Professor Lauren Stewart - Inaugural Lecture 2018

Описание: 06-02-18

DESCRIPTION

Lauren was awared the title of Professor in 2014, specializing in the cognitive neuroscience of music . A full description of her Lecture can be found below including a short biography of her career at Goldsmiths. The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception. Please register your attendanc using the green link.
Music of the HemispheresThe ability to make sense of musical sound has been observed in every culture since the beginning of recorded history. In early infancy, it allows us to respond to the sing-song interactions from a primary caregiver and to engage in musical play. In later life it shapes our social and cultural identities and modulates our affective and emotional states. In this talk I will discuss how the ability to perceive and make sense of musical sound is remarkably sophisticated and can, for most people, be acquired simply by being exposed to the music of one’s own culture. I will also explain why some people really don't 'get' music (amusia); while other's get too much of it (bothersome earworms), and discuss the unique aspects of music that make it a powerful therapeutic tool in clinical contexts.

Biography

Lauren Stewart is Professor in Psychology at Goldsmiths, Univ of London, where she founded the MSc programme in Music, Mind and Brain and leads the Centre for the Science of the Performing and Creative Arts. She is also co-director of a major new research centre, Music in the Brain, based at Aarhus University, Denmark. Lauren’s research concerns the psychological and neuroscientific basis of musical behaviour and she has published 70+ peer reviewed articles on topics including learning and plasticity, congenital amusia, melodic expectations, and tone-colour synaesthesia. Her funding includes awards from the ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, British Academy and the MRC/AHRC. She is currently involved in several projects to explore the therapeutic potential of music - in individuals with stroke, with childhood hemiplegia, and in neurodevelopmentally at-risk infants.