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European Genetics Foundation, Bologna (Italy)
20th-22nd
Program Sunday, 20 May: h. 8.30: Registration h. 9.00 - 12.00: Morning Session: Hunting for Music Genes Central auditory processing in tune deaf subjects - D. Drayna (N.I.D.C.D., Rockville), Absolute Pitch: Genetics and Perception - J. Gitschier (U.C.S.F., San Francisco), Heritability of tone-deafness - I. Peretz (Univ. de Montréal, Canada). h. 12.00 – 15.00: Poster Session h. 15.00 – 18.00: Afternoon Session: Evolution of Music Evolution and natural meaning in music - I. Cross (Univ. of Cambridge, UK), Probing the Evolutionary Origins of Music Perception- J. McDermott (MIT, Cambridge, USA) Genetic boundaries and linguistic boundaries - G. Barbujani (Univ. Ferrara, Italy).Monday, 21 May: h. 9.00 – 12.00: Morning Session: Genes, neurodevelopment and cognition Music and Child Neurology: a developmental perspective- L. Lopez (Univ. di Tor Vergata, Italy), Could a congenital disorder of musical perception ever be explained by a single gene? Relating neuronal organisation to a complex behavioural phenotype- T. Griffiths (Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), Explaining exceptionally high and exceptionally low achievement in music: elite performers, savants, and the self-defined "tone deaf" - J. Sloboda (Keele Univ., UK). h. 12.00 – 15.00: Poster Session h. 15.00 – 18.00: Afternoon Session: Music, Language and Neurosciences The function in evolution of language - M. Nespor (Univ. Ferrara, Italy), The Naturalness of Western Music: A Mathematical Perspective- D. Tymoczko (Univ. of Princeton, USA), To be announced - R.J. Zatorre (McGill Univ., Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada). Tuesday, 22 May: h. 9.00 – 12.00: Morning Session: Evolution of the Sense of Beauty What is the meaning of "beauty" in the musical field? - M. Baroni (Univ. Bologna, Italy), What is Beauty?- E. Boncinelli (Univ. Vita–Salute San Raffaele, Italy), h. 12.00 – 15.00: Poster Session h. 15.00 – 18.00: Afternoon Session: Biological Identities and Cultural Identities Genetic Methodology applied to the Study of Human Cultural Evolution - F. Cavalli Sforza (Writer, Italy), Human Biological Evolution (with special reference to the Central Asia populations - D. Pettener (Univ. Bologna, Italy), Recent Cultural Changes in Mongolia (the country “guest of honour” of the Festival) - R. Ive (Writer, Italy). h. 21.00 Concert To be announced: Final Concert (to be announced)
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Organized by:
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European Genetics Foundation |
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Invited Speakers:
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Dennis Drayna Researcher National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (N.I.D.C.D.),Rockville, MDJane Gitschier Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco Isabelle Peretz Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Montréal, Canada Ian Cross Director of the Faculty's new Centre for Music and Science, Faculty at Cambridge, UK Josh McDermott Researcher, Perceptual Science Group, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Luisa Lopez Center for Developmental Disabilities "Eugenio Litta", University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Tim Griffiths Professor of Cognitive Neurology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK John Sloboda Director of the Unit for the Study of Musical Skill and Development, Keele University, UK Marina Nespor Professor of Linguistic, University of Ferrara, Italy Dmitri Tymoczko Assistant Professor, University of Princeton, USA Robert J. Zatorre Full Professor, University of Montréal, Canada Guido Barbujani Professor of Genetics, University of Ferrara, Italy Roberto Ive Writer, Trieste, Italy Mario Baroni Professor of Musicology, University of Bologna, Italy Edoardo Boncinelli Full Professor of Biology and Genetics, University Vita–Salute San Raffaele, Italy
Umberto Eco Full Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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31 march 2007
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Registration:
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Only on line registration, for further details and info, please visit the website www.musicagenetica.it
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E-mail:
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lucia.alvisi@eurogene.org
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