Robin W. Wilkins, Ph.D.
Network Neuroimaging Lab
For
Complex Systems

Publications
Current Publications: (peer-reviewed)
Doyle, C. M., Lane, S.T., Brooks, J.A., Wilkins, R.W., Gates, K.M., and Lindquist, K.A. Unsupervised Classification reveals Consistency and Degeneracy in Neural Network Patterns of Emotion ( 2022) Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience00:1-12
Wilkins, R. W. Network Neuroscience: An Introduction to Graph Theory Network Based Techniques for Music and Brain Imaging Research (2019) in The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain: Music Processing and The Human Brain Michael H. Thaut and Donald A. Hodges, Eds. Oxford University Press, M. Baum Ed.
Whitener, D.J., Campos, A. & Wilkins, R.W. The Essential Guide to Brain Networks: A practical guide to acquiring, processing, and visualizing functional MRI data for Network Neuroscience analyses. (in prep) Network Neuroimaging Lab for Complex Systems Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Gateway MRI Center Office of Research and Engagement University of North Carolina –Greensboro NC
Wilkins, R.W., Whitener, D.J., Teachout, D. Kraft, R.A., and Herr, D. J.(under review) Networks, Neuroimaging, and the Effects of Music on the Brain. An Innovative Approach to Teaching Network Science Techniques to Pre-College and Undergraduate Students in the Musical Arts
Wilkins, R.W., Kraft, R.A., Teachout, D.Herr, D. J., Corcoran, R; Whitfield-Gabrielli, S., & Stanley, H. E. Project NetSci: Network Science, Neuroimaging, and the Effects of Music on the Brain. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Network Science Techniques to Pre-College and Undergraduate Music Students NSF Proposal and Peer-Reviewed
Wilkins, R.W. Network Science and The Effects of Music on the Human Brain. (2015) Proquest
Abdulla, A. & Wilkins, R.W. A Nanolevel Network Neuroscientific Frontier: Network Neuroscience, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Implications for the Advanced Development of Biocompatible Human Brain Functional and Restorative Nanobot Devices Based on Network-based Approaches to Understanding Complex Systems and The Science of Small. Network Neuroimaging Lab for Complex Systems 2Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Gateway MRI Center Office of Research and Economic Development University of North Carolina –Greensboro NC (in prep)
Wilkins, R.W. Measuring Instrumental Music Skill Training and Experiences for Brain imaging Research: A Detailed and Comprehensive Web-based Application for Assessing Quantifiable Characteristics of Peoples’ Musically-Based Skill Training Experiences Across the Life Span in Formal, Semi-formal, Informal and Highly-Intensive Educational Settings: Network Neuroimaging Lab for Complex Systems 2Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Gateway MRI Center Office of Research and Economic Development College of Visual and Performing Arts: School of Music University of North Carolina-Greensboro NC ( in prep)
Wilkins, R. W. Examining the fMRI Literature Defining and Categorizing Musicians: Toward Resolving the Paradoxical Brain Imaging Evidence Found in The Structural and Functional Brains of People Who Report They Are Musicians 1Network Neuroimaging Lab for Complex Systems Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Gateway MRI Center Office of Research and Engagement University of North Carolina-Greensboro NC
Coutinho, E., Wilkins, R.W., and Perlovsky, L. Eds, Frontiers in Psychology Special Edition: Special Topic Music Cognition Spring
Wilkins, R.W., Hodges, D.A., Laurienti P.J. , Steen, M. and Burdette, J.H. Network Science and the Effects of Music Preference on Functional Brain Networks: From Beethoven to Eminem (Nature Scientific Reports 4, doi10.1038 article number 6130,August 28, 2014). Please click here to go directly to Nature Scientific Reports Publication.
Wilkins R.W, Hodges DA, Laurienti PJ, Steen MR, Burdette JH
Network Science: A New Method for Investigating the Complexity of Musical Experiences in the Brain
Leonardo 45(3) 2012. Please click here to go directly to Leonardo Transactions Publication
Beaty, R.E., Benedek, M., Wilkins, R.W. Jauk, E., Fink, A., Silvia, P.J., Hodges, D.A., Koschutnig, K. and Neubauer, A.C. Creativity and the Default Mode Network: A Functional Connectivity Analysis of the Creative Brain at Rest (Neuropsychologica, 64C:92-98 doi:10.1016 September 20, 2014)
Hodges, D.A. and Wilkins, R.W. Why does music move us so? Music Educators Journal, June 2014. Please click here to do directly to Music Educators Journal Publications.
