There are several ongoing projects in the lab, with additional opportunities to conduct smaller projects/master theses. If you are interested in being involved you can email d.abur@rug.nl or contact us here.
Functionally relevant neural oscillations for speech (Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences Seed Grant awarded to Defne Abur and Miles Wischnewski)
Neural control of vocal pitch (Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science Starter Grant awarded to Defne Abur and Frank Tsiwah)
Impact of aging, cognition, and sensory function on speech (NWO PhD in the Humanities Grant PGW.23.021 led by Katharina Polsterer)
Speech motor learning & forgetting (YAG-SER Interdisciplinary Project awarded to Defne Abur, Thomas Wilschut, Catherine Sibert, and Hedderik van Rijn)
Speech flexibility following oral cancer treatment (University of Groningen PhD in the Humanities Grant led by Thomas Tienkamp)
Vocal motor control of loudness (Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences Seed Grant awarded to Defne Abur and Sanne Moorman)