Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:30:00 +0000
<p><a href="http://s.mehr.cz/">Samuel Mehr</a> joins us this week to share his perspective on why people are musical, where music comes from, and why it works the way it does. We discuss a number of empirical studies related to music and musical cognition, and dispense a few myths about music along the way.</p> <p>Some of Sam's work discussed in this episode include <a href="https://drive.google.com/a/datascience.com/file/d/0B37emGJjrWcfR2dYZDVtRVlXOUk/view"> Music in the Home: New Evidence for an Intergenerational Link</a>,<a href="https://drive.google.com/a/datascience.com/file/d/0B37emGJjrWcfS3F5NTZBNGhUTFU/view">Two randomized trials provide no consistent evidence for nonmusical cognitive benefits of brief preschool music enrichment</a>, and <a href="http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00988/full"> Miscommunication of science: music cognition research in the popular press</a>. Additional topics we discussed are also covered in a Harvard Gazette article featuring Sam titled <a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/12/muting-the-mozart-effect/"> Muting the Mozart effect</a>.</p> <p>You can follow Sam on twitter via <a href="https://twitter.com/samuelmehr">@samuelmehr</a>.</p>
