Anna M. Zamorano

Resilience to persistent pain is characterized by stable periodic and increased aperiodic cortical activity

This study shows that cognitive-motor training, like musical expertise, shapes cortical dynamics during pain, leading to more resilient pain responses and improved prediction of pain severity through aperiodic EEG features.

Embodied Singing: Dual Role of Interoception in Vocal Expertise and Musical Competence

This study finds that interoceptive ability is positively linked to singing expertise and musical competence, with professional singers showing higher interoceptive accuracy and non-singers with higher interoception performing better in singing accuracy.

Increased Callosal Thickness in Early Trained Opera Singers

This study finds trend-level differences in callosal thickness between opera singers and non-singers, with early vocal training correlating with thicker callosal regions.

Prior use-dependent plasticity triggers different individual corticomotor responses during persistent musculoskeletal pain

This study shows that prior motor experience influences corticomotor responses during prolonged musculoskeletal pain, with musicians showing less pain-related changes than non-musicians.

Singing training predicts increased insula connectivity with speech and respiratory sensorimotor areas at rest

Use-dependent plasticity enhances nociceptive and non-nociceptive somatosensory cortical responses in healthy individuals

The paper shows that repetitive sensorimotor training and multimodal integration enhance neural plasticity, increasing stimulus-selectivity to nociceptive cues in healthy individuals.