Current lab members

Dr. Rebecca Schaefer
Associate Professor
Health, Medical & Neuropsychology
Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
r.s.schaefer ‘at’ fsw.leidenuniv.nl
+31 (0)71 527 6748
CV Sept ’15

Mohammed Mudarris, MSc
PhD candidate (main promotor: Dr. Judy Veldhuijzen & Prof. Serge Rombouts)
Fellowship Jeddah University
Thesis topic: Neural plasticity in cued movement learning

 Johanna Perschl, MSc
PhD candidate (main promotor: Prof Tom Fritz, MPI Leipzig
Thesis topic: Music-based movement and social cognition

Theo Dimitriadis, MA
PhD Candidate & Music therapist (main promotor: Prof. Andrea Evers)
Amstelring, Amsterdam
Thesis topic: The role of motivation in rehabilitation

Ned McGowan, MMus
Leiden Academy for Creative and Performing Arts
PhD candidate (main promotor: Prof Marcel Cobussen)
Thesis title: The human speed of music

Marije Derks-Dijkman, MSc
Clinical Neuropsychologist, PhD Candidate (main promotor: Prof Roy Kessels, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Project: Music and memory functioning in MCI and dementia

Marijn Coers, MSc
Researcher
Projects: Music in times of the COVID pandemic, Musical EMDR in EEG, EEG of moving imagined music

Joram van Ketel, MSc
Teaching & Research support
Projects: All

Jeannette van Ditzhuizen, MSc
Research assistant
Project: Music lessons for vulnerable groups

Laura Kuijper
RM-MSc thesis student
Project: Syncopation and pleasure

Kim Di Lorenzo
MSc thesis student
Project: Music therapy screening instrument

Jonathan Wong Chung
MSc thesis student
Project: Longitudinal aging study

Dariya Akan
MSc thesis student
Project: Cognitive effects of music listening in elderly

Eric van Honk
MSc thesis student
Project: Experience of complex rhythms

Maria Diaz Castiella
MSc research intern
Project: Music preference and cortisol

Mladena Aleksic
RM-MSc research intern
Project: Music preference and cortisol

Loubna Boutalbi
MSc research intern
Project: Online studies on music, social cognition and attention

Theodora Christia
MSc research intern
Project: Classic Expression: Classical music for children

Maksims Libermanis
MSc research intern
Project: Classic Expression: Classical music for children

Previous members

Postdocs

Dr. Georgina Floridou
British Academy Fellow
Primary affiliation: University of Sheffield, UK
Postdoc
Projects: EEG of moving to imagined music, Imagery questionnaire validation

PhD’s

Susan Williams
Leiden Academy for Creative and Performing Arts
PhD candidate (main promotor: Prof Henk Borgdorff)
Thesis title: Practicing Musical Intention: a holistic approach to developing musicians’ expertise

Research assistants & interns

Armands Zelčs, projects: various
Vani Pillay (Utrecht University), project: Music and gaming
Andres von Schnehen (University of Amsterdam), project: musical reward and 7T imaging
Iza Korstmit (University of Amsterdam), project: Rhythm and pleasure
Lisa Frenkel, project: live EEG of music listening
Sofia Kalaitzaikis, project: 7T imaging of basal ganglia
Ayesha Hamilton, project: Music imagery and motor learning
Dion Stevers (University of Amsterdam), project: pleasure in 7T imaging
Mick Roché (University of Amsterdam), project: pleasure in 7T imaging
Benedetta de la Rosa, project: Music and motor learning
Jeannette van Ditzhuijzen (University of Amsterdam), project: Music familiarity and cognition in older adults
Marijn Coers, project: EEG of moving to imagined music
Joyce de Bruin, projects: all
Daniel Myles, projects: Musical EMDR

MSc thesis students

Mara ven der Burgt, project: Rhythmic skills in autism
Juliet Thiele, project: Rhythmic skills in autism
Donatella Fontana, project: Syncopation, repetition and urge to move
Meike Pellemans, project: Music preference and cortisol
Alexandra Heidelberger, project: Music preference and cortisol
Dion de Lange, project: Syncopation, repetition and urge to move
Sherilynn van der Schoor, project: Predictors of cued movement
Maya Classen, project: Predictors of cued movement
Cyriel van Veelen, project: Overstimulation and fatigue in cued movement
Johanna Perschl, project in Leipzig with Dr. Tom Fritz: Music-based exercise in clinical populations
Mohammed Mudarris, project: Predictors of cued movement
Angie Tryfona, project: Predictors of cued movement
Hella van Muijden, project: Clinical screening of musical functioning
Sophie Kroes, project: Rhythm complexity and pleasure
Victoria Chapellier, project: Cue complexity and cued motor learning
Anna Maria Trampadourou, project: Imagery ability and cued motor learning
Iria Megagianni, project: Influence of instruction type on cued motor learning
Celeste van Wendel, project: Imagery & aging
Fida Buijse, project: Imagery & aging
Roxanne Espineira, project: Imagery & aging
Feya Nolet, project: Music familiarity and cognition in older adults
Chloë Priem, project: Music-induced arousal and mental rotation
Andy Meijer, project: Emotion, gender and mental rotation in older adults
Annick Den Hartog, project: EEG of moving to imagined movement
Angelique van ‘t Hof, project: Cognitive aspects of moving to imagined music
Frouke Hardeveld de Jong, project: Imagery ability and ageing
Muazzez Demirel, project: Cognitive aspects of movement and metaphor
Marijn Coers, project: Musical EMDR
Elianne van Egmond, project: Musical cue complexity and motor timing
Marlou Gosman, project: Cognitive aspects of movement and metaphor
Tessa Overboom, project: Music preference and cognition
Jade Verheijen, project: Music-induced arousal and cognition