CRBLM Scientific Day 2016

(This event has now passed)
Scientific Day is an annual event that showcases the reserach interests of the CRBLM.

The CRLEC (the UQAM branch of CRBLM) organizes this day for its members, the scientific community and all those interested in the organization of speech, language, music and communication in the human brain.

The event includes a Distinguished Speaker Lecture and a poster session, an academic forum where CRBLM’s students and postdoctoral researchers present their work.

The Distinguished Speaker for the 2016 edition is Tecumseh Fitch, Professor of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna.

When : Tuesday, December 13 2016
Where : UQAM

Amphithéâtre (SH-2800)
Pavillon Sherbrooke
200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montréal (Québec) H2X 0A3

 

Program of the event : 

10:15 am : Distinguished Lecture by Pr Tecumseh Fitch
(Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna)

Title : BioMusicology and the Evolution of Human Musicality

Abstract : Like language, human music seems to have a biological basis, sometimes termed our “musicality”. Comparisons with nonhuman species show that some components of our own musicality are shared with other species, whether close relatives like great apes (drumming) or distant relatives like birds or whales (singing). Such comparisons also help us understand the neural mechanisms underlying these abilities, and provide a way to test hypotheses about why such abilities evolved.
 
12:00 pm : Lunch offered to all the CRBLM members.
Registration is requested for the lunch, before December 4th
Please, fill out the form below.
 
1:00 pm : Poster Session