Subject: The Neurosciences and Music IV From: Aniruddh Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 08:34:25 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List, Please see the message below from the Mariani Foundation regarding the fourth ***Neurosciences and Music*** conference. These conferences have been a vital force in this emerging field. Please direct enquiries to: neuromusic@xxxxxxxx www.fondazione-mariani.org Detailed enrolment information will be available after 15 September 2010 Regards, Ani Patel ---------- SAVE THE DATE The Neurosciences and Music IV Learning and Memory 9-12 June 2011 EDINBURGH, Scotland, UK Assembly Hall & The Hub in partnership with IMHSD - Institute for Music in Human and Social Development, University of Edinburgh Scientific Committee: Katie Overy, Eckart Altenmüller, Giuliano Avanzini, Tim Griffiths, Stefan Koelsch, Raymond MacDonald, Lauren Stewart, Barbara Tillmann, Sandra Trehub, Robert Turner. Scientific Advisors: Isabelle Peretz, Robert Zatorre Scientific Secretariat: Luisa Lopez PROGRAM PREVIEW: Symposia, Lectures, Poster Sessions, Workshops CALL FOR SYMPOSIA Researchers, clinicians and musicians are invited to submit proposals for Symposia via e-mail by October, 15 2010. Details on submission requirements will be posted on the Mariani Foundation’s website from June 15, 2010. Proposals should be organized around a specific topic related to Learning and Memory and in relation to the themes of “Infants and Children”, “Adults and Musicians”, “Disability and Aging” and “Therapy and Rehabilitation”. Submissions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and selected on the basis of merit and interest to the research community. INFORMATION AND ENROLMENTS Email: neuromusic@xxxxxxxx www.fondazione-mariani.org Detailed enrolment information will be available after 15 September 2010 The Pierfranco and Luisa Mariani Foundation During its twenty-five years of activity, the Mariani Foundation – by organizing a variety of advanced courses, providing research grants, and supporting specialized care – has established itself as a leading organization in the field of paediatric neurology. The Foundation works in close cooperation with major public healthcare institutions, complementing their scientific programs and other activities. In 2009 it became the first private entity in Italy to join the founding members of the Neurologic Institute “Carlo Besta” in Milan. In addition to its services, the Foundation aims, through its continuing medical education courses and its publishing program, to transmit the latest discoveries in the field of paediatric neurology so that they can be applied most effectively in treating or mitigating a large number of paediatric neurologic disorders. More recently, the Mariani Foundation has added a new and important dimension to its activities: fostering the study of the multiple links between the neurosciences and music. The positive results of this commitment have been exemplified in its first three conferences, held in Venice (2002), Leipzig (2005), and Montreal (2008), the last held in collaboration with the internationally renowned and highly active International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS). All these meetings have led to the publication of major volumes in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. By providing the most recent information in these rapidly advancing neurologic fields, the Mariani Foundation intends to be a reliable and informative source for journalists and specialists in this new area of the neurosciences.