[CaBSSem] Cognition & Brain Sciences Seminar: Fri Jan 16, Sean Kiley (UVic)

[Jordana Wynn]

The Cognition and Brain Science Seminar (CaBSSem) will take place this Friday at 3:00pm in the Psychology Reading Room (Cornett A228) featuring Sean Kiley (UVic) speaking on "The Effects of Music on Brain Connectivity" (abstract below).

Many attend FTF, but we also livestream sessions at

https://uvic.zoom.us/j/81257812980?pwd=VndFY3hueDA2cWl0SXljK0ZSYVhxdz09

For students/faculty at UVic, best practice is to launch the Zoom app and then click "Sign in with SSO" so that you access the call from the UVic Zoom.

Schedule at https://www.wynnlab.org/cabssem

Hope to see you Friday!


The Effects of Music on Brain Connectivity:
Identifying Elements of Sound that Influence Working Memory and Present Time Consciousness

Working memory capacity (WMC) is closely related to the experience of present time consciousness (PTC). Many factors have been demonstrated to affect the storage size of WMC and alter the experienced duration of PTC. The factors examined in this series of experiments are directly related or may be influenced by sound. These include: Biology (breath rate, heart rate), Entrainment, Coherence, Emotional Arousal, Proceduralization, Perceived Motion, Perceived Complexity, Number of Stimuli, and Interval Between Stimuli. Through specially designed sonic stimuli, this research strives to identify the specific characteristics of those elements of sound such as rhythm, tuning, and texture that have the capacity to increase both WMC and PTC. These experiments will be conducted via survey and combined EEG and fNIRS analysis of participants. EEG analysis will focus on brainwave entrainment and levels of coherence, while fNIRS data will be collected for activation in the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, the region of the brain most closely associated with WMC. In this presentation I will outline the experimental designs as they relate to the factors shown to influence WMC and PTC. The link between WMC and PTC will also be explored in detail.

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