Centre for Research on Brain Language and Music

Perceived pleasantness mediates the effects of high-arousal and emotionally complex music on pain

ABSTRACT: Music effectively reduces pain, yet the mechanisms underlying music-induced hypoalgesia remain poorly understood. We investigated how latent perceptual dimensions of music influence pain by examining both stimulus properties and subjective evaluations of those propertie...

Neural mechanisms underlying the sensory and sensorimotor learning of birdsong

Communication is a natural social behavior that influences reproduction and survival; consequently, central questions in neuroethology involve discovering how activity in distinct neural populations regulates the performance, perception, and development of communication signals....