Professor emeritus Gunnar Bjursell has been awarded the Bernadotte Prize 2024 of 200,000 SEK for his long-standing research - and significant public educational efforts - on cultural engagement and its effects on the brain, well-being, and health. Gunnar Bjursell has been a central figure in research on culture, brain, and …
International Dance Day 29th April 2024
We celebrate Dance Day with an International perspective and Dance Health! We invite you to an exclusive afternoon with Dance, art, and research. International experts in Dance Health, performance, and lectures! In collaboration with The Cultural Brain at KI and Dansens hus Dr. Sara Houston is a senior lecturer at the Department of …
In focus: Fredrik Ullén at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Fredrik Ullén is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt and a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet Major news from us at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics is that a new imaging center, CoBIC, has been inaugurated in Frankfurt this summer. …
How Our Brains Process Music
Researchers unlocked how the brain processes melodies, creating a detailed map of auditory cortex activity. Their study reveals that the brain engages in dual tasks when hearing music: tracking pitch with neurons used for speech and predicting future notes with music-specific neurons. This breakthrough clarifies the longstanding mystery of melody perception, …
Dr. Immordino-Yang video interview: How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD is Professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California and director of the Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education, who has done groundbreaking research on emotions, self-awareness and social interactions and how these impact the way we learn and change …
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