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
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
12/2020 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.
06/2019 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.
02/2019 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.
06/2018 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.
05/2014 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 ...