Lunch Talks

Brain-language models, prediction and the neural basis of communication

Pascal Belin, Institut de Neurosciences de La Timone, CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université, France --------------------------- How do we extract and process the treasure-trove of information in voices? Experiments involving techniques ranging from monkey neuroimaging to deep learning provide an increasingly detailed picture of the ‘vocal brain’ and its evolution in primates. Results suggest an organization in […]

What we learn and when we learn it: the interaction of maturation and experience in music and language Virginia Penhune Department of Psychology, Concordia University Laboratory for Motor Control and Neural Plasticity https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/psychology/research/penhune-lab.html The impact of training or experience is not the same at all points in development. Children who learn to play a musical […]