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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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