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Music surrounds us. It is part of who we are as humans. How foundational is music? Did it precede language? What does music to us neurologically and psychologically? Why does it makes us happier? Why do major chords sound "happy" and minor chords  sound "unhappy." Is it our cultural bias, or is it the music? What is the "Mozart effect"? Can it make us "smarter"? Doe the music of any other composer have this "effect"? Where does music go in the brain and in the mind? Can music be used as a healing art?   Can music  be another form of medicine? How does  music help people with Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, or stroke? These and other fascinating aspects of music at the intersection of brain science will be discussed.

Presented by Vincent de Luise, M.D.

Vincent P. de Luise M.D. F.A.C.S. is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University and the Weill Cornell Medical College where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He is a graduate of UCSF (medical internship and Proctor Foundation and Heed Fellowship in corneal disease and surgery) and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (ophthalmology residency). He is Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Yale and Adjunct Clinical Asst Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr de Luise  lectures nationally and internationally in ophthalmology, as well as  on topics in music and medicine.  Dr de Luise is a clarinetist and was a co-founder of the American Academy of Ophthalmology  Noontime Classical Music Concert. He is president of the Connecticut Summer Opera Foundation, is on the Board of the Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra, and writes frequently about music and the arts and their relationship to healing. His published articles and essays in music, the humanities and medicine are archived at A Musical Vision  www.amusicalvision.blogspot.com

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