Brain Week at the Institut Pasteur – lecture and debate on "Brain and Music" on March 19

During Brain Week, which will take place from March 14 to 20, a lecture and debate for the general public will be held in the CIS building at the Institut Pasteur on March 19, from 2 to 5pm, on the topic "Brain and Music."

It accompanies us wherever we go and has almost always been present; it can come in an extraordinary variety of forms; it transports us, permeates our brain, moves us and makes us dance. Music is one of the most fascinating arts, and it never ceases to attract the interest of neuroscience specialists. Our brain is irreducibly musical. How are musical sounds created and how do they travel through our brain? Does listening to or playing music have an influence on brain development and the development of cognitive functions such as language, memory and empathy? What if music were more than a mere form of entertainment for most of us?

With the participation of:
Emmanuel Bigand, University of Burgundy
Séverine Feron, Jean-Philippe Rameau Conservatoire, Paris; University of Burgundy
Laura Ferreri, Université Lumière Lyon 2
Boris Gourévitch, Hearing Institute, Institut Pasteur, Paris
Pierre Legrain, Institut Pasteur, Paris
Nicolas Michalski, Hearing Institute, Institut Pasteur, Paris

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Those interested must register before March 17 2022

Free and open to all (subject to available seats); prior registration required.
An ID document and vaccine pass are required and masks must be worn at all times.