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Interview – Project: How Musical Are You?
Jason Jirí Musil studied Psychology at University College London, becoming something of a troubleshooter (and long term hanger-on) in the action and body laboratory of Prof Patrick Haggard at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. His passion for music has led him to the Music, Mind and Brain MSc course at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he has recently been awarded a PhD studentship under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Müllensiefen to develop a broad-spectrum self-report measure of musicality. Jason plays classical guitar in a number of London bands and loves Jazz, Czech pub rock, motorbikes and diving. He is trying to learn the 5-string banjo. Email: jirkamusil@hotmail.com 1.) When and…
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Day 4 – Recent findings on amusia
As you might expect, dear reader, I have a slight bias towards any conference symposium on congential amusia. I enjoyed all the symposia at M&N IV of course, but there is nothing quite like the engagement you get from hearing speakers you know inside out from years of reading their papers and admiring their work. So I sat near the front row (like a proper geek), pen at the ready and brimming with excitement to hear the latest developments. WARNING: This blog will be longer than usual – I just can’t help myself! For those whose lives are not so connected with the topic I should outline first of all…
