Emotions, Music, and the Brain
Event details
| Date | 18.12.2017 |
| Hour | 15:15 › 16:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Stefan Koelsch, University of Bergen |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Music is a universal feature of human societies, partly owing to its power to evoke strong emotions and influence moods. During the past decade, the investigation of the neural correlates of music-evoked emotions has been invaluable for the understanding of human emotion.
Functional neuroimaging studies on music and emotion show that music can modulate activity in brain structures that are known to be crucially involved in emotion. The potential of music to modulate activity in these structures has important implications for the use of music in the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders. The talk will also deal with the psychological mechanisms underlying the evocation of emotions with music, such as appraisals, emotional resonance, musical expectancy, and the social functions of music.
Practical information
- General public
- Free