Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/12/2024
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

McMaster Alumni Community – Psychology LIVE | December 4

Psychology LIVE is a public talk series on psychological science and human behaviour. Join us throughout the fall at Fairweather Brewery where established experts will explore how our experiences shape our view of the world – our next talk is with Dr. Dan Cameron and Dr. John Iversen who will discuss Why does music make us dance? 

Location: Fairweather Brewery | 5 Ofield Rd, Hamilton, ON L8S 2M4
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Cost: $10 | Cost includes light snacks. Cash bar available.

Free parking available. 

Please register before Monday, December 2.

This event has capacity limits and may sell out before December 2. Pre-registration of all attendees is required.
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Topic description:  Why does music make us dance? Dan Cameron and John Iversen will explore the latest research on the evolution and neural foundations of music and dance in a fusion of percussion and science.

Speaker bios: John Rehner Iversen, PhD is a cognitive neuroscientist studying music and the brain who recently joined McMaster University as part of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind. His research focuses on the perception and production of rhythm in music and includes studies of the role of culture in rhythm perception, whether rhythm perception is uniquely human, and charting brain mechanisms involved in beat perception, emphasizing the role of the motor system in listening. Beyond music, he works on methods and research to study the brain in real-world contexts, using mobile brain/body imaging. Iversen co-directs several studies of the impact of music training on development in childhood and adolescence. These projects place the impact of music into a broader neurodevelopmental framework, in which researchers are charting the ‘growth curves’ of the developing brain to understand how brain development shapes the emerging skills of each individual.

Dr. Daniel Cameron is a postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University. He has degrees in percussion performance, music cognition, and neuroscience. His research on the cognitive neuroscience of musical rhythm and how humans move to music extends to cross-cultural, developmental, cross-species, and clinical perspectives. He has received numerous awards and grants, including from Canada’s Natural Science and Engineering Research Council and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

McMaster Alumni Community – Psychology LIVE | December 4 – Registrant