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Building Bridges Between Music Neuroscience and Music Therapy
About Dr. Patel
Since 2007, Dr. Ani Patel is the Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow at the neurosciences Institute in San Diego. His research focuses on how the brain processes music and language, especially what the similarities and differences between the two reveal about each other and about the brain itself. He has pursued this topic with a variety of techniques, including neuroimaging, neuropsychology, behavioral studies, theoretical analyses, acoustic studies, and comparative research with nonhuman animals. His research has appeared in numerous journals, including Nature, The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognition, Brain and Language, andMusic Perception. Dr. Patel, the president of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, is the author of the book Music, Language, and the Brain (fromhttp://www.musictherapy.org/membersonly/AMTApro/AMTAproblog/?p=447).
Resources: Download Dr. Patel’s recently published essay on Music, Biological Evolution, and the Brain.”
DESCRIPTION: In this video neuroscientist Dr. Aniruddh Patel shares current findings and his knowledge about music and neuroscience at the 2009 annual conference of the American Music Therapy Association.
CREDITS: This video has has been recorded and produces with special permission by Dr. Patel and the American Music Therapy Association by Mike Simms at Skyrider Studios in collaboration with Dr. Petra Kern, President of the World Federation of Music Therapy.
