{"id":18639,"date":"2021-10-14T13:54:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idibell.cat\/en\/?p=18639"},"modified":"2021-10-14T19:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:09:54","slug":"sonard-idibell-and-lhospitalet-join-forces-to-do-a-live-experiment-that-will-study-the-differences-when-it-comes-to-discovering-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idibell.cat\/en\/2021\/10\/sonard-idibell-and-lhospitalet-join-forces-to-do-a-live-experiment-that-will-study-the-differences-when-it-comes-to-discovering-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3nar+D, IDIBELL and L\u2019Hospitalet join forces to do a live experiment that will study the differences when it comes to discovering new music"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\u2019Hospitalet presents, once again, a hybrid proposal for S\u00f3nar D that combines art, research and innovation with the goal of designing new cultural content for an audience that demands novel experiences. The proposal is promoted in connection with the L\u2019Hospitalet 6.0 strategy, which aims to accelerate innovation and digital transformation of the city and expects to be a meeting point between creativity and advanced technological innovation. It will bring together musicians, composers, cultural historians, technologists, scientists and developers in order to discuss, explore and demonstrate that the interaction between humans and machines can create environments that we had never imagined before, through a series of events that includes two sessions of an experiment that will explore the curiosity on music, a large plenary lecture and artistic productions created by some artists from the Cultural District.<\/p>\n

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“Being a Curious Music-Mind” by IDIBELL with DJ Alicia Carrera<\/h4>\n

Music plays a key role in our lives: it has the inherent ability to evoke a wide range of emotions and feelings and it is used as a powerful mood regulator. But strong individual differences have been observed in the intrinsic motivation to look for new music and enjoy it. For example, while some people spend a lot of time discovering new music, other people get stuck listening to the same songs and artists for years. In addition, there are also solid differences in our ability to experience pleasure in listening to music (the so-called musical hedonism), as well as in the susceptibility to go through transcendental experiences or states of maximum emotion.<\/p>\n

With the purpose of exploring and studying the differences in the vibrant world of musical curiosity, the S\u00f3nar D festival, L’Hospitalet City Council and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) come together to present a unique and inspiring proposal, full of talent and innovation thanks to the combination of culture, science and technology.<\/p>\n

The team of neuroscientists from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona led by Antoni Rodr\u00edguez-Fornells, for the first time and in a naturalistic environment, propose a scientific experiment that aims to characterize the differences in curiosity (and the search for new musical information) developed by listeners after being exposed to new musical pieces. Such differences will be assessed taking into account each individual musical profile.<\/p>\n

During the first stage of the experiment, participants will be exposed to previously unreleased musical pieces and will answer questions throughout the session by DJ Al\u00edcia Carreras, specially prepared for this experiment. In a second stage, the following day, each participant will have to answer a questionnaire.<\/p>\n

Two sessions for the experiment have been scheduled. The first will take place on October 29 at 12 noon at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) and the second at Sala Salamandra in L’Hospitalet, on October 30 at 12 noon. For both events, attendees, who must be over the age of 18, must bring a cell phone with data and a charged battery.<\/p>\n

Antoni Rodr\u00edguez Fornells is a principal investigator in the research group on Cognition and Brain Plasticity at IDIBELL and a professor at the University of Barcelona. His latest work shows that listening to vocal music promotes recovery and brain health after a stroke and that brain structure determines individual differences regarding musical sensitivity. Intrinsically interdisciplinary, his research requires the interconnection of diverse fields, such as brain plasticity, brain development, and mechanisms of learning.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available at:<\/p>\n