Music: the Art of Sound, Motion and Emotion and its Effect on the Human Body and Mind

Thursday, September 18, (Danciger B)

Morning Session: Biochemical and Neural Aspects of Music and Emotions

• 10:30-11:15 Jorg Fachner, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Lessons from popular (drug)culture: The complex interaction of music, temporality and the reward system

• 11:15-11:45 Raphael Mechoulam, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cannabinoid Receptors in the Brain: a Possible Lead to Music Appreciation?

• 11:45-12:30 Talma Hendler, Head of fMRI Unit at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Emotions, music and the brain

• 12:30-13:00 General Discussion

• 13:00-14:30 Lunch Break

Afternoon Session: Rhythm Body and Brain

• 14:30-15:00 Jeff Hausdorff, the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center at Tel Aviv University, Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation and External Pacing for the Treatment of Gait Disturbances in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

• 15:00-15:30 Hilla Ben-Pazi, Neuropediatric Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, "Dysrhythmia" in children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

• 15:30-16:00 Donna Abecasis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, EEG and MEG exploration of rhythm processing in auditory sequences: a study of metrical accents

• 16:00-16:40 Roni Granot, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Round Table Discussion on the relationship between Music Medicine and Complexity

• 16:40-17:00 Coffee Break

Evening Session (Wise Auditorium):

• 17:00-18:00 Eitan Globerson, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, On the complexity of piano playing

• 18:00-19:00 Gil Weinberg, Director of Music Technology, Georgia Tech, USA, Towards Robotic Musicianship

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