Research Director Mari Tervaniemi obtained her PhD in psychology in 1997 in the University of Helsinki about auditory neurocognition and musical expertise. Her research topics cover auditory learning as well as the brain basis of musical expertise and music emotions. Of particular interest for her is to apply knowledge acquired within the framework of basic science into neurorehabilitation as well as to education and special education. She has published over empirical and review 180 articles in international refereed journals in the fields of music psychology, learning sciences and cognitive neuroscience.