Notes and Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus

A fun event mixing a panel discussion with music performances and cross-cultural demonstrations to illustrate “where music happens in the brain and how.” Panel features three cognitive neuroscientists (Levitin is also a former rock star; see other talks here and here) with musician McFerrin, discussing the nature of music and dance, emotional effects, and cultural relativity. Discussion begins at 00:09:50 after McFerrin’s first performance. Video is inconveniently broken into five parts, all at the link below.

Producer: World Science Festival	Featuring: Jamshed Barucha, Daniel Levitin, Bobby McFerrin, Lawrence Parsons, John Schaefer, Amber Docters van Leeuwen, Naren Budhkar, Parag Chordia
Format: Flash	Date: 12/06/09
Length: pt1 00:15:44 - pt2 00:20:51 - pt3 00:19:10 - pt4 00:11:41 - pt5 00:07:49
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/video/notes-neurons-full
Tags:anthropology, brain, cognitive, cog_sci, music, neuroscience, perception, rockstars, video

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