Café scientifique - In a musical state of mind

How do we perceive melodies? Can music influence the development of newborns? What role does musical therapy play in today's clinical practice?

Scientists, musicians and those simply curious about the subject joined our experts for a debate in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere...with music!

PANELISTS:

• Christelle Jacquet
  Music Therapist, Palliative Care Program
  The Montreal Children’s Hospital, MUHC
• Dr. Caroline Palmer, Ph.D.
  Canada Research Chair, Cognitive
  Neuropsychology of Performance
  Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Associate Member of the Schulich School of Music,
  McGill University
• Dr. Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D.
  Director of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, MUHC
  Co-Director of BRAMS (International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research) James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University

MODERATOR:
Dr. Isabelle Peretz, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Neurocognition of Music
Co-Director of BRAMS and Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Université de Montréal

“The Blue Monkey Project” a group of musicians from the Montreal Neurological Institute jazzed up the evening!