NCML Symposium

NCML Symposium „Cross-species perspectives on vocal communication: Speech, song, and emotions”

We are excited to welcome Professor Kazuo Okanoya, Yuka Suzuki and Riseru Koshiishi, experts in vocal communication and emotion across species, at our institute for a symposium entitled “Cross-species perspectives on vocal communication: Speech, song, and emotions”. Their work in birds and rodents and our work in humans will be topic in two sessions from 10:30 – 12 and 14 – 16 (CEST) as shown below.

SESSION 1 – Vocal communication in birds and rodents

10:30-11:00 Riseru Koshiishi: Behavioral and electrophysiological correlates of emotional calls in rats

11:00-11:30 Yuka Suzuki: Development of song-motor selectivity in the basal ganglia neurons in Bengalese finches

11:30-12:00 Kazuo Okanoya: Evolution of song complexity in Bengalese finches: relaxed and focused selections

SESSION 2 – Vocal communication in humans

14:00-14:30 Seung-Goo Kim: Neural encoding of musical emotions

14:30-15:00 Seung-Cheol Baek: Dissociating representational dynamics of phonemes and speech prosody: An MEG study

15:00-15:30 Daniela Sammler: Making sense of social sounds: Determinants of intention recognition in speech prosody

You can join the symposium onsite at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (conference room 416-419) or online: https://s.gwdg.de/mmgdaO