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Symposium on Neuroscience, Healing, and Music



Crossing the Corpus Callosum II: Neuroscience, Healing and Music

A symposium hosted by the Longwood Symphony Orchestra
http://www.longwoodsymphony.org/communityconversations/symposium2011.html

Poster submissions are invited for Longwood Symphony Orchestra's
day-long symposium on neuroscience, healing and music. The symposium
will take place on January 29, 2011, 8:30-5 at the Northwest Building
at Harvard University, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.

We welcome any research involving the intersection of basic or
clinical neuroscience with music from disciplines including, but not
limited to: neuroscience, neurology, cognitive science, psychology,
psychiatry, physical therapy and rehabilitation, music therapy, music
theory, and other areas. Specific topics covered by the conference
include:
·         Music and brain development
·         Music and autism
·         Music and rehabilitation

We welcome abstracts in these areas as well as other topics which
involve some intersection of neuroscience, medicine and music.

Confirmed speakers include:
Gottfried Schlaug, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard
Medical School
Nina Kraus, Northwestern University
Nadine Gaab, Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Arthur Bloom, Renovation in Music Education

Poster submissions should include the presenter and co-authors’ names,
institutional affiliations, and title and abstract. Abstracts should
be limited to 250 words. Please send abstracts to Michael Barnett
(michael_barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) with the words "poster submission"
in the subject line. Deadline for poster submissions is December 1,
2010.

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Psyche Loui, PhD
Instructor in Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
330 Brookline Ave, Palmer 127
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617)632-8949
Fax: (617)632-8920
http://musicianbrain.com