Join us at our inaugural symposium on Music and Language, with a focus this year on Development
Registration is now open for the CRBLM Inaugural Symposium on Music and Language, to be held in Montréal, Canada on Friday, May 3rd and Saturday May 4th 2013. A brief conference program is included below. Full details about the conference and registration information are available at www.crblm.ca/symposium/registration
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Early music lessons boost brain development
Montreal researchers find that music lessons before age seven create stronger connections in the brain
If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded – or loved – helped develop your brain.
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Musicians: Born or made? Scientific workshop on Music and Talent. Followed by a free concert-conference at the Salle Claude Champagne (Université de Montréal)
The role of natural endowment and hard work in musical performance is one of the oldest and most contentious issue in both science and society. Up to the 20th century, innate talent was associated to musicianship. Over the last century, the prevalent view has been that intensive practice is key. The goal of this workshop is to examine whether music practice can account for individual differences in musical abilities or if we should also acknowledge the importance of innate predispositions.
Workshop Program
Effective Teaching Strategies (Day 2): Peer Coaching and Effective Group Work - Beyond cooperative learning
The overarching goal of this two‐day seminar is to enable teams to coach each other through the implementation of powerful teaching strategies. Priority will be given to team registrations (at least 2) although individual registrations will be accepted. Pairs of colleagues will obviously benefit most by experiencing being a coach and being coached.
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Effective Teaching Strategies (Day 1): Peer Coaching for Using Graphic Intelligence - The power of integrating multiple graphic organizers
The overarching goal of this two‐day seminar is to enable teams to coach each other through the implementation of powerful teaching strategies. Priority will be given to team registrations (at least 2) although individual registrations will be accepted. Pairs of colleagues will obviously benefit most by experiencing being a coach and being coached.
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Attack! Silent watchmen charge to defend the nervous system
In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters. Microglia are the immune cells of the nervous system, ingesting and destroying pathogens and damaged nerve cells. Until now little was known about the molecular mechanisms of microglia activation despite this being a critical process in the body.
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RGCS Lecture/ Marrett Lecture: Leif Wenar, Oil, Dictators & Civil Wars: Our Contributions, Our Solutions
Leif Wenar, Chair of Ethics at King's College London will deliver the a Research Group on Constitutional Studies Lecture/ Marrett Lecture: "Oil, Dictators, and Civil Wars: Our Contributions, Our Solutions." Ferrier 456; reception to follow. Cosponsored by the Department of Political Science.