Programme

Friday September 8, 2-6pm BST
Performance Hall
Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS

  • Dr. Anna Sadnicka (Senior Clinical Fellow, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, www.annasadnicka.com)

    Dr. Maria Herrojo Ruiz (Reader, Goldsmiths University of London, https://maria-herrojoruiz.net/)

  • Prof Aaron Williamon (Professor of Performance Science, Royal College of Music, https://performancescience.ac.uk/williamon)

    Aaron will discuss the RCM’s groundbreaking Performance Simulator, and the ways in which it is being used to hone performance skills and facilitate learning in the spotlight.

  • Dr. Maria Herrojo Ruiz (Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience, Goldsmiths University of London, https://maria-herrojoruiz.net/)


    Maria will discuss learning biases in skilled pianists and shed light on the impact of pharmacological aids on performance.

  • Dr. Anna Sadnicka (Senior Clinical Fellow, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, www.annasadnicka.com)

    Anna will discuss how the findings from neuroscience generalise to playing an instrument e.g. mirror neurons, offline gains, reward vs punishment.

  • Dr. Katja Kornysheva (Assistant Professor, Lecturer in Human Neuroscience, The Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, https://sites.google.com/site/kkornysheva/)

    Katja will talk about how the brain separates skilled action features even for “muscle memories” highly skilled movements

  • Prof. Beatriz Calvo Merino (City, University of London, https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/beatriz-calvo-merino)

    Beatriz will talk about the neurocognitive changes associated with dance training and how acquiring a motor skill changes how the brain understands movements.

  • Prof. Mark Edwards (Professor of Neurology and Interface Disorders, King’s College London, https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/mark-edwards)