Elvira Brattico

This study shows that neural reactivation occurs during memory encoding, not just consolidation, and correlates with memory performance.

The paper investigates affective responses to rhythmic and harmonic complexity in Chinese and Danish listeners, finding universal patterns in rhythmic sensitivity and cultural differences in harmonic responses.

This study uses MEG to show that simple and complex musical sequences elicit distinct neural activity patterns during memory encoding, with complex sequences involving more hippocampal recruitment.

A 9-month choir-based intervention improved neural processing speed and reduced frailty in older adults, with no changes in audiometric thresholds or music perception.

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.

This study uses MEG to investigate short-term auditory recognition by analyzing neural responses to same versus different sounds, finding distinct patterns in early and late negative components.

The paper measures cortical evoked potentials to naturalistic music in cochlear implant users, finding that experience correlates with P2 amplitude and perceived musical quality.

FREQ-NESS estimates frequency-resolved brain networks using MEG data, revealing simultaneous networks and their interactions during resting state and auditory stimulation.

The paper identifies BraVe modes of brain-ventricle coupling in fMRI data and links their temporal occupancy to cognitive function across different cognitive statuses.

This paper reviews and meta-analyzes studies on the major-minor mode dichotomy in music, finding distinct neural and emotional responses and proposing a framework incorporating individual factors.

This paper reviews and meta-analyzes neuroimaging studies on non-verbal auditory memory, identifying a frontal brain hub and exploring individual differences in auditory memory processes.

This study examines how age and musical training affect auditory short-term, long-term, and working memory in young and older adults, finding age-related declines and training benefits in specific tasks.

This study uses MEG to show that older adults have distinct neural responses to musical sequences compared to young adults, challenging the idea that aging uniformly reduces brain function.

This study investigates how the complexity of auditory sequences affects neural activity during recognition memory, finding distinct brain network engagement for simple and complex stimuli.

This study uses fMRI to analyze functional brain dynamics during music listening in adolescents, finding increased engagement of the orbitofrontal cortex reward system.

This study shows that COMT and BDNF genetic variants affect neuronal oscillation synchronization and dynamics in humans.

The paper investigates how harmonicity affects brain responses to sound sequences, finding larger MMN and P3a amplitudes and earlier latencies for harmonic sounds compared to inharmonic ones.

This paper conducts a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies to identify neuroanatomical and functional differences between musicians and non-musicians.

The paper investigates brain mechanisms for predicting and error processing in music, finding distinct neural regions for local acoustic and cognitive priors, with enhanced involvement in musicians.

The paper identifies a dual simultaneous processing mechanism in the human brain for temporal pattern recognition using MEG and MRI.

This study compares structural and functional brain connectivity in individuals with high versus average fluid intelligence using DTI and MEG, finding differences in network organization and frequency-specific patterns.

The paper investigates how predictive processes in the brain respond to high uncertainty in musical contexts using MMN and behavioral experiments, finding robust MMN responses in atonal music but better behavioral performance in tonal contexts.

The paper shows that musicianship and melodic predictability increase neural gain in auditory cortex during pitch deviance detection, as revealed by dynamic causal modeling of MEG data.

This study examines how empathy traits modulate functional connectivity during continuous music listening using fMRI data from 36 participants.

The paper investigates how congenital amusia affects sensitivity to context uncertainty in melodic sequences using EEG, finding preserved preattentive auditory change detection but pitch-specific impairments under high uncertainty.

This paper introduces a machine-learning pipeline for analysing MEG data to detect beat-related oscillatory power modulation, showing clearer patterns than traditional methods.

The paper investigates how the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism influences auditory prediction plasticity in musicians versus non-musicians using MEG.

The paper investigates rapid brain mechanisms for encoding and predicting complex temporal sound sequences using MEG data from 68 participants.

The paper investigates neural and musical attributes of beauty during naturalistic music listening using behavioral, neuroimaging, and expert judgments.

This study examines the effect of COMT Val158Met polymorphism on neural responses to deviant auditory stimuli using MEG in healthy participants.