Music and the Brain | Aniruddh Patel | Nobel Conference

Aniruddh Patel speaking at the 47th annual Nobel Conference in Gustavus Adolphus College in 2011 - "The Brain and Being Human." Lecture - Music and Biological Evolution Presented by Aniruddh D. Patel, Ph.D. Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology, The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, Calif. Subjects: -Beginning of Lecture (5:30) -Why do we make music? (6:54) -Musical Rhythm: The Beat (16:46) -Vocal and Auditory Learning Among Species (26:40) -Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo (32:02) -Evolutionary Implications (39:58) -Musical Pitch (41:25) -What Can Neuroscience Answer?: Language and Music (51:28) -Music: Cultural value vs. Biological significance (1:04:46) -Beginning of Q&A (1:10:40) #brain #nobelconference #scienceandethics #citizenscience #science The Nobel Conference: Science and Ethics, in Dialogue Since 1965, the Nobel Conference has been bringing leading researchers and thinkers to Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, to explore revolutionary, transformative and pressing scientific issues and the ethical questions that arise alongside them. As the only event in the United States authorized by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden to use this name, it is our privilege to host a space in which we can talk about big scientific questions, and the big ethical issues to which they inevitably give rise. The world needs more people who think critically about the crucial issues of our time, and who ask questions in ways that open up the conversation. Find us at https://gustavus.edu/nobelconference Follow us on Facebook at   / nobelconference   Follow us on Twitter at   / nobelconference