KI Culture Day 2021 "Lose Yourself in Dance Art & Science in Motion" took place at MF on November 10th Watch the first part of the video recording from the day on the link below KI President Ole Petter Ottersen introduces the afternoon by discussing the importance of culture and science, and …
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The role of the brain as a prediction machine when listening to musical phrases
A new study from Aarhus University in Denmark sheds new light on the brain’s capacity to predict musical phrases. Assistant Professor and AIAS fellow Niels Chr. Hansen documents that research participants experience musical phrases in a similar way to spoken sentences. The prediction process occurs when the musical phrase ends …
Research in focus: Trait Empathy Shapes Neural Responses Toward Sad Music
Individuals with a predisposition to empathize engage with sad music in a compelling way, experiencing overall more pleasurable emotions. However, the neural mechanisms underlying these music-related experiences in empathic individuals are unknown. The present study published in Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, tested whether dispositional empathy modulates neural responses to …
International operatic soprano Renée Fleming discusses the NIH Sound Health initiative at the Lake Nona Impact Forum
“There are clear scientific benefits for music and arts in health"(Renée Fleming) “We want to create well being rather than just treat disease” (Renée Fleming) International operatic soprano Renée Fleming held a session at the virtual Lake Nona Impact Forum earlier this year entitled Arts and Health as Prescriptions for the Future. …
Mathematical anxiety in focus – an interview with Professor Yulia Kovas
Mathematical anxiety, also known as maths phobia, is anxiety about one's ability to do mathematics. Professor Yulia Kovas from Goldsmiths University, London, discusses the impact of mathematical anxiety with Professor Gunnar Bjursell from The Centre for Culture, Cognition and Health. Yulia Kovacs will be holding a lecture on May 19th …
Isabelle Peretz is awarded the Montreal Women’s Y Foundation’s 27th Women of Distinction Award for Research and Innovation
Isabelle Peretz has been awarded the Montreal Women’s Y Foundation’s 27th Women of Distinction Award for the category Research and Innovation. Among her achievements, she established BRAMS (International Laboratory for BRAin, Music and Sound research) at the Université de Montréal campus in 2005. She was among the first to demonstrate …
How Music Sculpts Our Brain – a new book by Isabelle Peretz
How does the process of learning music impact our brain? To what extent does it foster curiosity, attention and enhance memory? How is it linked with reading, learning languages, or mathematical thinking? Does a child need a musical ear to develop musical ability and make progress in music? Is there …
Your Brain on Music: Why We Love It, Why We Create It, and Why It’s The Antidote to Our Uncertain Future
A new lecture series is presented by the John Hopkins University. Each week will consist of an interactive short lecture followed by class discussion. Occasional recommended readings will be shared via email the week prior to class. See the link below for this weeks lecture and a list of prerecorded …
Introducing LIVELab at the McMaster Institute for Music & the Mind (MIMM)
Located within the McMaster Institute for Music & the Mind (MIMM) in Hamilton, Canada, the LIVELab is a 106 seat research-based performance theatre and testing centre. The LIVELab is committed to developing a world class facility for the scientific study of music, sound, and movement and their importance in human …
The U.K. National Centre for Creative Health is launched
A new centre, which aims to promote creativity for healthy lives, has just been launched in the United Kingdom. The National Centre for Creative Health was formed as a result of the U.K. government’s Creative Health report, which stresses the importance of the arts on health and well being. Research shows …
Fredrik Ullén on Sorabji and science
The last volume of Fredrik Ullén's recording of Sorabji's 100 Transcendental Studies for piano has just been released: almost 8 and half hours of hypercomplex piano music by one of the most interesting, creative and enigmatic composers of the 20th century. Fredrik talks about the project and relations between music …