Music, Math and Mind
(AV4000/fall-2024)




week 1   [9/5]

welcome to the class! -- parameters of sound


week 2   [9/12]

Acoustics/Math of pitch, scales, and harmony
lecture by Seth Cluett and Brad Garton


week 3   [9/19]

special guest: Gamin


week 4   [9/26]

Math of sound and resonance
plus special guest: Jason Kao Hwang


week 5   [10/3]

Waves and harmonics; data sonification
special guest: Ben Holzman


week 6   [10/10]

neurophysiology of rhythm
plus special guests: Pedro Cortes and Jose Moreno
flamenco music and theory


week 7   [10/17]

Neural mechanisms of emotion
plus special guests: Elizabeth Olson (ear mechanisms) and Richard Einhorn (approaches to treat hearing loss)


week 8   [10/24]

neurophysiology of rhythm


week 9   [10/31]

deep brain physiology of sound
plus special guest: James Nobel


week 10   [11/7]

animal sound, song and music
plus special guests: Ofer Tchernichovski, and Vikram Gadagkar


week 11   [11/14]

plus special guest: Sussan Deyhim


week 12   [11/21]

special topics discussions
Sound disorders and hallucinations
neuroscience!


------- thanksgiving ------- [11/28]



week 13   [12/5]

presentation of student projects
plus special guest: Justin Golub


week 14   [12/12]

overflow for student presentations (if needed)