Research

Music and the Brain

Why do humans have music?

What are the similarities and differences between music and language?

What can musical behavior tell us about emotion and creativity?

How can we use music to repair/protect/hack the brain?

Online Studies

Pitch discrimination test (w/ Gottfried Schlaug)

Seattle Singing Assessment Protocol (w/ Steve Demorest; Peter Pfordresher)

Absolute Pitch test (w/ Richard West, Gottfried Schlaug)

Synesthete.org (w/ David Eagleman)

Artificial Grammar Learning (requires Max/MSP)