The two-day symposium will feature invited talks by influential researchers in cognitive neurosciences of music and language:
Professor Valéria Csépe, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences (RCNS), Brain Imaging Centre, Budapest, Hungary.
- Shared dynamics of linguistic and musical rhythms
Kairi Kreegipuu, University of Tartu, Institute of Psychology, and Estonian Centre of Excellence for Well-being Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
- The Music of Languages and the Language of Music
Daniela Sammler, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Neural bases of prosody: Linking language, speech, and music
Professor Erich Schröger, University of Leipzig, Institute of Psychology, Department of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, Leipzig, Germany
- The impact of motor action on auditory processing
Research Director Mari Tervaniemi, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Centre of Excellence on Music, Mind, Body and Brain, Helsinki, Finland
- Interplay of music and speech learning in the human brain
Professor István Winkler, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Statistical learning and beyond
We will also welcome poster abstracts to the symposium – the call will be open between December 18, 2024, and January 20, 2025.
The symposium is free of charge, and organized by the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body, and Brain and the University of Helsinki/Faculty of Educational Sciences.
Date: February 27–28, 2025
Location: Athena Building, Siltavuorenpenger 3, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki
Registration will be open between December 18, 2024, and February 3, 2025.
Please note that the maximum number of attendees onsite is 70 people (first come, first served principle will be followed).
Symposium chair:
Mari Tervaniemi, University of Helsinki
The members of the organization and scientific committee:
Minna Huotilainen, University of Helsinki
Tanja Linnavalli, University of Helsinki
Vesa Putkinen, University of Turku
Paula Virtala, University of Helsinki
Sari Ylinen, Tampere University