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Aging Brain Seminar with Psyche Loui, PhD, "New Musical Experiences and Their Connections to Cognitive and Brain Health"
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Aging Brain Seminar with Psyche Loui, PhD, "New Musical Experiences and Their Connections to Cognitive and Brain Health"

Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkAging Brain Seminar with Psyche Loui, PhD, "New Musical Experiences and Their Connections to Cognitive and Brain Health"11/04/2024 4:00 pm11/04/2024 5:00 pmBuilding 46,Picower Seminar Room (46-3310) Third Fl of MIT Building 46
November 4, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Building 46,Picower Seminar Room (46-3310) Third Fl of MIT Building 46
Contact
bgreeno@mit.edu
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    Aging Brain Seminar with Psyche Loui, PhD, Northeastern University

    • Date: Monday, November 4

    • Time: 4:00pm

    • Location: 46-3310 (Picower Seminar Room, Third Floor of MIT Building 46)

    • Faculty Host: Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Institute

    New Musical Experiences and Their Connections to Cognitive and Brain Health

    Music is an integral part of every human society, and musical experiences have been associated with human health and well-being since antiquity. Recent use-inspired research on music-based Interventions include receptive (music listening) and active (music making) programs designed to make measurable changes to human health and well-being. Designing these interventions consistently and with measurable benefits require addressing the question of dosage, which refers to the duration and intensity (dosage) of the intervention. I argue that cognitive neuroscience and music technology together can improve the therapeutic benefits of music by rigorously defining the effects of dosage on receptive and active music interventions on predictive coding in the central nervous system. As a ubiquitous feature of biological systems, predictive coding is posited to underlie perception, action, and reward. I will present recent work that encompasses behavioral testing, neuropsychological assessments, and neuroimaging (EEG and fMRI) studies in my lab on how and why humans across societies learn to love music, uncovering the role of different types of prediction on the activity and connectivity of the reward system. Given that music taps into a relatively domain-general reward system which in turn motivates a variety of cognitive behaviors, I will also consider how this knowledge can be translated into music-based interventions for those with neurological and/or psychiatric disorders, presenting preliminary results on Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease.

     

    Psyche Loui is Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice in the Department of Music and director of the MIND (Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics) lab at Northeastern University. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley with her PhD in Psychology, and attended Duke University as an undergraduate with degrees in Psychology and Music. Dr. Loui studies the neuroscience of music perception and cognition, tackling questions such as: What gives people the chills when they are moved by a piece of music? How does connectivity in the brain enable or disrupt music perception? Can music be used to help those with neurological and psychiatric disorders? Dr. Loui’s work has been supported by National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, received multiple Grammy awards, a young investigator award from the Positive Neuroscience Institute, and a Career award from the National Science Foundation. Her projects have been featured by the Associated Press, New York Times, Boston Globe, BBC, CNN, the Scientist magazine, and other news outlets.

     

    About the Aging Brain Initiative

    This interdisciplinary research effort pulls together faculty expertise, knowledge, and technical resources from across MIT to solve the mysteries of the aging brain. It spans neuroscience, fundamental biology and genetics, investigative medicine, engineering and computer science, economics, chemistry, urban planning, and artificial intelligence to enable a comprehensive systems approach. What's the ultimate mission? To deliver the basic research that makes possible new tools to address the challenges of brain aging and create a better future for millions. 

    To learn more visit: https://picower.mit.edu/research/aging-brain-initiative

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