Music and the Mind
May 28, 2014
Ben Folds featured at ‘Music and Mind’ symposium
by Bill Snyder
“Music and the Mind,” a unique symposium that includes a performance by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Folds, will be held Thursday, June 12, at 7 p.m. in Ingram Hall of the Vanderbilt Blair School of Music.
Connections between neuroscience, psychology and music will be explored during a panel discussion featuring:
McGill University neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, author of This is Your Brain on Music;
Marianne Ploger, associate professor of music perception and cognition at Vanderbilt; and
David Zald, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, the performance and discussion will begin at 7 p.m.
Before the symposium, a research “exposition” will be held in the Ingram Hall lobby beginning at 5 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
by Bill Snyder
“Music and the Mind,” a unique symposium that includes a performance by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Folds, will be held Thursday, June 12, at 7 p.m. in Ingram Hall of the Vanderbilt Blair School of Music.
Connections between neuroscience, psychology and music will be explored during a panel discussion featuring:
McGill University neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, author of This is Your Brain on Music;
Marianne Ploger, associate professor of music perception and cognition at Vanderbilt; and
David Zald, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, the performance and discussion will begin at 7 p.m.
Before the symposium, a research “exposition” will be held in the Ingram Hall lobby beginning at 5 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.