BRAMS-CRBLM Lecture Series - Steven Brown
Dr. Steven Brown (McMaster University) will give a lecture entitled 鈥淭oward a Neural Basis of the Inner Voice: Implications for Speech and Music Processing鈥�.
Abstract: Researchers in music cognition assume that the processes that they study 鈥� such as listening, discrimination, and imagery 鈥� are tasks that mainly activate auditory parts of the brain. However, much evidence has accrued in recent years to indicate that such tasks activate the brain system for vocal-motor planning as well, suggesting that subvocalization serves a critical mediating role in the cognition of music and speech. The most ubiquitous manifestation of subvocalization is the inner voice that the majority of people experience throughout their daily lives. In this talk, I will describe the subvocalization system of the human brain and argue that it is implicated in virtually all aspects of speech and music processing.
When: January 28, 2026, 3:00-4:30pm followed by a cocktail
Where: Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, Room D-427
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