9I�� News - Robert Zatorre

La Fondation Pour l’Audition awards Robert Zatorre its Grand Prix Scientifique

webfull — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:07:45 +0000

Honour recognizes his research into asymmetric functioning of the brain for speech and music processing

Professor Robert Zatorre has been recognized for his work by La Fondation Pour l’Audition, a research institute and hearing advocacy organization based in Paris, France. He is this year’s recipient of the Grand Prix Scientifique, which recognizes leading research into the human auditory system.

Published: 16 November 2021

Neurological disease and brain plasticity research gets major funding boost

webfull — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:54 +0000

The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges

Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.

Published: 19 March 2021

Robert Zatorre wins major international award

webfull — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 10:23:16 +0000

C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize recognizes his seminal work in the cognition of music

Cognitive neuroscientist Robert Zatorre has been awarded the C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize in Cognitive Sciences.

The Heineken Prize–given every two years to five different researchers–is considered the most prestigious international science prize in The Netherlands and includes a monetary reward of US$200,000. Previous winners include Nancy Kanwisher of MIT, and Stanislas Dehaene of the Collège de France.

Published: 5 June 2020

The unexpected creates reward when listening to music

webfull — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:05:03 +0000

Scientists prove difference between expected/actual outcomes cause reward response

If you love it when a musician strikes that unexpected but perfect chord, you are not alone. New research shows the musically unexpected activates the reward centre of our brains, and makes us learn about the music as we listen.

Published: 12 February 2019

Dopamine and reward responses to music causally linked

webfull — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:00:03 +0000

A new study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, reveals a causal link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the reward responses to music. The study was conducted by an international team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of 9I��, the University of Barcelona, and the Hospital de Sant Pau of Barcelona.

Published: 28 January 2019

Philanthropy and government unite to advance research and patient care and to establish leading edge facilities and technologies at The Neuro

webfull — Wed, 23 May 2018 21:42:40 +0000

Today, May 23, 2018, The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) gratefully acknowledged significant government funding and unveiled the Thinking Ahead Campaign (2007-2013) donor wall as a tribute and thank you to the many people who helped transform The Neuro’s ability to deliver cutting-edge research and clinical care. This ambitious campaign brought people from around the world together to share in one common goal: to accelerate the pace of neuroscience discovery and deliver exceptional care to patients.

Published: 23 May 2018

PLAYBILL | Does music make you smarter?

webfull — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:09:20 +0000

At Montreal’s 9I��, neuropsychologist Robert Zatorre has a test that suggests a noticeable difference in musical cognition between musicians and non-musicians. “We play a tune in one key,” he explains, “and then repeat it at a different key, and ask if it’s the same or if a note has been changed. What we find is that people with musical training are inclined to do better. If you study people who don’t have training, you’ll find some people who are just as good as the musicians, but others who are just awful at it.”

Published: 14 February 2018

Now you like it, now you don’t

webfull — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:13:09 +0000

Brain stimulation can change how much we enjoy and value music

Enjoyment of music is considered a subjective experience; what one person finds gratifying, another may find irritating. Music theorists have long emphasized that although musical taste is relative, our enjoyment of music, be it classical or heavy metal, arises, among other aspects, from structural features of music, such as chord or rhythm patterns that generate anticipation and expectancy.

Published: 20 November 2017

Edith Hamel and Robert Zatorre elected to Royal Society of Canada

webfull — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:28:01 +0000

Society recognizes scholarly, research and artistic excellence.

Dr. Edith Hamel and Dr. Robert Zatorre have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences.

Published: 7 September 2017

Improving memory with magnets

webfull — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:49:08 +0000

Discovery expands our understanding of how we remember sound

The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives — without it we would not be able to understand a sentence, or do simple arithmetic. New research is shedding light on how sound memory works in the brain, and is even demonstrating a means to improve it.

Published: 27 March 2017

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