Wagoner, Cynthia L, and Wilkins, Robin W. (2013). Process Driven Potentials For Interdisciplinary Learning: UBEATS , A Model for Science and Music Learning National Science Foundation under Grant No.1142510 , IIS, Human-Centered Computing, “Collaborative Research: EAGER: Network for Science, Engineering, Arts and Design (NSEAD)
Wagoner, Cynthia L, & Wilkins, R.W. NetSci: Brain Networks & Music Towards a New 21st Century Inquiry Based Arts and Science Learning Model (in prep)
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
2017 Network Neuroscience International Conference on Network Science NetSci 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana June 19, 2017
2017 NetSci Ed Satellite International Conference on Network Science NetSci 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana June 19, 2017
2016 5th Biennial Conference on Resting-State and Brain Connectivity: Satellite Symposium “Network-Based Approaches for Neuroimaging: Graph Theory Techniques for Brain Connectivity Research” the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria September 24, 2016 Chair, R. W. Wilkins
2016 International Conference on Network Science Satellite Symposium: “Brain Networks” June 2016 Seoul, Korea Organizing Committee R. W. Wilkins, Qawi Telesford & Danielle Bassett (Co-Chairs) and merged with other international Network Neuroscientists
2016 Brain Networks and Neuroimaging Research Training Program and Workshop
July 11-Aug 12, 2016 Network Neuroscience and Brain Imaging: A Hands-On Traineeship Program and Workshop in Experimental Brain Research and Network Neuroscience Techniques for Functional Connectivity Analyses to Study the Effects of Music on the Brain.
2015 International Conference on Network Science Satellite Symposium: “Network Methods for Neuroimaging: Emerging Analysis Techniques for Brain Research” June 2015 Zaragoza, Spain
Organizing Committee: Robin W. Wilkins, Qwai Telesford, and Danielle S. Bassett (merged with two other committees from France and the UK for a 1.5-day symposium)
2015 Ninth Triennial European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music (ESCOM) Functional Brain Connectivity and The Effects of Music on the Brain: An Introduction to Network Neuroscience Techniques and Methods. August 7-11 Northern Royal College of Music Manchester, UK 2015
Workshop Presenter, Robin W. Wilkins
Multi-Modal Brain Imaging and Functional Connectivity Course and Workshop: Organized and Hosted at JSNN in collaboration with Dr. Robert Savoy, Dr. Sue Whitfield-Gabrielli, Dr. Blaise deB Frederick, and Alison Stevens Player of the A.Athioula Martinos Center, MGH/Harvard/MIT Charlestown MA sponsored by Gateway Research Park, Greensboro NC Summer 2014
Organizing Chair, Robin W. Wilkins
International Conference on Network Science: Brain Networks Satellite Symposium Seoul, South Korea May 31, 2016
Brain Networks, Modularity, and Scaled Inclusivity: Towards a scaling method for measuring and comparing modules across groups.
The Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles February, 2015
Networks and the Brain: Investigating the Effects of Music Preference on Functional Brain Connectivity. Invited presenter
The School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, University of Texas, Dallas February 2015 Investigating the Effects of Music on Functional Brain Connectivity. Invited Presenter
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Carolina Affective Sciences Laboratory January, 2015
Networks and the Brain: Understanding Brain Connectivity through Network Science Methods Invited presenter
The Krasnow Institute at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia January, 2015
Network Neuroscience: An Emerging Approach for Understanding Brain Connectivity Invited presenter
International Society for Mind Brain and Education Conference, Ft Worth Texas, November, 2014
Network Science and the Effects of Music Listening on the Brain,
Poster
NetSci High Boston University, Boston MA July 2014
From Beethoven to Eminem: Network Science and the Effects of Music on the Brain Robin W. Wilkins, Keynote
International Conference on Network Science "NetSci Ed 2014", University of California Berkley, Berkley CA June 2014
Training in Network Science and Neuroimaging: A pre-college case study pilot
International Conference on Network Science 'NetSci 2013', Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen Denmark June 2013
Network Science and the Effects of Music Listening on Functional Brain Connectivity
The Improvising Brain, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA April 2013
The Effects of Music Preference on the Brain: From Beethoven to Eminem
Robin W. Wilkins, presenter
International Conference on Network Science 'NetSci 2012', Northwestern University June 2012
Investigating the Effects of Music Preference on the Brain: From Beethoven to Eminem Robin Wilkins, poster/paper. Winner Best Student Research Paper
Yale University, Northeast Music Cognition Group 'NEMCOG', New Haven CT April 2012
From Beethoven to Eminem: The Effects of Music Preference on the Brain, Invited Presenter
NetSci 2011 Art Humanities and Complex Networks, 2nd Leonardo Satellite Symposium, Ludwig Museum, National Academy of Sciences Budapest, Hungary June 2011
The Effects of Music Preference on the Brain: A Network Science Approach, Robin W. Wilkins, presenter.
Western North Carolina Society for Neuroscience Symposium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem NC April 2011
Music and the Brain: From Medical Applications to the Neurosciences of Song Robin W. Wilkins, Organizing Committee Chair Western North Carolina Society for Neuroscience
University of North Carolina at Greensboro BioMusic: Music and Nature, April 2011
Music, Complex Brain Networks and Neuroscience: The Effects of Musical Training and Musical Experiences on the Brain Robin W. Wilkins, Invited presenter
National Academy of Sciences: Clinical Applications of Music and Neuroscience, New York City New York. March 2011
The Effects of Music on the Brain: Investigating Music Preference Using Network Science Methods.
Poster
Harvard University Symposium on Neuroscience, Healing, and Music. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA "Crossing the Corpus Callosum II," 2010
The Effects of Music on the Brain: Investigating Music Preference Using Network Science Methods. Robin W. Wilkins, presenter
Harvard University, Northeast Music Cognition Group, Cambridge MA 2010
Network Science: Music Preference and the Default Mode Network. Robin W. Wilkins, presenter