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Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, convened a discussion of the
effects of depression on creativity. J...oining Jamison were two
distinguished colleagues from the fields of neurology and
neuropsychiatry, Dr. Terence Ketter and Dr. Peter Whybrow. The Music and the Brain series is co-sponsored by the Library's Music Division and Science, Technology and Business Division, in cooperation with the Dana Foundation. The "Depression and Creativity" symposium marks the bicentennial of the birth of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), who died after a severe depression following the death of his sister, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, also a gifted composer. One of the nation's most influential writers on creativity and the mind, Kay Redfield Jamison is a noted authority on bipolar disorder. She is the co-author of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness and author of "Touched with Fire," "An Unquiet Mind," "Night Falls Fast" and "Exuberance: The Vital Emotion." Dr. Terence Ketter is known for extensive clinical work with exceptionally creative individuals and a strong interest in the relationship of creativity and madness. He is
professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and chief of the Bipolar
Disorders Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Peter Whybrow, an authority on depression and manic-depressive disease, is director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also the
Judson Braun Distinguished Professor and executive chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. (02:04:43)
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April 14, 2012 at 03:50 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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You know the feeling. You hear "that song" and it evokes a certain emotion or memory. Cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin sits down with Steve Paikin to explain how music moves us. (16:27)
April 16, 2012 at 09:59 AM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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Music employs a number of mechanisms for conveying emotion. Some of them are shared with other modes of expression (speech, gesture) while others are specific to music. The most unique way that music communicates emotion is through the use of contras...tive scale types. While Westerners are familiar with the major/minor distinction, the use of contrastive scale types in world music is universal. (54:48)
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at the expression of emotion in both Western and non-Western musics,
Brown invokes the theory of Clore and Ortony, who posit three categories
of emotions 1) "outcome" emotions related to the outcomes of
goal-directed actions (e.g., happiness, sadness); 2) "aesthetic"
emotions related to the appraisal of the quality of objects (e.g., like,
dislike); and 3) "moral" emotions related to an assessment of the
agency of individuals actions (e.g., praise, scorn). While
representational art-forms like theater or dance can represent all three
categories, music is probably most adept at expressing "outcome"
emotions, such those that sit along the happy/sad spectrum.
Speaker: Steven Brown, Director, NeuroArts Lab, McMaster University
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April 14, 2012 at 03:47 PM
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1:01:09 In our everyday lives, language and instrumental music are obviously
different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Patel is the author of
a recent, elegantly argued offering from Oxford University Press,
"Music, Language and the Brai...n." Oliver Sacks calls Patel a "pioneer in
the use of new concepts and technology to investigate the neural
correlates of music." In Patel's presentation, he discusses some of the
hidden connections between language and instrumental music that are
being uncovered by empirical scientific studies.
The Music and
the Brain Lecture Series is a cycle of lectures and special
presentations that highlight an explosion of new research in the rapidly
expanding field of "neuromusic." Programming is sponsored by the
Library's Music Division and its Science, Technology and Business
Division, in cooperation with the Dana Foundation.
Aniruddh Patel is the Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at the Neurosciences Institute.
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April 14, 2012 at 03:44 PM
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The singer/songwriter/artist/author enters the Seed Salon to discuss music, language, and the brain with the producer/neuroscientist. (09:07)
April 16, 2012 at 10:28 AM
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"It's All in the Timing" - Part 2 - with McGill University psychology professor and best selling author Daniel Levitin. Find out how the music industry might react to his latest research on musical expression. (03:23)
April 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM
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"It's all in the Timing" is a 2-part video with best-selling author and
McGill Psychology Professor Daniel J. Levitin. His latest research study looks at how musicians communicate emotion by manipulating the "expression" of a musical piece. (04:54)
April 16, 2012 at 10:08 AM
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What happens in the brain as we compose and play music? What happens as we listen to music? What is the relationship between the lyrics and the music as the brain processes a song? These are just a few of the questions that came up during this specia...l program, balancing the arts of science and music. (05:25)
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April 16, 2012 at 11:05 AM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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Director of McGill University's Laboratory for Musical Perception,
Cognition and Expertise and best-selling author of "This is Your Brain
on Music," Daniel Levitin blends cutting-edge scientific findings with
his own experiences as a former rec...ord producer and still-active
musician. The Music and the Brain Lecture Series is a cycle of
lectures and special presentations that highlight an explosion of new
research in the rapidly expanding field of "neuromusic." Programming is sponsored by the Library's Music Division and its Science, Technology and Business Division, in cooperation with the Dana Foundation. Daniel Levitin is a cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, record producer, musician, and writer. He is currently a James McGill Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal. He has published scientific articles on absolute pitch, music cognition and neuroscience and is more widely known as the author of two best-selling books, "This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession" and "The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature." He worked as a producer and sound designer on albums by Blue Oyster Cult, Chris Isaak, and Joe Satriani; as a consultant to Steely Dan and Stevie Wonder; and as a recording engineer for Santana and The Grateful Dead. (08:53)
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April 16, 2012 at 09:51 AM
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Music and the Brain: Dr. Daniel Levitin talks about what makes some musicians stars. (07:25)
April 16, 2012 at 10:41 AM
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