Overview
Syllabus
- Music performance
- Participant Intros
- What makes a piece of music sound "ghostly"
- How music syncs up with the brain stem
- Individual variability in response to music
- Neuroscience and the study of music
- How does the brain interpret music differently than speech?
- How do you compose music that aligns with an audience?
- How do musicians keep performances 'fresh'?
- What kinds of composition elicits emotion?
- Using rhythm to stimulate the brain and makes you want to move.
- How do you study the brain's response to music?
- How much does culture affect our emotional response to music?
- At what age do children respond to the emotion and rhythm of music?
- How music triggers memories from childhood
- How sad music can create a positive experience
- Why do some people get chills or shivers while listening to music and others don't?
- This history of science studying music - why do certain notes sound good together?
- Why should science study music?
- Do other animal species respond to music the same way we do?
Taught by
World Science Festival