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Virginia Penhune, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University. Her research focuses on the neural basis of motor skill learning, emphasizing brain plasticity, musical expertise, and auditory-motor integration. She uses structural and functional neuroimaging techniques to study the cerebellum, striatum, and motor cortical areas in diverse populations including children, older adults, and musically trained individuals.
She is a founding member of the Montreal Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound (BRAMS) and part of the NSERC-funded training grant in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience. She also holds affiliations with the Quebec Bio-imaging Network, Centre for Research in Human Development, and multiple interdisciplinary research centers at Concordia.
Her recent work examines how musical training influences motor learning pathways and explores age-related changes in brain structure-function relationships. Key findings include grey-matter correlates between dance/music expertise and the role of dorsal premotor cortex in auditory-motor tasks.
Penhune has contributed to over 50 peer-reviewed publications, with recent studies appearing in NeuroImage, Brain Research, and Frontiers in Psychology. Her research has been supported by grants from NSERC, FRQ, and other national funding bodies.
