Katarzyna Gugnowska

Main Research Area
- Neurocognition of joint music performance
- The role of interbrain synchrony in interpersonal coordination
- Attention allocation in musical ensembles
Vita
Education
since 2018 | PhD student, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, IMPRS NeuroCom, Leipzig / Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt/M., Germany (research groups of PD Dr. Daniela Sammler) |
2014 | Master in Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland |
2011–2013 | Master in Theory of Music, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland |
2008–2011 | Bachelor in Theory of Music, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland |
Career
2015–2017 | Teaching assistant, Faculty of Conducting, Composition and Music Theory, Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music, Gdansk, Poland |
2014–2017 | Research assistant, Faculty of Conducting, Composition and Music Theory, Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music, Gdansk, Poland |
2012–2012 | Research intern, Research Group Music Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany |
Publications
Book Chapters
Gugnowska, K. (2016). Katalog utworów Bernardina Borlaski/Catalogue of the works of Bernardino Borlasca, w/in: Borlasca B., Accentus Musicalis (Thesaurus Musicae Gedanensis, vol. 1), wyd./ed. D. Szlagowska, D. Popinigis. Wydawnictwo Akademii Muzycznej im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku.
Publications in peer reviewed journals
Kohler, N., Novembre, G., Gugnowska, K., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., Sammler, D. (2022). Cortico-cerebellar audio-motor regions coordinate self and other in musical joint action. Cerebral Cortex. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac243
Gugnowska, K., Novembre, G., Kohler, N., Villringer, A., Keller, P. E., Sammler, D. (2022). Endogenous sources of interbrain synchrony in duetting pianists. Cerebral Cortex, 32(18), 4110–4127. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab469
Gugnowska, K. (2015). Katalog utworów Bernardina Borlaski, Aspekty Muzyki, 5, 175-180.
Gugnowska, K. (2014). Johann Valentin Meder (1649-1719) – muzyk wędrujący. Ars Inter Culturas, 3, 13-27.
Gugnowska, K. (2013).Johann Valentin Meder – musicus poeticus. Analiza retoryczno-muzyczna koncertu psalmowego Ach, Herr, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn. Aspekty Muzyki, 3, 111-133.
Conference Proceedings
Gugnowska, K. (2015). Johann Valentin’s Meder activity in Baltic’s region. In D. Popinigis, D. Szlagowska, J. Woźniak (Eds.), Musica Baltica. Music-making in Baltic Cities. Various kinds, places, repertoire, performers, instruments. Wydawnictwo Akademii Muzycznej im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku.
Poster Presentations
Gugnowska, K., Novembre, G., Kohler, N., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2021). Endogenous sources of interbrain synchrony in duetting pianists. The Neurosciences and Music VII Conference, Aarhus, Denmark (virtual).
Gugnowska, K., Novembre, G., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2020). Endogenously driven interbrain synchrony in musical interaction. Neuronus IBRO Neuroscience Forum 2020, Krakow, Poland.
Gugnowska, K., Novembre, G., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2019). Interbrain synchrony during coordinated performance and planning. 9th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School 2019, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
Gugnowska, K., Novembre, G., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2019). Does neural synchrony predict behavioural synchrony in piano duos? Language and Music in Cognition: Integrated Approaches to Cognitive Systems (Spring School 2019), University of Cologne, Germany.
Gugnowska, K., Novembre, G., Keller, P. E., Villringer, A., & Sammler, D. (2018). Neural bases of interpersonal coordinated behaviour during music performance. 8th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
Gugnowska, K., Cichorska, I. (2014). What is real friendship? Comparison of the single-sex friendship perception. Poster competition of Faculty of Psychology at University of Warsaw (1st award), Warsaw, Poland.
Awards & Grants
Awards & Grants
2018–2021 | PhD scholarship of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit |
Projects
- Cognitive drivers of interbrain synchrony during musical interaction
How do musicians achieve synchrony when they perform music together? Numerous cognitive processes – such as the alignment of internal timekeepers or the focusing of joint attention onto each other’s actions – are at play as shown in previous ...
- How do musicians attend to own and the co-performer’s sound during joint performance?
Ensemble music making requires musicians to attend to their own and their co-performers’ parts. Although it has been repeatedly shown that dividing attention worsens the task execution – musicians can create performances of excellent quality ...