Research Practicum in Interdisciplinary Piano Performance Applications

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This practicum allows students to support research in how physical, neural, and social differences affect performance and power dynamics within educational and professional music environments. Research includes studying the impact of keyboard size, integrating AI into musical instruction, exploring the neural mechanisms underlying motor skills, studying neural synchrony across neural, biomechanical, and sensory networks, and exploring vibrotactile coordinated reset stimulation to improve motor performance in musicians and focal dystonia patients. Students will collect and/or analyze data and collaborate with each other and researchers in weekly meetings, lab hours, and tasks.