Music and Speech Science Day

Come join us for a day of exploring the fascinating intersection of music and speech science through interactive workshops and engaging disc

Date and time

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM AEDT

Location

Anne Cutler Seminar Room, Level 4, Westmead Innovation Quarter

160 Hawkesbury Road Westmead, NSW 2145 Australia

Agenda

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Genetic pleiotropy as a mechanism for rhythm-language overlap

A/Prof Reyna L Gordon

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Musicality and hearing health: Novel hypotheses and interdisciplinary approach

Dr Srishti Nayak

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Neural representations of prosody: From sound to meaning

Prof Daniela Sammler

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Discussion / Panel

Dr Anna Fiveash

About this event

Event lasts 4 hours 30 minutes

Welcome to Music and Speech Science Day!

Come join us for a day of talks and discussions on music and language cognition including genetics of musicality, music and hearing health, and neural representations of prosody, with a catered lunch and plenty of opportunity for interactions. We have three fantastic international guest speakers: Professor Daniela Sammler (Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics), A/Prof Reyna Gordon (Vanderbilt University Medical Centre) and Dr. Srishti Nayak (Vanderbilt University Medical Centre).

Event Location: Anne Cutler Seminar Room, Level 4, Westmead Innovation Quarter

Online option available for those unable to attend in person

Organised by

MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development