Call for abstracts: Symposium "Evolution of Emotional Communication:,From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man"

[Michael Grossbach <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

we would like to draw your attention to an upcomming symposium on the 
evolution of emotional communication, taking place from September 27 - 
29, 2007 at the Hanover University for Music and Drama, Germany:

Evolution of Emotional Communication:
From Sounds in Nonhuman Mammals to Speech and Music in Man
http://www.eec2007.de

Aims of the symposium:
A fundamental trait of the communication system of all mammals is to 
convey emotions. Emotions are transmitted by non-verbal acoustic 
communication in all mammals. In addition, humans can make use of speech 
and music to transmit emotions. A central and as yet unresolved question 
is whether there exists an underlying set of rules holding across 
species, governing production and perception of acoustically conveyed 
emotions.
This interdisciplinary symposium provides a framework for discussing 
ongoing research in the field of behavioral, cognitive and evolutionary 
neurosciences. It aims at deepening our understanding of shared and 
unique principles important to reconstruct evolutionary pathways for 
emotional communication in the acoustic domain.

Organisers of the symposium:
Prof. Elke Zimmermann and Dr Sabine Schmidt, both at the Hanover 
Veterinary University, and Prof. Eckart Altenmüller (Hanover University 
for Music and Drama.

Abstracts and Registration:
Abstract submission deadline is May 31, 2007. For details regarding 
registration and the scientific programme, please see our webpage at 
http://www.eec2007.de

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Hanover,

Michael Grossbach

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Michael Grossbach
Member of the Organising Commitee of the EEC 2007
Dept. Zoology
Hanover Veterinary University
Buenteweg 17
D-30559 Hannover
Germany