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Dear friend of Arkadia,

You are heartily invited to ‘The Joys of Music: Brain, Emotions, and the Individual’ by Doctor Elvira Brattico, senior researcher at the University of Helsinki and docent of neuroscience of music at the University of Jyväskylä, on Monday 17.9 at 6pm at Old Arkadia (Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 9A).

In her talk Elvira will introduce her ongoing research focusing on the neural bases of music-induced emotions and their individual differences.

Kindly read the abstract below of this page and visit the following link:

https://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/persons/elvira-brattico(256e7a2b-f69e-4591-b4b1-ad5e9641a9a4).html

You are all most welcome!

Warm regards,

Ian
www.arkadiabookshop.fi

-Entrance is free and green tea will be offered. A donation of €2 (or more!) to fund the event is suggested and would be most welcome.

Dr. Elvira Brattico (PhD in psychology, 2007, University of Helsinki, Finland; piano diploma, 1993, Conservatory of Bari,
Italy) is senior researcher at the University of Helsinki and docent of neuroscience of music at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is internationally acknowledged as an expert in audition research and a pioneer in the field of neuroaesthetics of music. Since 2009 she is board member of the Finnish Center of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of
Jyväskylä. She has published over 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and given over 80 conference presentations.


Abstract:

While not having any obvious survival value for humans, aesthetic music enjoyment can be regarded as a basic phenomenon of life. Even infants seem to enjoy music; for example, they are calmed down by the tunes sung by their own mothers. The feelings of pleasure
triggered by music processing (similarly to other arts) must have a biological basis, i.e., must be founded on specific brain structures solely or mainly devoted to this experience.

The power of music is testified by documented therapeutic applications, such as stroke rehabilitation, schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression. Overall, considerable body of scientific research, which investigates the benefits of music on health and wellbeing, has begun to emerge.

But why has music such a deep impact on our emotional and aesthetic life?
What are the biological determinants of music enjoyment?
Why are some people touched by music more than others?

In this talk I will present neuroimaging studies from our lab aiming at revealing the brain functions enabling us (and some individuals more than others) to enjoy and derive pleasurable effects from music. Also the role of familiarity and expertise for the neural mechanisms and brain connectivity during music listening will be discussed. Finally, I will anticipate new directions towards imaging genetics, and particularly towards drawing the connections between dopamine-related genes and the reactivity of music-processing structures in the brain.