeed the effects of auditory cueing on learning a new movement, are still largely unknown.

 

To better design effective clinical interventions, more knowledge is needed focusing on how to optimise the opportunity for movement learning. This includes considering specific aspects of the musical cues that may matter, taking into account the difficulty or complexity of the movement, and the cognitive resources that may be needed to adequately make use of this cue. Using measures of neural function, cognitive functioning and motion registration, the potential impact of the cue, the movement, and the person performing the movement are discussed. 

BIO:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/rebecca-schaefer#tab-1

Arrangement, Musicinthebrain, Forskning, Alle grupper, Musicinthebrain, CFIN