Music and the Brain: Linking Melody, Mind and Health
Music surrounds us. It is part of who we are as humans. Why do all cultures have music? Why do some types of music make us happy and other types sad? Can music improve cognition? What is the Mozart "effect"? Can Mozart's music make us smarter? Where does music go in the brain? What is synesthesia? Does music have color? Can we paint in notes? Can the brain make its own music? How does music help people with Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, or stroke? Can music heal? Join Dr. Vincent de Luise for a talk covering these topics.
Dr. Vincent de Luise is the Cultural Ambassador of the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, and is president of the Woodbury-based Connecticut Summer Opera Foundation. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Yale University School of Medicine, and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Medical Humanities at Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine