Losing the beat: a new window on human rhythm // brain beat

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titleLosing the beat: a new window on human rhythm // brain beat
start_date2014/09/11
schedule10h30-12h
onlineno
location_infoEuroMov, salle EJM
detailsSéminaire exceptionnel
summaryA defining characteristic of our interactions with music is the ability to move to the “beat”. This complex ability is universal and spontaneously acquired early in life. Yet, as we have recently shown, some individuals fail to find the beat in music and to synchronize with it, despite having normal hearing, normal motor and intellectual abilities. This disorder, to which we refer as beat deafness (a new form of congenital amusia), provides a natural experiment, a rare chance to examine how a selective cognitive deficit emerges and how it is expressed in the brain.
responsiblesHoffmann, Marin