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I am a post-doctoral researcher interested in the neuroscience of music and movement.

I investigate the sensorimotor foundations of communicative musicality, i.e. the universal human ability to communicate through music. Building on the fact that music is movement, and on my prior research on Sign Language, I am interested in why we are so moved to make and hear music, and what it can tell us about human communication and cooperation. That is why I am currently studying the mechanisms underlying interpersonal coordination in dance—one of the most fascinating and understudied models of gestural communication—, combining 3D kinematics (Vicon), neuroimaging (EEG) and eye-tracking techniques.

Education

Title: PhD (Computer Science)
Institute: Paris Saclay University
Location: Orsay
Country: France
From: 2018 To: 2021

Title: Master (Engineering, Artificial Intelligence)
Institute: Sorbonne University
Location: Paris
Country: France
From: 2016 To: 2018

Title: Bachelor (Electronics and Automation)
Institute: Sorbonne University
Location: Paris
Country: France
From: 2015 To: 2016

Title: DEM: professional music degree in classical Percussions
Institute: Conservatoire Régional
Location: Dijon
Country: France
From: 2003 To: 2013

Experience External

Title: Research engineer (Miming musical instruments using motion capture for collective musical experience)
Institute: Burgundy University
Location: Dijon
Country: France
From: 2017 To: 2017

Title: Research engineer (Musical sonification of movements with motion capture and Max/MSP)
Institute: Burgundy University
Location: Dijon
Country: France
From: 2016 To: 2016

All Publications
2023
Bigand F., Bianco R., Abalde S. F., Novembre G.
Joint dancing kinematics unveil a modular organization of interpersonal synchrony
Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW)
Poster Conference
2023
Abalde S. F., Bigand F., Bianco R., Keller P. E., Novembre G.
On the role of ancillary body movements in joint music making and interpersonal synchronization
Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW)
Poster Conference
2023
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Reisner S., Koul A., Bianco R., Markova G., Hoehl S., Novembre G.
Tiny Dancers – Infant’s neural and motor responses to music at different pitches
Musical Minds Workshop
Poster Conference
2023
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Reisner S., Koul A., Bianco R., Markova G., Hoehl S., Novembre G.
Tiny Dancers – Infants’ neural and motor responses to music at different pitches
17th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition
Poster Conference
2023
Bianco R., Zuk N., Bigand F., Quarta E., Grasso S., Arnese F., Battaglia-Mayer A., Novembre G.
Tracking structural changes in sound sequences: a comparative EEG study across human and non-human primates
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Poster Conference
Dissemination
2022
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Novembre G.
Interpersonal neural synchronization through music
The power of Music – 2nd edition, Teatro Kursaal Santalucia (Bari, Italy)
Public Event
Scientific Talks
2023
Bianco R., Zuk N., Bigand F., Quarta E., Grasso S., Arnese F., Battaglia-Mayer A., Novembre G.
Neural encoding of musical expectations in non-human primates
17th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition
Conference
2023
Bianco R., Zuk N., Bigand F., Quarta E., Grasso S., Arnese F., Battaglia-Mayer A., Novembre G.
Neural encoding of musical expectations in non-human primates
Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW)
Conference