Name: How music makes me a better neuroscientist
Uploaded: 2019-08-19T20:27:21Z
Duration: 18 min 22 s
Description: Music has the power to transform moods, unite crowds and topple governments. However, as neuroscientist and operatic soprano Indre Viskontas points out, we know very little about how the brain turns strings of sounds into music. In a talk that explores art with science, she describes how her investigation into the brain's responses to music inspired her own musical journey.

Music has the power to transform moods, unite crowds and topple governments. However, as neuroscientist and operatic soprano Indre Viskontas points out, we know very little about how the brain turns strings of sounds into music. In a talk that explores art with science, she describes how her investigation into the brain's responses to music inspired her own musical journey.

Indre Viskontas: How music makes me a better neuroscientist

How music makes me a better neuroscientist

Music, a universal love yet highly subjective, puzzles us with its ability to be noise or melody based on brain interpretation.

Repetition in music signals intention and frames patterns, turning random sounds into meaningful, enjoyable experiences.

Dopamine, the 'salience chemical', floods the brain during musical peaks, explaining the intense pleasure music can evoke.