The Program for Music, Mind, and Society makes Music City more musical through the SeREnADe project
At its most fundamental level, SeREnADe’s 10-week music classes fulfill a community need. There are very few programs such as SeREnADe in the country, particularly for younger children with autism, simply due to the fact that other programs may not have the supports in place to best fit the needs of families with children with autism.
Singing the Way to a Shorter Length of Stay
People seem to be naturally drawn to music as a form of therapy, and researchers are working hard to scientifically support the concept.
Though the role of music in health care has not become part of the mainstream, yet, research currently under way could expand the clinical use of such things as of singing and songwriting to improve health.
VU Music, Mind & Society Program may feed Nashville innovation
THE PROGRAM for Music, Mind and Society at Vanderbilt University will on Sept. 12 convene its Annual Symposium, "Science of Song," at the Blair School of Music.
Tech innovators, Entrepreneurs and Corporate execs in Music, Theater and other Entertainment sectors might do well to monitor this new program at Vanderbilt, which is well networked within a global research and innovation ecosystem.
Vanderbilt researchers seek a new kind of harmony as music unlocks the secrets of the mind
In college — well before she decided to become a neuroscientist, or even knew there was such a thing — Reyna Gordon studied opera singing. Her questions for the faculty, however, began drifting beyond melodies and appoggiaturas into the realm of science. Why does music make us feel such strong emotions? How does it work on us?
Vanderbilt Scientists Search For Elusive Benefits Of Music On The Brain
Vanderbilt Scientists Search For Elusive Benefits Of Music On The Brain
By EMILY SINER • JAN 26, 2015
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[Brendan LeMieux, 22, plays the drums during Vanderbilt's summer camp for adults with Williams syndrome in 2009.]
Brendan LeMieux, 22, plays the drums during Vanderbilt's summer camp for adults with Williams syndrome in 2009.
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Researchers explore links between grammar, rhythm
A child’s ability to distinguish musical rhythm is related to his or her capacity for understanding grammar, according to a recent study from a researcher at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Reyna Gordon, Ph.D., a research fellow in the Department of Otolaryngology and at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, is the lead author of the study that was published online recently in the journal Developmental Science. She notes that the study is the first of its kind to show an association between musical rhythm and grammar.