Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس

PhDc in Health-Medical #Neuropsychology @UniLeiden| Longitudinal #fMRI| Sensory Stimulation of Motor Learning in #Aging #Stroke| #cognition #neuroscience #music

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

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[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

Our latest preprint is now online! We compare visuomotor sequence learning with or without music over 4-weeks.

Despite both groups improving overtime, the music group showed increased surface area of A1 contralateral to the trained hand.

A 🧵 will follow upon publication 🤞

[bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv_neursci]

Increased surface area of Heschl's gyrus following music-cued motor training. https://t.co/9LL6YDvmXF #biorxiv_neursci

[INS Student Liaison Committee @ins_slc]

In-training member @mamudarris
will be presenting his research at #INS2025inBrisbane

Check out his poster and/or datablitz!
@INSneuro
@ASSBI1

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

@mabdelhack Ah glad to see a familiar face, and to finally meet in person. I’ll be there for the opening ceremony, I’ll dm you and hope to meet you there

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

Who from my network is going to @OHBM in Brisbane this week?

Or @INSneuro next week?

[Frontiers - Neuroscience @FrontNeurosci]

New Research: Cognitive and motor abilities predict auditory-cued finger tapping in a dual task https://t.co/4gidamJFON #FrontiersIn #Neuroscience

[Guillaume Durandau @GDurandau]

🚨Come join my lab at @mcgillu
I have multiple PhD opening on balance in elderly, back Exo and NMS model and AI @MyoSuite
You can apply via the Neuroscience 🧠 Dept. (IPN https://t.co/vJLRddTKb4 Deadline Aug. 1) or Mech. Eng. 🤖 Dept. (https://t.co/CknZB5BwqL deadline July 15)

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

12/ Thanks for reading thus far, if you want to know more, you can find the full study here (open access): https://t.co/5u1qp55qpK

This post was co-created with ChatGPT-4o.
#MusicTherapy #Neuroscience #MotorLearning #Rehabilitation #PersonalizedMedicine #Neuropsychology

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

8/ We also looked at musical background and music enjoyment. Both played a role, especially under cognitive load.

People with musical training had better timing consistency; those who enjoyed music tapped harder.

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

11/ Rhythmic sounds can support movement and attention — but only when aligned with a person’s cognitive and motor profile. That’s a big step toward more personalized, effective interventions.

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

7/ We found that:
- Better gross motor skills predicted more forceful tapping.
- Better fine motor skills predicted less force.
- Poor cognitive inhibition (think stop-and-go control) also led to more forceful tapping.

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

4/ We tested 50 healthy adults (ages 18–39). They tapped their fingers in time with a beat: once to a simple metronome, once to rhythmically complex music.

Then they repeated both while doing a working memory task (e.g., recalling numbers backward).

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

6/ We found that individual traits predicted how well people synchronized with the beat, regardless of whether they were tapping alone or dual-tasking. That’s crucial because real-world tasks often require multitasking.

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

5/ We also assessed each person’s cognitive and motor abilities using standardized tests. This let us link their tapping performance with their attention, memory, cognitive inhibition, and motor abilities as well as musical training and enjoyment from music

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

3/ This matters because rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) is used in therapies for stroke, Parkinson’s, dementia, ADHD and more. But results vary. We wanted to understand what role individual abilities play.

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

1/12 Our new study “Cognitive and motor abilities predict auditory-cued finger tapping in a dual task” is out now:
https://t.co/5u1qp55qpK
With Rebecca Schaefer, Renske Krijt, Marjolein Fokkema, @MaritRuitenberg, Allyah Hassell & Tanya Murphy 🧵

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

Our article “Cognitive and motor abilities predictor auditory-cued finger tapping in a dual task” has been published @FrontNeurosci! A thread will soon follow https://t.co/CqNDGODWsL #neuroscience #music #movement #cognition #motorlearning

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

2/ We asked: Why do rhythmic sounds (like music or a metronome) help some people move better, but not others?

Do people perform worse when moving to sounds while also doing a cognitive task? Think of playing an instrument with a band or driving & talking while listening to music

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

Our article “Cognitive and motor abilities predictor auditory-cued finger tapping in a dual task” has been published @FrontNeurosci! A thread will soon follow https://t.co/CqNDGODWsL #neuroscience #music #movement #cognition #motorlearning

[Mohammed Mudarris ْمُحَمَّدْ مُدَرِّس @mamudarris]

Our article "Cognitive and motor abilities predict auditory-cued finger tapping in a dual task" has been accepted for publication @FrontNeurosci (making the 2nd chapter of my PhD).

I will write a thread telling you all about it upon its publication!

https://t.co/SWjwsbFoDW