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Astrid Heine is a PhD Researcher at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences and Cambridge School of Creative Industries, while concurrently serving as a researcher at the Josef Ressel Centre (JRC) at IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria, where she investigates interactional processes in music therapy for stroke rehabilitation.
Her academic foundation includes dual qualifications from IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems:
- Bachelor Degree in Music Therapy
- Master Degree in Music Therapy
Heine's research specializes in therapeutic relationship dynamics, micro video analysis of sessions, and neurophysiological correlates within neurorehabilitation contexts. She employs multimodal interaction analysis and qualitative interview data to decode meaningful moments in therapy, particularly for patients with disorders of consciousness and post-stroke conditions, bridging clinical practice with empirical neuroscience.
Her 2015 publications in Frontiers in Neuroscience demonstrate interdisciplinary rigor, examining music therapy's impact on brain activity in unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and integrating neuroanthropological frameworks for disorders of consciousness research. These works establish her focus on physiological mechanisms and cultural dimensions of therapeutic engagement.
At the JRC, Heine collaborates on EEG-based physiological data analysis while leading qualitative content analysis of therapy sessions, emphasizing the experiential 'qualia' of musical interactions to advance evidence-based neurorehabilitation protocols.
