MOVE

B.C.M. van Wijk, MSc
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences
Van der Boechorststraat 9
1081 BT Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (20) 59 88523
Room: B-648
Email: b.vanwijk AT fbw.vu.nl

PhD student
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Research Interests

My general research interest is on the neural organization of movement. More specifically, the functional synchronization within and between neural populations involved in motor control. How is oscillatory neural activity in different frequency bands modulated by task requirements? How do neural populations interact to achieve a common goal? How is the activity of different specialized brain regions integrated? Using EMG, EEG and MEG, I look at local and long-range synchronization patterns underlying simple motor tasks.

I am also interested in the network properties of functional connectivity within the brain. Using tools from graph theory, e.g. the network’s efficiency, degree of clustering and synchronizability can be studied and brain regions acting as major hubs (containing a large number of connections with other regions) can be identified. How does the network organization change during movement execution and between different movement tasks?

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Research Grants

NWO Toptalent 2008. Dynamical networks of neural synchronization in human motor control.
Full funding for own 4-year PhD project

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Publications

Daffertshofer A, van Wijk BCM (2011). On the influence of amplitude on the connectivity between phases. Front Neuroinform. 2011;5:6. PDF

van Wijk BCM, Stam CJ, Daffertshofer A (2010). Comparing brain networks of different size and connectivity density using graph theory. PLoS ONE 5:e13701. PDF

Antiqueira L, Rodrigues FA, van Wijk BCM, Costa L da F, Daffertshofer A (2010). Estimating complex cortical networks via surface recordings – a critical note. Neuroimage 53:439-449. PDF

Boonstra TW, van Wijk BCM, Praamstra P, Daffertshofer A (2009). Corticomuscular and bilateral EMG coherence reflect distinct aspects of neural synchronization. Neurosci Lett 29:17-21. PDF

van Wijk BCM, Daffertshofer A, Roach N, Praamstra P (2009). A role of beta oscillatory synchrony in biasing response competition? Cereb Cortex 19:1294-1302. PDF