Discover Psychology
Event
- Title:
- Laurel Trainor "The origins of music rhythm in movement"
- When:
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 - Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Where:
- McMaster University - PC155 - Hamilton
- Category:
- Discover Psychology Public Lecture Series
Description
Musical behaviour is a defining characteristic of the human species. We tend to think of music as based in the auditory modality, but we see the movements of musicians, we play our instruments using our sense of touch and proprioception, and we feel the rhythm in our bodies. We have shown that movement affects rhythmic interpretation in infants similarly as in adults, suggesting that the movement and auditory systems wire together at an early age. These experimental findings will be considered in terms of the evolutionary origins of the link between auditory and movement rhythms.
Laurel Trainor (Ph.D., Psychology, University of Toronto) is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University, a Research Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, and the Director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind. Laurel loves playing chamber music, and is currently principal flute of Symphony Hamilton.
Venue
- Location:
- McMaster University - PC155 - Website
- Street:
- 1280 Main Street West
- ZIP:
- L8S4K1
- City:
- Hamilton
- State:
- ON
- Country:
-
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