Showing posts with label neuroscience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neuroscience. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Music acquisition: effects of enculturation and formal training on development

"Enculturation of metrical structure, they argue, results from biological connections between movement and auditory areas of the brain."

And the vestibular system gets the credit for that.

Very important study, very cool.

I Love You, Music Brainer Blogger

Friday, December 5, 2008

Obituary: Henry M.

H. M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82

We studied this guy relentlessly in MIT BCS. Suzanne Corkin was my UROP supervisor.

Rest in peace, Mr. Molaison.