The Centre for Culture, Cognition and Health

2023-12-07

Culture and Health

Brain and Culture Lecture & Workshop 12th January 2024 with Hanna Pohjola

Photo: Susanna Kekkonen Title: Dance as a performative process and a narrative in life fractures: A Social psychological perpective Speaker: Hanna Pohjola, University of Eastern Finland Date and Time: 12th January 2024 13.00-15.30 Location: Balettakademien, Birger Jarlsgatan 70, Stockholm and online Zoom details: A zoom link will be published here This presentation is focused on dance as …

2023-10-03

Culture and Education

Every Brain Needs Music, The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music

In a new book entitled Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music, Prof. Larry Sherman explores why we all need music for our mental well-being and how it can even help us later in life. Sherman is a professor of neuroscience at Oregon Health & …

2023-10-02

Culture and Health

Online Lecture November 30th with Dacher Keltner, University of California: “The Science of Awe: Evolution, Culture, and Self-Transcendence”

In this talk, Dacher Keltner will chart the new science of awe. He will consider its deep mammalian origins and how it manifests in cultural processes such as music, visual design, and spirituality and conceptions of the divine. Based on this understanding, Dacher Keltner will consider what has been learned …

2023-10-01

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Building a better brain through music, dance and poetry

A growing body of research is probing art's effects on the brain. DrAfter123/Getty Images To make sense of difficult science, Michael Kofi Esson often turns to art. When he's struggling to understand the immune system or a rare disease, music and poetry serve as an anchor."It helps calm me down and …