Shinichi Furuya

Musicians are bearers of the culture. They let us listen to music, which is intangible cultural heritage that has been created over centuries worldwide. To produce various musical expression based on creativity and intelligence requires sophisticated sensory, motor, and cognitive skills, which are acquired through years of extensive training from childhood. However, in the course of training, a number of musicians have suffered from failures of creating desired musical expression through performance and/or from physical and mental troubles. A goal of “Musical Dynaformics” is to realize sustainable development of culture, through research and development for enriching expertise and wellness, such as sophisticating musical skills, training, and education, and preventing overuse injuries and choking under pressure. Through making educational platform that can keep being updated based on the achievement of research and development, we dream a future in which both musicians and audience can keep being moved by music.

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Selected Publications
Furuya S, Uehara K, Sakamoto T, Hanakawa T (2018) Aberrant cortical excitability explains the loss of hand dexterity in musician’s dystonia. The Journal of Physiology (in press) doi: 10.1113/JP275813
Furuya S (2018) Individual differences in sensorimotor skills among musicians. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 20: 61-66
Furuya S, Oku T, Miyazaki F, Kinoshita H (2015) Secrets of virtuoso: neuromuscular attributes of motor virtuosity in expert musicians. Scientific Reports 5：15750
Furuya S, Altenmüller E (2015) Acquisition and reacquisition of motor coordination in musicians. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1337: 118–124
Furuya S, Klaus M, Nitsche MA, Paulus W, Altenmüller E (2014) Ceiling effects prevent further improvement of transcranial stimulation in skilled musicians. The Journal of Neuroscience 34(41):13834 - 13839
Furuya S, Nitsche MA, Paulus W, Altenmüller E (2014) Surmounting retraining limits in musicians' dystonia by transcranial stimulation. Annals of Neurology 75(5): 700-707