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Trinh Nguyen

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Researcher
Neuroscience of Perception and Action
Research center
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About

I’m a Marie Curie fellow interested in the neurobiological processes underlying social interactions. 

During my previous work, I examined interpersonal neural, behavioural and physiological synchrony in early development. Taking Predictive Processing and Attachment Theory into account, I looked at rhythmic communicative behaviours such as touch, turn-taking, and singing and how those behaviours might help infants and children coordinate with others. Currently, I am studying communicative musicality in early childhood and I am interested in the use of multi-brain stimulation to examine interpersonal neural synchrony during social interactions. My research combines behavioural (micro-coding and motion tracking), neural (fNIRS and EEG), and physiological approaches (ECG).

Education

Title: BSc (Psychology)
Institute: University of Heidelberg
Location: Heidelberg
Country: Germany
From: 2012 To: 2015

Title: MSc (Psychology)
Institute: University of Heidelberg
Location: Heidelberg
Country: Germany
From: 2015 To: 2018

Title: Dr.rer.nat. (Psychology)
Institute: University of Vienna
Location: Vienna
Country: Austria
From: 2018 To: 2022

Experience External

Title: Senior Research Fellow
Institute: University of Vienna
Location: Vienna
Country: Austria
From: 2022 To: null

Title: Visiting PhD Student
Institute: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: UK
From: 2020 To: 2020

Title: University Assistant
Institute: University of Vienna
Location: Vienna
Country: Austria
From: 2018 To: 2022

Title: Guest researcher
Institute: Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Location: Leipzig
Country: Germany
From: 2018 To: null

All Publications
2024
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Reisner S., Koul A., Bianco R., Markova G., Hoehl S., Novembre G.
Development of neural and spontaneous motor responses to music over the first year of life
THE NEUROSCIENCES AND MUSIC | VIII
Poster Conference
2024
Nguyen T.
Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing
European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN)
Poster Conference
2024
Nguyen T., Kungl M. T., Hoehl S., White L. O., Vrticka P.
Visualizing the invisible tie: Linking parent–child neural synchrony to parents’ and children's attachment representations
Developmental Science
2024
Hoehl S., Tuente M., Nguyen T.
Von Herz zu Herz – Welche Rolle spielt Interozeption für soziale Kognition und Interaktionen in der frühen Entwicklung?
In Kontakt mit der Wirklichkeit: Die Perspektivität verkörperter Wahrnehmung, Publisher: De Gruyter
Book Chapter Book
2023
Nguyen T., Flaten E., Trainor L.J., Novembre G.
Early social communication through music: State of the art and future perspectives
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 63
Article Journal
Dissemination
2022
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Novembre G.
Interpersonal neural synchronization through music
The power of Music – 2nd edition, Teatro Kursaal Santalucia (Bari, Italy)
Public Event
Scientific Talks
2024
Nguyen T.
Linking parent-child neural synchronization to interaction and relationship quality
Columbia University Medical Center
Institute
2023
Nguyen T.
Communicative rhythms in early social interactions: Maternal Touch and Song
Affective Touch Lab, Technical University of Dresden
Institute
2023
Nguyen T.
Practical Considerations for fNIRS Hyperscanning
fNIRS Hyperscanning Workshop 2023 by the Special Interest Research Group on the Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Nguyen T., Reisner S., Lueger A., Wass S. V., Hoehl S., Markova G.
Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing
Musical Minds Workshop
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Nguyen T.
Understanding early social interactions under the lens of predictions and attachment
Boehme Lab, Linköping University
Institute
Oral presentations
2024
Nguyen T., Bigand F., Reisner S., Koul A., Bianco R., Markova G., Hoehl S., Novembre G.
Development of neural and spontaneous motor responses to music over the first year of life
THE NEUROSCIENCES AND MUSIC | VIII
Conference
2024
Nguyen T.
Sing to me, baby: Infants show neural tracking and rhythmic movements to live and dynamic maternal singing
European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN)
European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN)
Conference
2021
Nguyen T., Abney D.H., Bertenthal B.I., Hoehl S.
Infants’ Social Communication from a Predictive Processing Perspective
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Comparative Cognition: Animal Minds, CogSci 2021, pp. 404-410
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2024
Nguyen T.
Best Poster Award at The Neurosciences and Music – VIII
2023
Nguyen T., Novembre G.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship: European
2023
Nguyen T.
SRCD Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
2022
Nguyen T.
Award of Excellence 2022 by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
2022
Nguyen T.
Green Travel Award for the Practical MEEG Workshop 2022 in Aix-en-Provence