Dr Elizabeth Race Research Seminar - Music and memory: Musical rhythm orchestrates brain activity and influences memory encoding. Friday 3rd December, 2pm
Psychology Dept. Research Seminar. Friday 3rd December, 2-3pm
Dr Elizabeth Race, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA.
Music and memory: Musical rhythm orchestrates brain activity and influences memory encoding.
*** Everyone welcome. No need to book in advance ***
Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Race, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA
Date: Friday 3rd December 2021
Time: 2-3pm (UK time)
Location:
https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94322938510?pwd=YXpnSDVRMGQ3dEVGdWNGcVVVYWQrQT09
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Music and memory share a close relationship. Music acts as a powerful retrieval cue that can transport us back in time and pull old information out of memory. Recently, we discovered that music can also facilitate learning and the encoding of new information into memory. This memory facilitation was associated with changes in brain activity, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG), and the timing of neural oscillations which synchronized to the beat of the musical rhythm. In this talk, I will discuss these—and related— findings and their significance from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. A better understanding of how rhythm enhances memory has important implications for designing novel therapeutic interventions that maximize memory across the lifespan.
~ This talk is aimed at anyone interested in psychology, particularly cognitive psychology. Students are encouraged to attend. |
Attendance would benefit both undergraduate and postgraduate students from psychology and related fields ~
About the speaker:
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Dr. Elizabeth Race is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Race directs the Integrative Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at Tufts where her work focuses on understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms supporting human memory. Dr. Race received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University and a B.S. in Biology from Duke University. She completed her postdoctoral training at the VA Boston Healthcare Center where she studied clinical populations with memory loss.
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