Peter Vuust is that rare combintion - a professional musician and composer, and a professor of neuroscience investigating how our brain responds to music. This wide ranging conversation includes why we humans are so attracted and responsive to music, the link between groove and predictive cognition, the Mozart effect, the tingle/chill factor in music, and how to get more out of atonal music. As if that weren’t enough, Peter shares a track of his upcoming album (he can be seen and heard in several bands at the Aarhus Jazz Festival in July). 

Participants:

Peter Vuust, musician, composer, professor of neuroscience and Head of the Department of Music and the Brain at Aarhus University, Denmark. http://www.petervuust.dk http://www.musicinthebrain.dk/peter-vuust/

Andrew Platman, writer and retired physican.

Ken Barrett, artist, writer and retired neuropsychiatrist/psychophysiologist.

http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk

Music : 'Homage to Keith', composed by Peter Vuust, played by the Peter Vuust Quartet (2024, with permission).

Portrait sketch by KB.

Brainland the opera website:

https://www.brainlandtheopera.co.uk

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