Elise A. Piazza

This study investigates how expert pianists integrate tonal structure across multiple timescales during performance using fMRI, finding that scrambling musical structure affects brain networks involved in motor and auditory processing.

This study finds that neural synchrony between children during joint book reading correlates with their learning of novel words.

This study examines neural coupling during real-time interactions between infants and adults using fNIRS, finding increased synchronization and tracking of mutual gaze, emotion, and speech prosody.

This study measures brain-to-brain coupling during verbal communication using fNIRS and finds it correlates with fMRI in speech comprehension areas, suggesting fNIRS as a reliable and portable tool for studying communication.