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BrainWave: the NeuroScience of the Grove

Mar 2008 24
Mon 6:30 PM
Location
The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Ave
(at 34th and 35th streets)
New York, NY 10016
212 817 7000

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Estimated attendance
 8  people attended.
3.50 3.503

Who organized?
Earle

What is the explanation for our love of music, rhythm and dance? In this evening of erudition and performance, Columbia University neuroscietnist Dave Sulzer (a.k.a. composer Dave Soldier) and John Krakauer will discuss the brain activity that makes us groove to the beat of music. Krakauer co-directs the Motor Performance Laboratory and Soldier investigates synaptic connections that underly memory, learning and behavior. Featuring the premiere of Soldier's ""Quartet for percussion and brain waves," a live performance/experiment with drummers and electroencephalographs.

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  • David Weinflash
    Posted Mar 25, 2008 2:05 PM
    David Weinflash
    www.brainwavenyc.org is the website. Visit it! I can't do this event justice by summarizing!!
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • David Weinflash
    Posted Mar 24, 2008 4:31 PM
    David Weinflash
    I am reading Oliver Sachs' "Musicophilia", so this meeting is timely. Feeling the "pulse" is even more basic than the beat. Beat and rhythm are mechanical. Pusle is organic, related to the breath and heartbeat of a human listener and performer. There is a limit to what machines can do musically. They only simulate, record and reproduce music. They can never create it. Any one who thinks they can is deluded.
  • Elaine
    Posted Mar 18, 2008 9:29 AM
    Elaine
    This sounds fascinating.

Who attended?

  • 8 attendees
    • “ Prof. Krakauer is a cutting-edge neuroscientist interested in whether mere volition can control matter via EGG. He discussed "mirror neurons" and how thinking about doing something and doing it produce the same brainwaves. A group of three percussionists did experiments on stage to illustrate and explore the theories. This was a not-to-miss experience! ”