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MusicPlast

A research project to investigate music perception and neuroplasticity

Music is a powerfull neuroplastic stimulator. Our brains experience strong emotions when listening to music and re-organize when learning to read or play music. Does this effect change throughout the lifetime? May it be used for therapeutic purposes?

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About

MusicPlast is a research project hosted by the laboratory of Medical Physics of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki...

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MusicPlast has an open call for participants. Having completed the development of the web-based game...

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Preliminary results

So far, 10 elderlies and 15 young adults have been trained with MusicPlast and our preliminary results are very encouraging! 

Goals

The project's focus is threefold:

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Multisensory Perception

Understanding and modeling of the developmental trajectories of brain networks underpinning multisensory perception

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Multisensory Plasticity

Understanding and modeling of the developmental trajectories of brain networks underpinning multisensory plasticity

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Translating neuroplastic changes into therapeutic interventions

Translating the neuroplastic effects of web-based multisensory training into therapeutic interventions

Publications

Current scientific publications related to the project include:

Paraskevopoulos, E., Chalas, N., Karagiorgis, A., Karagianni, M., Styliadis, C., Papadelis, G., Bamidis, P. (2021). Aging Effects on the Neuroplastic Attributes of Multisensory Cortical Networks as Triggered by a Computerized Music Reading Training Intervention. Cerebral Cortex, 31(1), 123–137. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa213

Chalas, N., Karagiorgis, A., Bamidis, P., & Paraskevopoulos, E. (2022). The impact of musical training in symbolic and non-symbolic audiovisual judgements of magnitude. Plos one, 17(5), e0266165. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266165

Karagiorgis AT, Chalas N, Karagianni M, Papadelis G, Vivas AB, Bamidis P and Paraskevopoulos E (2021) Computerized Music-Reading Intervention Improves Resistance to Unisensory Distraction Within a Multisensory Task, in Young and Older Adults. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 15:742607. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.742607

Paraskevopoulos, E. (2021). MusicPlast: Neuroplasticity of multisensory cortical areas induced by computerized musical training, across the life span: a translational approach. Invited talk. Neurosciences and Music VII, 18-21 June. Aarchus, Denmark

Paraskevopoulos, E., Chalas, N., Karagiorgis, A., Karagianni, M., Styliadis, C., Papadelis, G., Bamidis, P. (2021). Young and older adults exhibit a different pattern of neuroplastic changes when exposed to multisensory training. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) virtual 2021 Annual Meeting. June 21 – June 25, 2021

Karagianni, M., Chalas, N., Karagiorgis, A., Papadelis, G., Bamidis P., Paraskevopoulos E. (2019). Neuroplastic effects of a computerized music reading training intervention: Implications for aging and dyslexia. The International Scientific Conferences “Creative Arts Interconnection – Paideia – Therapy”. May 30-31. Thessaloniki, Greece

Καραγιάννη, Μ., Χαλάς, Ν., Καραγιώργης, Α., Παπαδέλης, Γ., Μπαμίδης, Π., Παρασκευόπουλος, Ε., (2019) Νευροπλαστικές επιδράσεις ενός ψηφιακού πρωτοκόλλου παρέμβασης βασισμένου στην μουσική ανάγνωση, σε νέους και ηλικιωμένους ενήλικες. 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Βιοϊατρικής Τεχνολογίας, 09-10/05/2019. Αθήνα, Ελλάδα.

Paraskevopoulos, E., Chalas, N., Karagiorgis, A., Karagianni, M., Papadelis, G., Bamidis, P. Multisensory training for protective neuroplastic changes in the elderlies: MusicPlast. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Medical Education Informatics – MEI 2018. September 6-7, Leeds, UK 

MusicPlast progress

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