McGill on the Move with Daniel Levitin
Join fellow McGill alumni and friends as one of the University’s
best-known researchers, Professor Daniel Levitin, gives a lively
and thought-provoking presentation, entitled:
"The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human
Nature"
An Associate Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Music, as well as a bestselling author, Levitin will discuss the complex relationship between music and our evolution as a species. Discover what half a dozen songs can reveal about the prehistoric, yet elegant, systems at play when we dance at a wedding or tune out with an iPod.
Limited parking is available directly in front of the Alumni
Center. Additional spaces are located in the lot next to the Track
House at Galvez and Campus Drive. Parking is free after 4:00
p.m.
More on Professor Levitin:
Daniel Levitin is a professor, neuroscientist, producer, musician
and author. His previous book, "This is Your Brain on Music: The
Science of a Human Obsession", was a worldwide bestseller. He has
been featured on the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", in the "New York
Times" and "Rolling Stone", and was a weekly commentator on CBC
Radio One. As a record producer, he has worked with performers such
as Stevie Wonder, Chris Isaak and Santana, earning 17 gold and
platinum records in the process. A James McGill Professor of
Psychology, Neuroscience, and Music, he is also Director of
McGill’s Laboratory for Music Perception, Cognition and Expertise,
which studies the science of musical sound from the neural level
all the way to our sophisticated emotional responses. His research
is spurred by a desire, Professor Levitin says, "to learn where
goosebumps come from."
Cost: $10 US (All credit card payments will be charged in
Canadian dollars equivalent of $12.20 CAD)
Online registration is available on Alumnilife.