/channels-contribute/taxonomy/term/104/all en /channels-contribute/channels/news/join-us-our-inaugural-symposium-music-and-language-focus-year-development-225645 <p>Registration is now open for the CRBLM Inaugural Symposium on Music and Language, to be held in Montréal, Canada on Friday, May 3rd and Saturday May 4th 2013. A brief conference program is included below.  Full details about the conference and registration information are available at <a href="http://www.crblm.ca/symposium/registration">www.crblm.ca/symposium/registration</a>  </p> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:19:13 +0000 lisa.coady@mcgill.ca 714 at /channels-contribute /channels-contribute/channels/news/early-music-lessons-boost-brain-development-224936 <p style="text-align:left" align="center"><i><span><span>Montreal researchers find that music lessons before age seven create stronger connections in the brain</span></span></i></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span><span>If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded – or loved – helped develop your brain. The younger you started music lessons, the stronger the connections in your brain.</span></span></p> <p><span></span></p> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:45:00 +0000 anita.kar@mcgill.ca 679 at /channels-contribute /channels-contribute/channels/event/musicians-born-or-made-%E2%80%A8scientific-workshop-music-and-talent-followed-free-concert-co <p>The role of natural endowment and hard work in musical performance is one of the oldest and most contentious issue in both science and society. Up to the 20th century, innate talent was associated to musicianship.</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:33:57 +0000 lisa.coady@mcgill.ca 662 at /channels-contribute /channels-contribute/channels/news/attack-silent-watchmen-charge-defend-nervous-system-218536 <p>In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters.  Microglia are the immune cells of the nervous system, ingesting and destroying pathogens and damaged nerve cells. Until now little was known about the molecular mechanisms of microglia activation despite this being a critical process in the body.</p> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:55:53 +0000 anita.kar@mcgill.ca 621 at /channels-contribute