/neuro/taxonomy/term/306/all en /neuro/channels/news/edith-hamel-and-robert-zatorre-elected-royal-society-canada-270112 <h2>Society recognizes scholarly, research and artistic excellence.</h2> <p>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.</p> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:16:43 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2727 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/la-fondation-pour-laudition-awards-robert-zatorre-its-grand-prix-scientifique-334972 <h2><b>Honour recognizes his research into asymmetric functioning of the brain for speech and music processing</b></h2> <p>Professor Robert Zatorre has been recognized for his work by <i>La Fondation Pour l’Audition</i>, 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.</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:07:44 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 5212 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/neurological-disease-and-brain-plasticity-research-gets-major-funding-boost-329746 <p><strong>The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges</strong></p> <p>Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:53 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 4929 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/robert-zatorre-wins-major-international-award-322588 <p><b>C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize recognizes his seminal work in the cognition of music</b></p> <p>Cognitive neuroscientist Robert Zatorre has been awarded the C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize in Cognitive Sciences.</p> <p>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.</p> Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:45:15 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 4585 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/unexpected-creates-reward-when-listening-music-294585 <p><strong>Scientists prove difference between expected/actual outcomes cause reward response</strong></p> <p>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.</p> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:05:01 +0000 martin.maynard@mail.mcgill.ca 3347 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/lack-joy-music-linked-brain-disconnection-264862 <p>Have you ever met someone who just wasn’t into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five per cent of the population.</p> <p>Researchers at the University of Barcelona and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of �㽶��Ƶ have discovered that people with this condition showed reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions responsible for processing sound and subcortical regions related to reward.</p> Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:15:07 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2406 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/improving-memory-magnets-267234 <h2>Discovery expands our understanding of how we remember sound</h2> <p>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.</p> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:30:33 +0000 jennifer.lockerby@mail.mcgill.ca 2540 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/neuro-awarded-over-15-m-cihr-funding-254287 <p><em><strong>Researchers get inaugural Foundation grants for high-impact, long-term programs</strong></em></p> <p>Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, �㽶��Ƶ have been awarded over $15 million in grants in the latest round of funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The grants are part of over $600 million in national funding, announced July 28 by Minister of Health Rona Ambrose.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:10:33 +0000 anita.kar@mcgill.ca 1666 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/philanthropy-and-government-unite-advance-research-and-patient-care-and-establish-leading-edge-287300 <p>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.</p> Wed, 23 May 2018 18:33:49 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3059 at /neuro /neuro/auditory-brain-responses <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at �㽶��Ƶ have made an important discovery about the human auditory system and how to study it, findings that could lead to better testing and diagnosis of hearing-related disorders.</p> <p>The researchers detected frequency-following responses (FFR) coming from a part of the brain not previously known to emit them. FFRs are neural signals generated in the brain when people hear sounds.</p> Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:37:13 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 1975 at /neuro /neuro/robert-zatorre-phd Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:50:41 +0000 saeesh.mangwani@mail.mcgill.ca 3659 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/dopamine-and-reward-responses-music-causally-linked-293767 <p>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 �㽶��Ƶ, the University of Barcelona, and the Hospital de Sant Pau of Barcelona.</p> Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:00:02 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3307 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/now-you-it-now-you-dont-282882 <h2>Brain stimulation can change how much we enjoy and value music</h2> <p>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.</p> Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:14:47 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2833 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/practice-doesnt-always-make-perfect-depending-your-brain-254260 <p><strong><em>Study fuels nature versus nurture debate</em></strong></p> <p>How do you get to Carnegie Hall? New research on the brain’s capacity to learn suggests there’s more to it than the adage that “practise makes perfect.” A music-training study by scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at �㽶��Ƶ and colleagues in Germany found evidence to distinguish the parts of the brain that account for individual talent from the parts that are activated through training.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:53:46 +0000 anita.kar@mcgill.ca 1664 at /neuro