Dear friends, You are invited to attend: Brainwave Entrainment to External Rhythmic Stimuli: Interdisciplinary Research and Clinical Perspectives Saturday, May 13th, 2006. 8:30AM-10:00PM Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University This symposium will engage experts in an interdisciplinary dialogue on the hypothesis that brainwaves entrain to rhythmic auditory stimuli, a phenomenon known as auditory driving. Support for this hypothesis will come from lab research on auditory driving, photic driving, phenomenological fieldwork, and existing clinical applications of this research. A better understanding of auditory driving may have widespread implications. New insights may extend to the fields of musicology and music cognition regarding the study of human reactions to groove and tempo. The fields of anthropology, religious studies, and ethnomusicology, may gain potential insights into the widespread use of rhythmic, repetitive music in religious ritual. Implications for music therapy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience may affect the study of consciousness, and may suggest new, relatively inexpensive methods to treat conditions like ADD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain. The symposium will combine 30-minute presentations with round table discussions. A public concert by the Italian tarantella group, Musicántica (http://www.musicantica.org) will follow. The symposium is sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SICA). The event has already attracted considerable interest from Stanford faculty in medicine, neuroscience, ethnomusicology, and religious studies. We hope that you can attend. Please feel free to forward this invitation. Registration is required. If you would like to attend, please send an email with “Registration” in the subject line to gabet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information. for more information and updates, please visit our website at: Organizers: Gabe Turow, Visiting Scholar Symposium Coordinator Department of Music, Stanford University (650)468-4084 Michael Gubman Symposium Coordinator Department of Music, Stanford University (310)903-9370 Jonathan Berger, Associate Professor Chair, Department of Music Stanford University -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Gubman Symposium Coordinator Department of Music, Stanford University (310)903-9370 -------------------------------------------------------- |