Current models of brain function indicate that sensory input is not only processed in two anatomically and functionally separate pathways, but that perception is the product of a predicting brain and not purely a representation of the input to which it has access. Sensory modalities are furthermore intertwined, …

Research Centre Arts & Society Review (Kenniscentrumbrede review) 13.6.2017. Oral presentation on MiMiC with Rineke Smilde.

Expertmeeting 9 mei 2017

A practice-based research is presented investigating a method of teaching CI-recipients to play the piano with the goal of improving their aural perception. The method is based on the concept of ideomotor learning i.e. the development of a neural association between music and the movement that produces …

The transformation of music into movement takes place while dancing, singing, and playing an instrument. The human capacity for beat induction facilitates rhythmic movement to the musical beat, a capacity share with only a few animals. While Parkinson patients are limited in their locomotive abilities, …

Arts, cultural heritage and culture in general are supposed to strengthen place attachment amongst others through improving awareness. If so they can possibly be used as instruments to counterbalance the consequences of population decline.

Panel presentation about artistic music practices in healthcare settings.

A visit to the LAG of the county of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland to talk about cooperation within the framework of the international living lab 'Kunst Contra Krimp / Creativity Against Decline'.

A presentation at the LKCA focussing on the living lab and the ideas behind this project as part of an exchange of best practices.