Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Annual DIBS Symposium: "Music and the Brain"

November 05, 2008

In conjunction with the Weaver Lecture featuring Oliver Sacks, M.D., our first annual DIBS Symposium “Music and the Brain” was held on Thursday, November 13th, from 9 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. in Room 103 of the Bryan Research Building on the Duke University Medical Center Campus.

The symposium featured six individual presentations from internationally recognized experts in the field, a discussion and performance with Duke’s Ciompi Quartet, and a panel discussion with all participants.

See the review by Peter Perret from the Classical Voice of North Carolina.

See Craig Havighurst’s write up on the event on the String Theory Media blog.

Shuttle & Parking Information | Flyer | Program

Speakers:

• David Huron Ph.D., Professor in the School of Music and the Center for Cognitive Science, Ohio State University

• Elizabeth W. Marvin, Ph.D., Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

• Dale Purves, M.D., George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Neurobiology; Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience; Professor in the Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Philosophy, Duke University

• Laurel Trainor, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour; Director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University

• Mark Tramo, M.D., Ph.D., Director of The Institute for Music & Brain Science; Department of Neurology & Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative, Harvard University & Massachusetts General Hospital

• Robert Zatorre, Ph.D., Professor in the Departments of Neuropsychology, Neurology and Neurosurgery; Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University and BRAMS Laboratory

Program:

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Scott Lindroth, Ph.D., Vice Provost for the Arts

9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Mark Tramo, M.D., Ph.D.

“Functional Brain Organization in Relation to Music Cognition”

10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Elizabeth West Marvin, Ph.D.

“Statistical Learning in Language and Music: Absolute Pitch without Labeling”

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Laurel Trainor, Ph.D.

“The Developmental Origins of Music”

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 2:00 p.m. Dale Purves, M.D.

“Music and Speech (or Why We Like Music)”

2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Robert Zatorre, Ph.D.

“Musical Ability and the Brain: Hard Wired or Hard Work?”

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. David Huron, Ph.D.

“Four Sublime Musical Emotions: Frisson, Awe, Laughter and Weeping”

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break

4:00 – 4:10 p.m. Introduction to the performance

Jonathan Bagg, Professor of Music, Duke University; Violist, Ciompi Quartet

4:10 – 4:40 p.m. Ciompi String Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135

4:40 – 5:15 p.m. Panel Discussion

Symposium Speakers and Members of the Ciompi Quartet

5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Reception