Between pleasure and desire in the human brain: the case of music and reward

A special mini-symposium

Between pleasure and desire in the human brain: the case of music and reward

This mini-symposium represents an interdisciplinary effort in TAU to connect between arts, neuroscience and medicine. Two internationally esteemed speakers will present their scientific work using neuroimaging, music psychology and neurological perspectives to study the human reward system. Such a multi-domain approach could advance our understanding of motivation related pathological behaviors such as addiction and depression

Program

9:00-9:30 Opening remarks

9:30-10:40

Robert Zatorre: From perfection to pleasure: Music and its Neural Substrates 

Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

Co-director, International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Canada

10:40-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:10

Alain Dagher: Addiction as a Disorder of Choice 

Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada

12:10-12:30

Talma Hendler and Neomi Singer (TAU): Connecting the Dots