The Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab held its sixth annual open house Sept. 15 at its home office on Nashville’s Music Row, welcoming colleagues and friends from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the community for hands-on learning about music and health.
During the evening, attendees stopped at stations in and around the house to hear live music, learn about research on the cognitive impact of music, see demonstrations of testing equipment such as an electroencephalogram or EEG, understand their rhythmic timing with exercises, and even see DNA extracted from strawberries.
Lab directors Reyna Gordon, PhD; Miriam Lense, PhD; and Srishti Nayak, PhD, were excited to highlight the work of faculty, staff and students to improve the understanding of music and health.
“Our open house gives the community a chance to connect over three of the most important building blocks of Nashville: music, health and education,” said Gordon. “In our city where music is such a central part of daily life, we are thrilled to share cutting-edge discoveries on human musicality, including on genes, the brain, behavior, health and society.”
