January 2019: Celebrating the new year with part of the group, from left to right: Maya Classen, Lisa Frenkel, Cyriel van Veelen, Sherilynn van der Schoor, Benedetta de la Rosa, Johanna Perschl (back), Annick Den Hartog (half hidden!), Rebecca Schaefer and Mohammed Mudarris.
Current members
Dr. Rebecca Schaefer
Assistant Professor
r.s.schaefer ‘at’ fsw.leidenuniv.nl
+31 (0)71 527 6748
CV Sept ’15
Dr. Georgina Floridou
Primary affiliation: University of Sheffield, UK
Postdoc
Projects: EEG of moving to imagined music, Imagery questionnaire validation
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
Ned McGowan
Leiden Academy for Creative and Performing Arts
PhD candidate (main promotor: Prof Marcel Cobussen)
Thesis title: The human speed of music
Maria Prokovieva
PhD candidate (main promotor: Prof Bernhard Hommel)
Thesis project: Music imagination in professional musicians: Preparation, performance, and perception
Marijn Coers, MSc
Research assistant
Projects: Musical EMDR in EEG, EEG of moving imagined music
Iza Korsmit, MSc
Research assistant
Project: Rhythm & pleasure
Ayesha Hamilton, MSc
Research Assistant
Project: Music imagery & motor learning
Mohammed Mudarris
MSc thesis student
Project: Predictors of cued movement
Victoria Chapellier
MSc thesis student
Project: Cue complexity and cued motor learning
Hella van Muijden
MSc thesis student
Projects: Clinical screening of musical functioning
Sophie Kroes
MSc thesis student
Projects: Rhythm complexity and pleasure
Lisa Frenkel
MSc thesis student & research intern
Projects: Predictors of cued movement, live EEG of music listening
Angie Tryfona
MSc thesis student
Project: Predictors of cued movement
Sherilynn van der Schoor
MSc thesis student
Project: Predictors of cued movement
Maya Classen
MSc thesis student
Project: Predictors of cued movement
Cyriel van Veelen
MSc thesis student
Project: Overstimulation and fatigue in cued movement
Johanna Perschl
external MSc thesis student, project in Leipzig with Dr. Tom Fritz
Project: Music-based exercise in clinical populations
Previous members
Summer of 2018: Enjoying some Leiden sunshine with part of the group, from left to right: Annick Den Hartog, Georgina Floridou, Mohammed Mudarris, Rebecca Schaefer, Victoria Chapellier and Marijn Coers.
The part of the group that was present at ESCOM in the summer of 2017: Marijn Coers, Annick Den Hartog, Jeannette van Ditzhuijzen, Rebecca Schaefer, Georgina Floridou, Elianne van Egmond, Iza Korsmit. And the photo-bombing ESCOM photographer of course!
Lab members January 2016, left to right: Joyce de Bruin, Daniel Myles, Rebecca Schaefer, Elianne van Egmond, Jeannette van Ditzhuijzen, Marijn Coers. Missing: Tessa Overboom, Jade Verheijen
2017-2018
Anna Maria Trampadourou
MSc thesis student
Project: Imagery ability and cued motor learning
Iria Megagianni
MSc thesis student
Project: Influence of instruction type on cued motor learning
Celeste van Wendel
MSc thesis student
Project: Imagery & aging
Fida Buijse
MSc thesis student
Project: Imagery & aging
Roxanne Espineira
MSc thesis student
Project: Imagery & aging
Dion Stevers
Research intern
University of Amsterdam
Project: Rhythm & pleasure in neuroimaging
Mick Roché
Research intern
University of Amsterdam
Project: Rhythm & pleasure in neuroimaging
Benedetta de la Rosa
Research intern
Project: Music & motor learning
2016-2017
Feya Nolet
MSc thesis student
Project: Music familiarity and cognition in older adults
Chloë Priem
MSc thesis student
Project: Music-induced arousal and mental rotation
Andy Meijer
MSc thesis student
Project: Emotion, gender and mental rotation in older adults
Annick Den Hartog
MSc thesis student
Project: EEG of moving to imagined movement
Angelique van ‘t Hof
MSc thesis student
Project: Cognitive aspects of moving to imagined music
2015-2016
Frouke Hardeveld de Jong
MSc thesis student
Project: Imagery ability and ageing
Muazzez Demirel
MSc thesis student
Project: Cognitive aspects of movement and metaphor
Jeannette van Ditzhuijzen
MSc student, research intern
University of Amsterdam
Project: Music familiarity and cognition in older adults
Elianne van Egmond
MSc thesis student
Project: Musical cue complexity and motor timing
Marlou Gosman
MSc thesis student
Project: Cognitive aspects of movement and metaphor
Joyce de Bruin, MSc
Research Assistant
Project: all
Daniel Myles
MSc student, research internship
Lab support, projects: all
Tessa Overboom
MSc thesis student
Project: Music preference and cognition
Jade Verheijen
MSc thesis student
Project: Music-induced arousal and cognition
Bachelor students
Johanna Brand (thesis 2018)
Stella van de Crommert (thesis 2018)
Rozemarijn van Eck (thesis 2018)
Merlijn Smis (thesis 2018)
Niki Toonen (thesis 2018)
Jaimie Verdiesen (thesis 2018)
Anne van Wingerde (thesis 2018)
Laura Zwaneneburg (thesis 2018)
Else van den Maagdenberg (intern 2016, 2017)
Femke Eikelboom (thesis 2017)
Fenna Geeraerts (thesis 2017)
Roos Meerman (thesis 2017)
Inoura Padmos (thesis 2017)
Chiara van Voorst tot Voorst (thesis 2017)
Madelon de Vries (thesis 2017)
Wytske de Vries (thesis 2017)
Lydia Stavraki (intern 2017)
Kathrin Burdenski (thesis 2016)
Sjoerd Dobbinga (thesis 2016)
Eiméar Foley (thesis 2016)
Caroline Heijmeijer (thesis 2016)
Roy Postma (thesis 2016)
Nina Twigt (thesis 2016)
Marie Sophie Zierleyn (thesis 2016)