The human brain has the remarkable ability to adapt in response to changes in the environment over the course of a lifetime. This is the mechanism for learning, growth, and normal development. Similar changes or adaptations can also occur in response to focal brain injuries, e.g., partially-adapted neighboring brain regions or functionally-related brain systems can either substitute for some of the lost function or develop alternative strategies to overcome a disability.
Through ongoing research, the Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory's mission is to:
Reveal the perceptual and cognitive aspects of music processing including the perception and memory for pitch, rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic stimuli.
Investigate the use of music and musical stimuli as an interventional tool for educational and therapeutic purposes.
Reveal the behavioral and neural correlates of learning, skill acquisition, and brain adaptation in response to changes in the environment or brain injury in the developing and adult brain.
Reveal the determinants and facilitators for recovery from brain injury.
Gottfried Schlaug,
M.D. Ph.D.
Director, Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Stroke Recovery Laboratory, and Division Chief, Cerebrovascular Diseases; Associate Professor of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
330 Brookline Avenue - Palmer 127, Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-632-8917, Fax: 617-632-8920
gschlaug at bidmc dot harvard dot edu
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