Music and the Brain

Saturday in Pictures

Submitted by Markus on Sunday, June 1, 2008
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What it Means to Be Human

Full house: From left to right, biochemist Paul Nurse, cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky, anthropologist Ian Tattersall, embryonic-stem-cell biologist Rosa Reijo Pera, philosopher Daniel Dennett, cancer researcher Harold Varmus, geneticist Francis Collins, physicist Jim Gates, sociologist Nikolas Rose, philosopher Patricia Churchland, neuroscientist/neurologist Antonio Damasio with moderator Charlie Rose in What it Means to Be Human. (Image: Science Festival Foundation)read more

Your Questions for Oliver Sacks

Submitted by Markus on Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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Oliver Sacks (Image: Elena Seibert)On Saturday, May 31, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks will join neuroscientist Mark Tramo and the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in the World Science Festival Event Music and the Brain, an exploration of the power of music to inspire and uplift, and as an effective tool in the therapeutic process. At the event, the choirs powerful performance will provide a stimulating context for Sacks’ true-life accounts of patients whose lives were altered by music. To continue the dialogue with the event’s participants and audience, Sacks has agreed to answer five questions about Music and the Brain here on the World Science Festival blog.read more