Simone Dalla Bella

Professor Simone Dalla Bella Université Montpellier II, Movement To Health Simone Dalla Bella studied cognitive psychology at the University of Padua (Italy), completed a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology at the University of Montreal (Canada), and received a Habilitation degree from the University of Warsaw (Poland). He also obtained a Master degree in piano performance from the Conservatory of music of Mantua (Italy). He is Professor in movement sciences at the University of Montpellier 1 (France), junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and associate member of the BRAMS laboratory (Montreal). He currently directs the Rhythm & Synchronization Team in the Movement to Health Laboratory (EuroMov, Montpellier, France). His research interests concern the neurosciences of music and rhythm with a particular focus on music disorders in the general population (tone deafness and beat deafness), and rhythm/pitch perception and production mechanisms in the general population, professional musicians, and patients with brain damage (e.g. with Parkinson’s disease).