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Interview – Lauren Stewart
Lauren Stewart completed her first degree in Physiological Sciences at the University of Oxford in 1997, followed by an MSc in Neuroscience (also at Oxford) the following year. Her first foray into music neuroscience was during her PhD at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, with Uta Frith and Vincent Walsh, where she conducted the first longitudinal functional imaging study of musical learning. Following her PhD, she was awarded an ESRC one year postdoctoral fellowship and a Bogue travelling fellowship from UCL, which supported a visit to the laboratory of Gottfried Schlaug (Musicians brain laboratory, Harvard Medical School). Following a two year postdoctoral position with Prof Tim Griffiths (Newcastle University and…
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Day 1 – Workshop on infant methodologies
This weekend, dear reader, I find myself in Bonny Scotland! I am attending a conference called ‘Music and Neurosciences 4’ (see my conference page for links) According to the conference booklet the central theme to the meeting is ‘Learning and Memory’, and there are various symposia that focus on different subthemes including ‘Adults; musicians and nonmusicians’, ‘Therapy and Rehabilitation’ and ‘Disabilities and Age-related issues’. So obviously there is a lot to cover! There are over 240 posters as well as about a dozen invited speakers over 4 days. I wish I could summarise all of the wonderful work being presented here for you. But unfortunately, I am a little slower…
