Onderzoek heeft uitgewezen dat er twee soorten perceptie bestaan die langs gescheiden anatomische routes lopen en verschillende perceptuele doelen dienen. Deze routes staan bekend als de ventrale en dorsale route, of in de volksmond: de ‘wat’ en de ‘hoe’ route. De ventrale route staat ten dienste van …

Mounting evidence supports the use of face-to-face pain neuroscience education for the treatment of chronic pain patients. This study aimed at examining whether written education about pain neuroscience improves illness perceptions, catastrophizing, and health status in patients with fibromyalgia. A …

Background: The awareness is growing that central sensitization is of prime importance for the assessment and management of chronic pain, but its classification is challenging clinically since no gold standard method of assessment exists. Objectives: Designing the first set of classification criteria …

Recognition of action, goals and intentions has been shown to be mediated by a multimodal mirror-neuron system, not only in monkeys, but also in humans. A fronto-parietal network of brain areas has been identified where these neurons are located. We should expect musical actions, goals and intentions …

Neurowetenschappen en de klassieke muziekbeoefening. Uitvoerende musici houden zich voornamelijk met de interpretatie van bestaande muziek bezig. De vaardigheden die daar een bijdrage aan leveren zijn bijvoorbeeld het muzikale gehoor, de instrumentale techniek, en het notenlezen. Dergelijke vaardigheden …

Next to the manifestation of sensori-motor transformations such as singing and dancing, the ability to play an instrument by ear must rely on a unique convergence of cerebral functions involving motor preparation and auditory perception. In this study, we aimed to gain insight into the extent to which …

In this fMRI study, it was hypothesized that mirror neurons in the premotor-parietal network would be activated while improvising performers listened to music. Such activations would suggest that perception is engaging the action repertoire of the improvising musician. Recognition and understanding of …

Our conception of the brain is influenced by metaphors like the computer which grant the brain an executive function. This notion ignores the fact that the brain evolved in the context of the natural environment and functions together with it. In addition, we are frequently less aware of the action-perception …

Using fMRI, ten improvising musicians were contrasted with 10 non-musicians to explore brain activations while playing by ear. Subjects either imagined playing the music they were listening to, without moving their hands, or assessed the performance verbally without actually speaking. Half of the music …