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New Findings on the Brain Basis of Musical Cognition, Performance, Invention and Dance| old_uid | 2657 |
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| title | New Findings on the Brain Basis of Musical Cognition, Performance, Invention and Dance |
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| start_date | 2007/04/19 |
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| schedule | 11h30 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Music experiences and skills are universal in all human societies, and components may be present in different forms in whale, bird, gibbon, and mouse, among other species. Dance, patterned movement entrained to others and to music, appears more uniquely human. Human music, like human language, is complex, governed by rules, and acquired in developmental stages, with all individuals acquiring a basic musical appreciation, and others going on to develop remarkably expert skills. Such evidence suggests that music is a consequence of biological evolution and is associated with specific brain architecture. I will review recent findings indicating that indeed there are discrete brain systems and computations for particular music experiences and skills, and that these systems are distributed throughout the whole brain. I will present functional neuroimaging data on the brain basis in expert and amateur musicians of skills such as piano performance of memorized pieces and the vocal improvisation and perceptual discrimination of melody and harmony. Also discussed will be the relation between brain systems involved in comparable kinds of language and musical processing. I will present new neuroimaging studies of dancing and of the perception of the features of musical rhythm. Also discussed will be neurological and neuroimaging findings on the representation of pitch and melody. |
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| responsibles | Béranger |
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