Cognitive Ergonomics and the Musician Part 2
Last time, we looked at brain mapping to learn more about how our central nervous system gets confused from the sheer amount of data any proficient musician goes through when practicing. Another area of research that sheds some interesting light on Focal Dystonia is the study of the relationship between musician and musical instrument . Using concepts from Activity Theory and flow/presence research , Drs. Nijs, Lesaffre, and Leman at Ghent University in Belgium seek to develop a music cognition framework that, when viewed in conjunction with Alan H D Watson's brain mapping research (the subject of last week's post), may at least explain the science behind neuroplasticity treatments of musicians with Focal Dystonia. I'm once again taking you down the rabbit hole here, but I found this area of research fascinating in that so many of the movement retraining pioneers I've spoken with talk about how the musician's relationship to their instrument disintegrates with...
