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 …
Brain & Culture lecture May 23rd: “Is music special as a cue for autobiographical memories? Exploring the how and why” with Kelly Jakubowski
Title: Is music "special" as a cue for autobiographical memories? Exploring the how and why Speaker: Kelly Jakubowski, Associate Professor in Music Psychology, Co-Director of Centre for Research into Inner Experience, Department of Music, Durham University Date and time: Maj 23:e kl 14.00 Place: Inghesalen vid Widerströmska Huset, Tomtebodavägen 18, Solna Registration The lecture is free of …
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, …
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International Dance Day
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