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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
2024
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Reisner S., Koul A., Bianco R., Markova G., Hoehl S., Novembre G.
Development of neural and spontaneous motor responses to music over the first year of life
THE NEUROSCIENCES AND MUSIC | VIII
Poster Conference
2024
Bianco R., Zuk N.J., Bigand F., Quarta E., Grasso S., Arnese F., Ravignani A., Battaglia-Mayer A., Novembre G.
Neural encoding of musical expectations in a non-human primate
Current Biology, vol. 34, (no. 2), pp. 444-450.e5
2024
Bigand F., Bianco R., Abalde S. F., Nguyen T., Novembre G.
Neural encoding of music, self other and synchrony in dyadic dance
THE NEUROSCIENCES AND MUSIC | VIII
Poster Conference
2024
Bigand F., Bianco R., Abalde S. F., Novembre G.
The geometry of interpersonal synchrony in human dance
THE NEUROSCIENCES AND MUSIC | VIII
Poster Conference
2024
Bigand F., Bianco R., Abalde S. F., Novembre G.
The geometry of interpersonal synchrony in human dance
Current Biology
Article Journal
Dissemination
2023
Bigand F.
Groove, perché la musica ci fa muovere?
Daphne, Rome, Italy
Public Event
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
2024
Bigand F., Bianco R., Abalde S. F., Novembre G.
La geometria della sincronia interpersonale nella danza umana
II Meeting ESCOM-Italy
Workshop/Symposium
2024
Bigand F., Bianco R., Abalde S. F., Nguyen T., Novembre G.
Neural encoding of dyadic dance: self, other and interpersonal synchrony
socialBRIDGES 8: Dance and Dialogues, TU Dresden, Germany
Conference
2024
Bigand F.
The sensorimotor foundations of human collective dance: Insights from full-body kinematics and hyperscanning
MusiCognition Lab, Pavia University, Italy.
Institute
2024
Bigand F.
The sensorimotor foundations of human collective dance: Insights from full-body kinematics and hyperscanning
BRAMS, Montréal, Canada
Institute
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