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• Newark Workshop on Music, Brain and Education

On March 24, 2011, a group of scientists gathered to discuss music, the brain, and education at Rutgers University as a part of the NSF-supported Temporal Dynamics of Learning Centers.

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• Music for the Development of Auditory Skills: Impact on Education Keynote Speaker: Nina Kraus, Northwestern University March 24, 2011 Speakers: Nina Kraus Run Time: 37 minutes Nina Kraus is Professor of Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology, and the Hugh Knowles Chair in Audiology at Northwestern University. She...

• Influences of musical training on language processing and executive functioning in typical and atypical developing children Keynote Speaker: Nadine Gaab, Harvard School of Medicine March 24, 2011 Speakers: Nadine Gaab Run Time: 32 minutes Nadine Gaab is assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. She investigates the development of the...

• Neural Mechanisms of Beat Perception John Iversen, The Neuroscience Institute, San Diego March 24, 2011 Speakers: John Iverson Run Time: 19 minutes John Iversen is Research Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology and Karp Foundation Fellow at The Neurosciences Institute. His work is devoted...

• Study on Arts Integration and Creativity in the Classroom Mariale Hardiman, John Hopkins University and Luke Rinne, Johns Hopkins University March 24, 2011 Speakers: Mariale Hardiman, Luke Rinne Run Time: 19 minutes Recently appointed as interim dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, Dr. Mariale Hardiman joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in...

• The gamelan project: a study of synchrony and attention Alex Khalil, University of California, San Diego March 24, 2011 Speakers: Alex Khalil Run Time: 23 minutes Alexander Khalil is an ethnomusicologist, performer, and composer.  He holds a doctoral degree in music from University of California, San...

• Educating the Creative Mind through Music Lily Chen-Hafteck, Kean University March 24, 2011 Speakers: Lily Chen-Hafteck Run Time: 19 minutes Lily Chen-Hafteck, Ph.D., is currently Associate Professor of Music Education and Assistant Chair of Music Department at Kean University, NJ, USA....

• Music, Brain and Education Panel Nina Kraus, Nadine Gaab, Mariale Hardiman and Roger Bingham March 24, 2011 Speakers: Nina Kraus, Nadine Gaab, Mariale Hardiman, Roger Bingham Run Time: 37 minutes Nina Kraus is Professor of Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology, and the Hugh Knowles Chair in Audiology at Northwestern University. She...