Scientific Committee: J.-P. Changeux, R. Chartier, A. Compagnon, S. Dehaene, P. Dusapin, C. Petit, Professors at the Collège de France
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Morning: Chairman, Stanislas Dehaene, Collège de France
Pierre Corvol
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Introduction by Pierre Corvol, Administrator of the Collège de France and Jean-Pierre Changeux, Collège de France
From acoustic signal to perception
Christine Petit
Hearing: the physiological bases of hearing, Christine Petit, Collège de France
Jacques Bouveresse
Helmholtz and the physiological theory of music, Jacques Bouveresse, Collège de France
Speech and music: uniquely human?
Mice, chimpanzees and the molecular basis of language, Wolfgang Enard, Max-Planck-Institute of evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Self-organization in the evolution of speech
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, INRIA
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Afternoon: Session chaired by Antoine Compagnon, Collège de France
Diversity of cultures, invariance of structures?
Luigi Rizzi
How to formalize language diversity? Luigi Rizzi, University of Siena, Italy
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Simha Arom
Entre parole et musique : les langages tambourinés d'Afrique Centrale, Simha Arom, CNRS, langues- musiques-sociétés download his biography
The invention of new modes of communication
Roger Chartier
Capturing the living word: notating the music of speech, Roger Chartier, Collège de France
Michael Edwards
Poetry and music: audible thought, Michael Edwards, Collège de France
Xavier Rodet
Synthesis of the spoken and sung voice, Xavier Rodet, IRCAM download biography
Concert by Donatienne Michel-Dansac, soprano
Computer music production IRCAM
Hèctor Parra : Strette / Georges Aperghis : Recitations (excerpts)
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Morning: Session chaired by Jean-Pierre Changeux, Collège de France
Plasticity and education
Learning to sing in birds: the importance of social influences, Martine Hausberger, Université de Rennes
Ghislaine Dehaene
How do children learn their mother tongue? Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, CNRS, Centre NeuroSpin download biography and bibliography
Helen Neville
Variability in brain plasticity: how can musical training improve cognition? Helen Neville, University of Oregon, U.S.A. download her abstract download her biography
Dialogue in failure
Isabelle Peretz
L'échec du dialogue entre parole et musique dans le chant, Isabelle Peretz, Université de Montréal, Canada download her biography download her Abstract
Monica Zilbovicius
The reasons for autism, Monica Zilbovicius, INSERM, CEA download her biography download her Abstract
Afternoon: Session chaired by Christine Petit, Collège de France
From speech to song
Christian Lorenzi
De la parole et du bruit : l'organisation de la compréhension orale, Christian Lorenzi, ENS, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes download his biography
Claude Hagège
Parole-chant : L'opéra, Claude Hagège, Collège de France
Music of language, language of music
Jean-Claude Risset
Musique et parole, de l'acoustique au numérique, Jean-Claude Risset, CNRS - LMA download his biography
4:00 pm Break
Peter Szendy
"Parole, Parole, Parole", Peter Szendy, Université Paris X Nanterre
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Emmanuel Bigand
Emotion in musical language, Emmanuel Bigand, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne download abstract download his biography
