Edith Van Dyck

Edith Van Dyck serves as a Postdoctoral researcher in systematical musicology/music psychology at IPEM, Ghent University, and lecturer in music history at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS), Erasmushogeschool Brussel. Her research centers on action-perception coupling in musical interaction, specifically examining how musical features and human emotions influence movement in contexts like dance, running, and walking.

Research Focus: Her work bridges Music Psychology and Motor Rehabilitation, with core investigations into music-induced movement dynamics. Key projects include personalized music interventions for Parkinson's disease gait rehabilitation, entrainment of physical cadence to musical rhythms, and the social-cognitive aspects of musical performance. She employs interdisciplinary methods from psychology, neuroscience, and musicology to analyze embodied responses to auditory stimuli.

Publication Trends (2019-2021): Recent articles reveal three dominant themes: (1) Clinical applications of music in neurological rehabilitation (particularly Parkinson's), (2) Real-world movement entrainment to music in activities like running and walking, and (3) Social dynamics of musical interaction during pandemic restrictions. Her collaborative work spans institutions including Montreal University and the University of Antwerp, emphasizing translational research from laboratory to therapeutic settings.

Scientific Recognition:

• No formal awards or fellowships documented in source materials

Academic Engagement: Active in editorial roles as Review Editor for Performance Science at Frontiers in Psychology, with no current information on grant funding or student supervision. Her network includes prominent researchers like Simone Dalla Bella (Montreal) and Jeska Buhmann (Antwerp).

Research Environment: Core affiliation with Ghent University's Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM), a leading center for empirical musicology. Collaborates extensively with clinical teams on rehabilitation projects and participates in international consortia studying music-movement relationships.