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Stavros Skouras, PhD

University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Lab for Behavioral Neurology and Imaging of …
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[HTML][HTML] Effects of sad and happy music on mind-wandering and the default mode network

L Taruffi, C Pehrs, S Skouras, S Koelsch - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Music is a ubiquitous phenomenon in human cultures, mostly due to its power to evoke and
regulate emotions. However, effects of music evoking different emotional experiences such …

[HTML][HTML] Study protocol for the Alzheimer and music therapy study: An RCT to compare the efficacy of music therapy and physical activity on brain plasticity, depressive …

BK Flo, AM Matziorinis, S Skouras, TT Sudmann… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background There is anecdotal evidence for beneficial effects of music therapy in patients
with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). However, there is a lack of rigorous research investigating this …

[HTML][HTML] The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting

J Gao, HK Leung, BWY Wu, S Skouras, HH Sik - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Despite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates
of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of real-time fMRI neurofeedback performance and improvement–a machine learning mega-analysis

…, C Lor, SJ Götzendorfer, R Sladky, S Skouras… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback is an increasingly popular neuroimaging technique that
allows an individual to gain control over his/her own brain signals, which can lead to …

[HTML][HTML] fMRI scanner noise interaction with affective neural processes

S Skouras, M Gray, H Critchley, S Koelsch - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of the present study was the investigation of interaction effects between
functional MRI scanner noise and affective neural processes. Stimuli comprised of …

The roles of superficial amygdala and auditory cortex in music-evoked fear and joy

S Koelsch, S Skouras, T Fritz, P Herrera, C Bonhage… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigates neural correlates of music-evoked fear and joy with fMRI. Studies on
neural correlates of music-evoked fear are scant, and there are only a few studies on neural …

Functional centrality of amygdala, striatum and hypothalamus in a “small‐world” network underlying joy: An fMRI study with music

S Koelsch, S Skouras - Human brain mapping, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… Stefan Koelsch and Stavros Skouras contributed equally to this work. … Stavros Skouras
Stefan Koelsch and Stavros Skouras contributed equally to this work. …

[HTML][HTML] The auditory cortex hosts network nodes influential for emotion processing: An fMRI study on music-evoked fear and joy

S Koelsch, S Skouras, G Lohmann - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Sound is a potent elicitor of emotions. Auditory core, belt and parabelt regions have anatomical
connections to a large array of limbic and paralimbic structures which are involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] Neural correlates of emotional personality: A structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging study

S Koelsch, S Skouras, S Jentschke - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Studies addressing brain correlates of emotional personality have remained sparse, despite
the involvement of emotional personality in health and well-being. This study investigates …

Can we predict real‐time fMRI neurofeedback learning success from pretraining brain activity?

A Haugg, R Sladky, S Skouras… - Human brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofeedback training has been shown to influence behavior in healthy participants as
well as to alleviate clinical symptoms in neurological, psychosomatic, and psychiatric patient …