One of my primary research interests is focused on how musical expertise shapes behaviour. I am particularly interested in how having musical training may improve the flexibility with which individuals can coordinate their actions with sound as well as with other people in group settings. I am also interested in the effects of musical training on how the brain prepares coordinated movements with sound and with others. I use electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate this question, looking at the temporal dynamics of neural activity during auditory-motor coordination.
Featured Publications
- Scheurich, R., Pfordresher, P. Q., & Palmer, C. (2019). Musical training enhances temporal adaptation of auditory-motor synchronization. Experimental Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05692-y
- Scheurich, R., Demos, A., Zamm, A., Mathias, B. & Palmer, C. (2019). Capturing intra- and inter-brain dynamics with recurrence quantification analysis. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2748-2754). Montreal, QC: Cognitive Science Society.
- Scheurich, R., Zamm, A., & Palmer, C. (2018). Tapping into rate flexibility: Musical training facilitates synchronization around spontaneous production rates. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 458.