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SUMMARY:An auditory thread: music\, sleep\, brain stimulation\, and neurop
 lasticity - Emily BJ Coffey\, PhD  
DTSTART:20210226T163000Z
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CONTACT:Tristan Bekinschtein
DESCRIPTION:Our lab focuses on neuroplasticity associated with complex tas
 ks\, using musicianship (and its interaction with language) as a model. We
  use a variety of neuroimaging tools (i.e. MEG\, EEG\, fMRI\, DWI\, VBM) t
 o study the neural bases of auditory processing\, hearing-in-noise\, and m
 usician advantages\, and their relation to training. We are also combining
  these areas with new techniques that can causally influence sleep-depende
 nt memory consolidation\, such as closed-loop auditory stimulation. Ultima
 tely\, our goals are to understand how training and sleep interventions ca
 n maintain auditory and language function\, and improve learning and quali
 ty of life throughout the lifespan.\n\nIn this talk\, I will trace a threa
 d through our recent work\, starting with how neurophysiological measures 
 of sound  musical pitch and vowels vary amongst individuals and according 
 to musical and linguistic expertise. I will discuss results linking the qu
 ality of basic sound encoding to important functions like understanding sp
 eech in noisy conditions\, and then will show some of our new preliminary 
 work on how the brain both processes sounds differently in sleep\, and how
  the sleeping brain’s processes are in turn susceptible to influences of
  precisely-timed sounds.\n\nMini Bio: Dr. Coffey is an Assistant Professor
  in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University\, in Montreal\, C
 anada. She received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2016 from McGill University
  (with Prof. Robert Zatorre)\, an M.Sc. (Research) in Brain and Cognitive 
 Science in 2009 from the University of Amsterdam\, and a B.Sc. (Honours) i
 n Psychology from the University of Ottawa in 2006. Between 2006 and 2009 
 she worked as a Human Behaviour and Performance specialist and trainer at 
 the European Space Agency (European Astronaut Centre\, Cologne\, Germany)\
 , and between 2002 and 2005 as a flight and theory instructor on light air
 craft at several airports in Ottawa\, Canada. Most recently\, she was a Po
 stdoctoral Fellow at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen\, under th
 e supervision of Prof. Jan Born.
LOCATION:Zoom meeting
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