Photo: Talarforum.com press image Date and time: January 19th at 14:00 Speaker: Simon Kyaga, senior consultant psychiatrist and former researcher at the Karolinska Institute Title: to be confirmed shortly Venue:Ragnar Granit, Level 3 (entrance level), Biomedicum, Solna väg 9 About the speaker Together with his mother, Katrin Goldstein Kyaga – researcher and professor of intercultural education …
The Global Flourishing Study: What Contributes to a Life Well-Lived?
The recently published Global Flourishing Study (GFS) is a collaboration among researchers at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion and Gallup to address limitations in current research on human flourishing. The study investigates what contributes to a life well-lived — a topic that …
Music training can help the brain focus
Musical people find it easier to focus their attention on the right sounds in noisy environments. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Science Advances. The results suggest that music training can be used to sharpen attention and cognition. Being able to focus on …
Creative experiences and brain clocks
Creative activities may improve brain health, but the exact ways they do so are not yet fully understood. To explore this, this new study measured brain health using “brain clocks,” which estimate how quickly or slowly a person’s brain is aging compared to their actual age. M/EEG brain connectivity data from …
What happens in the brain when we experience art by Kirsten Weir
In her article, Kirsten Weir highlights research showing that people engage with the arts in many different ways, and that these encounters can sometimes be deeply transformative. When individuals connect with art that feels personally meaningful, the brain’s default mode network—linked to self-reflection and introspection—is activated. Such aesthetic experiences have …
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VisNA 2018 Talks - Guido Orgs
Interview with Professor Yulia Kovas from Goldsmiths University, April 2021 with Gunnar Bjursell
The benefits of home-based singing and music therapy
Peter Vuust | Groove on the Brain: Predictive Coding of Music
Assal Habibi, Brain & Creativity Institute, Uni of Southern California. Edinburgh Culture Summit.
Antonio Damasio | Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
NeuroMusic 2016 - Dr. Isabelle Peretz
Learning and Bonding to the Beat: Optimizing Your Child’s Development with Dr. Laurel Trainor
Music and the Mind with Dr. Nina Kraus SoundHealth 2018
The Origins of Expert Performance and Debunking 10,000 Hours | Dr. Zach Hambrick
From Perception to Pleasure: How Music Changes the Brain | Dr. Robert Zatorre | TEDxHECMontréal
Playing musical instruments in the MRI - the brain on music
Untangling the brain - by Nature Video
Brain Circuits: Harvard Medical School Researchers Crawl a Neural Network
Olga Klimecki - Empathy and Compassion in Society 2012 - Video 4
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