Music and the Brain

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**Music and the Brain**

The Library’s Music and the Brain events offer lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music. Project chair Kay Redfield Jamison convenes scientists and scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians, psychologists, and other experts at the Library for a compelling 2-year series, with generous support from the Dana Foundation.

Latest Episodes:

Music Therapy, Alzheimer’s and Post-Traumatic Stress (Dr. Deforia Lane) May 23, 2011

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Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Deforia Lane, Director of Music Therapy, Univeristy Hospitals of Cleveland.

The Future of Music May 23, 2011

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Host Steve Mencher talks with Tod Machover, composer and Director, Professor of Music and Media, and Director of the Opera of the Future Group at MIT.

Music Therapy, Alzheimer’s and Post-Traumatic Stress (Alicia Clair) Feb 15, 2011

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Host Steve Mencher talks with Alicia Clair about Music Therapy, Alzheimer’s and Post-Traumatic Stress.

Music and Grief Nov 18, 2010

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Host Steve Mencher talks with Music and the Brain Series advisor Kay Redfield Jamison about her book Nothing Was The Same.

Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy (Dr. Jayne Standley) Sep 22, 2010

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Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Jayne Standley, Director of the Music Therapy Program, Florida State University.

Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy (Dr. Vera Brandes) Sep 10, 2010

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Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Vera Brandes, Director, Research Program Music Medicine, Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg.

Making Music Changes Brains Apr 29, 2010

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Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, Director of the Music, Neuroimaging and Stroke Recovery Laboratories, Beth Deaconess Israel Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, talks with host Steve Mencher about the notable differences between the brain of a musician and a non-musician.

Music, Memories, and the Brain Apr 29, 2010

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Dr. Peter Janata, associate professor at University of California, Davis, and member of the Center for Mind and Brain talks with Steve Mencher about how the brain creates an autobiographical soundtrack from our memories.

The Positive Effects of Music Therapy on Health Apr 29, 2010

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Steve Mencher from the Library of Congress talks with Concetta M. Tomaino, Executive Director, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, about “The Positive Effects of Music Therapy on Health.”

Why Do Listeners Enjoy Music that Makes Them Weep? Apr 29, 2010

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Host Steve Mencher and Professor David Huron, Head of Ohio State University’s Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory,answer to the question in a conversation on emotions, the brain and music.

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