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Veronika Cohen
Prof. Veronika Wolf Cohen is professor emeritus at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Her research interests have focused on the development of musical cognitive processes, with special emphasis on development of musical creativity (dissertation: ‘The emergence of musical gestures in kindergarten children’) and the body as the source of musical cognition/emotion. She has developed a pedagogic tool for intuitive reflection on the musical cognitive/affective process through the use of kinesthetic analogues: ‘musical mirrors’ – a term she coined 25 years ago that has now received significant validation from the research on mirror neurons. Her work has been presented at international conferences and workshops around the world and published in various journals. She served on the committee for the national music curriculum of Israel and is musical and pedagogic advisor for prepared concerts in schools. She was a MISTEC (ISME) commissioner. She has been instrumental in establishing the Middle Eastern Music Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
Contact: Middle Eastern Music Department, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem, Israel.