Research - Sonja Kotz (S.A.) - Maastricht University

Sonja Kotz (S.A.)

Research profile

Cognitive, Affective, and Translational Neuroscience

• Verbal and non-verbal (social) communication

• Predictive coding of time, rhythm, unimodal, and multimodal perception

• Learning and neuroplasticity

• Cognitive and affective control

Methods

• s/fMRT (3 and 7T); parcellation, connectivity, lesion-symptom mapping, behavior

• M/EEG & TFA

Awards

2015 - University of Manchester, UK: Honorary Professorship in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
2015 - Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA: Research Fellow and Affiliate
2010 - University of Leipzig, Germany: Honorary Professorship in Experimental Psychology
2009 – Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany: Research Fellow
2007 – Max Planck Society, Germany: „Excellence support for female scientists“ Minerva Award (5yrs to run an independent research group)

Publications

Most recent publications:

Amorim, M., Roberto, M. S., Kotz, S. A., & Pinheiro, A. P. (2022). The perceived salience of vocal emotions is dampened in non-clinical auditory verbal hallucinations. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 27(2-3), 169-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2021.1949972

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Kasdan, A. V., Burgess, A. N., Pizzagalli, F., Scartozzi, A., Chern, A., Kotz, S. A., Wilson, S. M., & Gordon, R. L. (2022). Identifying a brain network for musical rhythm: A functional neuroimaging meta-analysis and systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 136, [104588]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104588

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Brown, R. M., Gruijters, S. L. K., & Kotz, S. A. (2022). Prediction in the aging brain: Merging cognitive, neurological, and evolutionary perspectives. Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, [gbac062]. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac062

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Honcamp, H., Schwartze, M., Linden, D. E. J., El-Deredy, W., & Kotz, S. A. (2022). Uncovering hidden resting state dynamics: A new perspective on auditory verbal hallucinations. Neuroimage, 255, [119188]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119188

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Labusch, M., Kotz, S. A., & Perea, M. (2022). The impact of capitalized German words on lexical access. Psychological Research, 86(3), 891-902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01540-3

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Korb, S., Mikus, N., Massaccesi, C., Grey, J., Duggirala, S. X., Kotz, S. A., & Mehu, M. (2022). EmoSex: Emotion Prevails Over Sex in Implicit Judgments of Faces and Voices. Emotion, [emo0001089]. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001089

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Biau, E., Schultz, B. G., Gunter, T. C., & Kotz, S. A. (2022). Left motor delta oscillations reflect asynchrony detection in multisensory speech perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(11), 2313-2326. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2965-20.2022

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Almasabi, F., Janssen, M. L. F., Devos, J., Moerel, M., Schwartze, M., Kotz, S. A., Jahanshahi, A., Temel, Y., & Smit, J. V. (2022). The role of the medial geniculate body of the thalamus in the pathophysiology of tinnitus and implications for treatment. Brain Research, 1779, [147797]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147797

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Zelinski, L., Diez, I., Perez, D. L., Kotz, S. A., Wellmer, J., Schlegel, U., Popkirov, S., & Jungilligens, J. (2022). Cortical thickness in default mode network hubs correlates with clinical features of dissociative seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior, 128, [108605]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108605

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Tavano, A., & Kotz, S. A. (2022). Overt Oculomotor Behavior Reveals Covert Temporal Predictions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, [758138]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.758138

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Selected publications ( > 2010)

Kotz, S.A. & Schwartze, M. (2010). Cortical speech processing unplugged: A timely subcortico-cortical framework. Trends in Cognitive Science, 14(9), 392-399.
Stahl, B., Kotz, S.A., Henseler, I., Turner, R., & Geyer, S. (2011). Rhythm in disguise: Why singing may not hold the key to recovery from aphasia. Brain, 134, 3083-3093.
Kanske, P., & Kotz, S.A. (2012). Effortful control, depression, and anxiety correlate with the influence of emotion on executive attentional control. Biological Psychology, 91(1), 88-95.
Kotz, S.A., Kalberlah, C., Bahlmann, J., Friederici, A.D., & Haynes, J.D. (2013). Predicting emotional vocal expressions from the human brain. Human Brain Mapping, 34(8),1971-81.
Jessen, S., & Kotz, S.A. (2013). On the role of crossmodal prediction inaudiovisual emotion perception. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:369. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00369.
Kotz, S.A., Stockert, A., & Schwartze, M. (2014).Cerebellum, temporal predictability, and the updating of a mental model. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 369(1658): 20130403.
Benoit, C-E., Dalla Bella, S., Farrugia, N., Obrig, H., Mainka, S., & Kotz, S.A. (2014). Musically cued gait training improves both perceptual and motor timing in Parkinson’s Disease. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 494 doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00494.
Kotz, S.A., Dengler, R., & Wittfoth, M. (2015). Valence specific conflict moderation in the dorso-medial PFC and the caudate head in emotional speech. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience,10(2), 165-171.
Kotz, S.A. & Gunter, T.C. (2015).Rhythmic cueing remediates language-related disorders in Parkinson’s disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1337, 62-68.
Kotz, S.A. & Schmidt-Kassow, M. (2015). Basal ganglia contribution to rule expectancy and temporal predictability in speech. Cortex, 68, 48-60.