Subject: Symposium Announcement: Brainwave Entrainment to External Rhythmic Stimuli, Stanford University, May 13, 2006 From: Michael Gubman <mgubman@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:07:26 -0700--Apple-Mail-2-996605242 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Dear friends, You are invited to attend: Brainwave Entrainment to External Rhythmic Stimuli: Interdisciplinary =20= Research and Clinical Perspectives Saturday, May 13th, 2006. 8:30AM-10:00PM Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford =20= University This symposium will engage experts in an interdisciplinary dialogue =20 on the hypothesis that brainwaves entrain to rhythmic auditory =20 stimuli, a phenomenon known as auditory driving. Support for this =20 hypothesis will come from lab research on auditory driving, photic =20 driving, phenomenological fieldwork, and existing clinical =20 applications of this research. A better understanding of auditory driving may have widespread =20 implications. New insights may extend to the fields of musicology =20 and music cognition regarding the study of human reactions to groove =20 and tempo. The fields of anthropology, religious studies, and =20 ethnomusicology, may gain potential insights into the widespread use =20 of rhythmic, repetitive music in religious ritual. Implications for =20 music therapy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience may =20 affect the study of consciousness, and may suggest new, relatively =20 inexpensive methods to treat conditions like ADD, depression, =20 anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain. The symposium will combine 30-minute presentations with round table =20 discussions. A public concert by the Italian tarantella group, =20 Music=E1ntica (http://www.musicantica.org) will follow. The symposium =20= is sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts =20 (SICA). The event has already attracted considerable interest from Stanford =20 faculty in medicine, neuroscience, ethnomusicology, and religious =20 studies. We hope that you can attend. Please feel free to forward =20 this invitation. Registration is required. If you would like to attend, please send an =20= email with =93Registration=94 in the subject line to =20 gabet@xxxxxxxx Include your name, institutional =20 affiliation, and contact information. for more information and updates, please visit our website at: http://sica.stanford.edu/events/brainwaves Organizers: Gabe Turow, Visiting Scholar Symposium Coordinator Department of Music, Stanford University gabet@xxxxxxxx (650)468-4084 Michael Gubman Symposium Coordinator Department of Music, Stanford University mgubman@xxxxxxxx (310)903-9370 Jonathan Berger, Associate Professor Chair, Department of Music Stanford University brg@xxxxxxxx http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Gubman Symposium Coordinator Department of Music, Stanford University mgubman@xxxxxxxx http://sica.stanford.edu/events/brainwaves/ (310)903-9370 -------------------------------------------------------- --Apple-Mail-2-996605242 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Dear = friends,<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV= class=3D"MsoNormal">You are invited to attend:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal"><I>Brainwave Entrainment to External Rhythmic = Stimuli: Interdisciplinary Research and Clinical = Perspectives</I><I><O:P></O:P></I></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Saturday,= May 13th, 2006.=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">8:30AM-10:00PM<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics = (CCRMA), Stanford University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">This = symposium will engage=A0experts in an interdisciplinary=A0dialogue on = the hypothesis that brainwaves entrain to rhythmic auditory stimuli, a = phenomenon known as auditory driving.=A0=A0Support for this hypothesis = will come from lab research on auditory driving, photic driving, = phenomenological fieldwork, and existing clinical applications of this = research.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DI= V class=3D"MsoNormal">A better understanding of auditory driving may = have widespread implications.=A0=A0New insights may extend to the fields = of musicology and music cognition regarding the study of human reactions = to groove and tempo.=A0=A0The fields of anthropology, religious studies, = and ethnomusicology, may gain potential insights into the widespread use = of rhythmic, repetitive music in religious ritual.=A0=A0Implications 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.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">The = symposium will combine 30-minute presentations with round table = discussions. A public concert by the Italian=A0tarantella group, = Music=E1ntica (<A href=3D"http://www.musicantica.org/"><SPAN = style=3D"color:windowtext; = text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"= color=3D"#000000">http://www.musicantica.org</FONT></SPAN></A>) will = follow. The symposium is sponsored by the Stanford Institute for = Creativity and the Arts (SICA).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">The = event has already attracted considerable interest from Stanford = faculty=A0in medicine, neuroscience, ethnomusicology, and religious = studies. We hope that you can attend. Please feel free to forward this = invitation.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><SPAN = style=3D"font-family:Helvetica">=A0<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Registration is required. If you would like to = attend, please send an email with =93Registration=94 in the subject line = to <A = href=3D"mailto:gabet@xxxxxxxx">gabet@xxxxxxxx</A>. = Include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information. = <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">for more information and updates, please visit our = website at:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><A = href=3D"http://sica.stanford.edu/events/brainwaves"><SPAN = style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000">http://sica.stanford.edu/events/brainwaves</FONT></SPAN>= </A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Organizers:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Gabe = Turow,=A0Visiting Scholar<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Symposium Coordinator=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Department of Music,=A0Stanford = University=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><A = href=3D"mailto:gabet@xxxxxxxx"><SPAN = style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000">gabet@xxxxxxxx</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></D= IV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">(650)468-4084<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Michael = Gubman<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Symposium = Coordinator<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Department of = Music,=A0Stanford University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><A = href=3D"mailto:mgubman@xxxxxxxx"><SPAN = style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000">mgubman@xxxxxxxx</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P><= /DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">(310)903-9370<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal">Jonathan = Berger, Associate Professor<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Chair, Department of Music<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal">Stanford University<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV = class=3D"MsoNormal"><A href=3D"mailto:brg@xxxxxxxx"><SPAN = style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000">brg@xxxxxxxx</FONT></SPAN></A>=A0<O:P></O:P></= DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><A = href=3D"http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg"><SPAN = style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000">http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O= :P></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><DIV>--------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV>= Michael Gubman</DIV><DIV>Symposium Coordinator</DIV><DIV>Department of = Music, Stanford University</DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"mailto:mgubman@xxxxxxxx">mgubman@xxxxxxxx</A><= /DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://sica.stanford.edu/events/brainwaves/">http://sica.stanford.= edu/events/brainwaves/</A></DIV><DIV>(310)903-9370</DIV><DIV>-------------= -------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> = </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-2-996605242--