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pics covered will comprise ethology and evolution; music and language; mental representations; developmental aspects and impact of music on education; neurological disorders and music; music performance and the role of emotion in music. Subjects are chosen in as much as they emerge with increasing frequency in scientific literature as elements of common interest across neurology, neurobiology, psychiatry, child neurology.

In order to highlight the most dynamic aspects of these activities, the leading and most representative members of the specialist community have been asked to participate in the various sessions as moderators, and to identify the younger and most promising scientists of their laboratories to present the current state of work in progress, therefore also encouraging the researchers' formation.

An ample session is also dedicated to the numerous posters, selected by the scientific secretariat of the conference; considerable time will be scheduled to discuss session topics and their future perspectives. To this regard, the strong response offered by the scientific community to the initiative promoted by the Foundation should be pointed out: there are over 140 posters, all of which of very high quality. The Foundation has decided to acknowledge the authors of the thirty best posters by awarding free participation to the conference.

The research subjects described in the posters show the quality leap that research has made in this field. Many, in fact, are centered on the study of the "emotional" part of a musical performance from a biological point of view, referred not only to the performing musician, but also to the listening audience. In the last five years, the scientific literature on the relationship between neurosciences and music has witnessed the development and publication of a considerable number of high-level studies of music perception and production as a relevant field of interest to comprehend br
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Contact: Valeria Basilico
neuromusic@fondazione-mariani.org
390-279-5458
Fondazione Mariani Onlus
18-Apr-2005

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