Videos

Teaser – Sources of Rhythm

Welcoming Comments – The Sources of Rhythm

In these welcoming comments, several participants from the Université de Montréal take the floor to promote the originality of intersectoral research and the universality of the theme of rhythm. They also explain the unique nature of the 2018 edition of the Killam Prizes and underscore the boldness of the laureates in having succeeded in advancing science while leaving their respective comfort zone. Finally, they address the ties between the arts and the sciences, and how these intersectoral encounters on rhythm were organized.

December 5^th, 2019

Closing Remarks – The Sources of Rhythm

To conclude this Second Université de Montréal Intersectoral Encounter on Rhythm, Santiago Hidalgo, associate professor in the Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques at the Université de Montréal, discusses what he has taken away from this event.

December 5^th, 2019

Vladimir Hachinski – “Brains, arts and sciences: We got rhythm!”

In this lecture, Killam Prize laureate Vladimir Hachinski explores the brain as a way of understanding certain relations between science and the arts. He explores in particular how learning music and languages demonstrates the brain’s power to shape cultures and vice-versa. He also underscores the important role for human health of rapid eye movement sleep and brainwave entrainment. A question period open to the audience completes this lecture.

December 5^th, 2019

André Gaudreault – “Film and paradoxical sleep: an intersectoral paradox?”

At the heart of this lecture is the notion of paradox and the wish to cast a bridge between the arts and neuroscience, and between cinema studies and psychoanalysis. Killam Prize laureate André Gaudreault is especially interested in the connection between the film viewer’s Rapid Eye Movements (REM) and the REM of dreams. He also explains the important role of rhythm in his life and research. A question period open to the audience closes this talk.

December 5^th, 2019

Janet Werker – “Thoughts on how rhythm might help babies break into language”

In this lecture, Killam Prize laureate Janet Werker underscores the unique ability of humans to be synchronized with a variety of aspects of the outside world and to adapt to constructions and representations of our own creation and to the information we learn. She focuses on topics such as rhythm and human interaction, rhythm and childhood development, and rhythm and language development. She also takes up the correlation between language and music. A question period open to the audience closes this talk.

December 6^th, 2019

James Pinfold – “Unheard Melodies”

In this pre-recorded lecture, Killam Prize laureate James Pinfold discusses the first part of his short film Hidden Melodies. He explains how several famous scientific discoveries throughout history have been inspired by hidden melodies perceptible only in an abstract manner. Following these remarks, a discussion with James Pinfold elucidates his relationship with the arts and sciences and our understanding of classical and modern physics.

December 6^th, 2019

Walter Herzog – “Molecular and Whole Body Rhythms in Human Movement”

At the heart of this lecture lie ideas on the random nature of the molecular level of living beings compared to the control exercised on the muscles and on movement. Killam Prize laureate Walter Herzog emphasizes the intrinsic nature of rhythm in our musculoskeletal networks and its power of healing certain illnesses of the brain in connection with this. A question period open to the audience completes this lecture.

December 5^th, 2019

Roundtable – “The importance of the improbable”

André Gaudreault, Vladimir Hachinski, Walter Herzog and Janet Werker recount the improbable origin of their collaboration after receiving the Killam Prize in 2018. Among other topics, they speak of their interest in rhythm, of the role of improbability in their profession and of the advice they have received throughout their career. They then discussed how funding agencies and university institutions can create environments of “comfortable improbability” for the next generation at a time when they are suffering from a problem of over-specialisation in the production of knowledge, and the importance of the dominant paradigms in several fields. The Killam laureates underscore the fact that a good way of improving things is by letting scholars change disciplines.

december 5^th, 2019

Roundtable – “The challenges of intersectorality”

The objective of this round table was to revisit the theme of intersectorality. Four participants working in different disciplines share their views on this theme, explaining what led them to undertake intersectoral projects and commenting on the added value intersectorality has brought to their activities. The participants then discuss the challenges posed by intersectorality, underscoring in particular the importance of openness to intersectoral studies on the part of universities, whether with respect to creating and organizing events which promote intersectoral collaborations or by training intercessors to assist in the dissemination of knowledge. They mention also the limits of intersectorality in an academic world organized into “silos” and in which disciplines are not always recognized as being on the same level.

December 5^th, 2019

Closing Round Table

The Killam Prize laureates discuss what they have learned and the impact of this project on their upcoming research. They identify avenues of reflection and exploration to prepare upcoming research on rhythm and the way in which this research can be implemented in society. The participants also underscore the importance of conceiving a project in connection with several disciplines, and the beauty of the potential of topics like rhythm with respect to connectability. Finally, the researchers reflect on the role of rhythm in the work of new generations and offer them advice on future research.

December 6^th, 2019

Poster – Caroline Martin

Caroline Martin, research coordinator at Laboratoire Cinémédias, explains her laboratory’s project: to measure the impact of accelerated rhythm in narrative audiovisual content on the brain of young viewers.

December 5^th, 2019

Poster – Camille Gaillard

Camille Gaillard, a research assistant with the BRAMS laboratory, explains her laboratory’s project: to measure perceptual and sensorimotor norms in adults in order to determine normal thresholds.

December 5^th, 2019

Poster – Victoria Duda

Victoria Duda, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université de Montréal, speaks about her research project, in which she focuses on the gaps in noise and temporal resolution.

December 5^th, 2019

Poster – Ming Ruo Zhang

Ming Ruo Zhang, a master’s student in psychology, explains her research project, in which she seeks to exercise the rhythmic capacity of people who suffer from beat deafness, meaning that they are incapable of detecting rhythm.

December 5^th, 2019

Poster – Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz

Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université de Montréal and at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, speaks about her research project, in which she explores the importance of brain development for perceptive ability in children as they grow older.

December 5^th, 2019

Teaser – “Perceived Rhythm / Not Perceived Rhythm”

Opening Remarks – Perceived Rhythm / Not Perceived Rhythm

Santiago Hidalgo, an associate professor in the Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques at the Université de Montréal, welcomes us to this First Université de Montréal Intersectoral Encounter on Rhythm, entitled “Perceived Rhythm/Unperceived Rhythm”. He explains the ways in which his laboratory (Laboratoire CinéMédias) is intrinsically connected to the two principal issues of this encounter: rhythm and intersectorality.

May 2^nd, 2019

Vladimir Hachinski – “Neurognosis : Unifying Arts and Science Through Knowledge of the Brain”

In this lecture, Vladimir Hachinski explores the theme of rhythm and the way it is connected to discipline of each of the 2018 Killam Prize laureates. He then explains the importance of rhythm for the human brain and the link between the brain, music and visual symptoms. To do this, he takes up in particular the problem of migraines, of arrhythmia leading to sudden death, and of cerebral vascular accidents. Next, he underscores the way in which our surroundings shape the brain, and vice-versa, and how that led him to coin the term neurognosis in an attempt to better understand our behaviour, our feelings and what we produce. Finally, Vladimir Hachinski mentions the importance of intersectorality for incorporating theoretical principles in practice. A question period open to the audience completes this lecture.

May 2^nd, 2019

Roundtable – “À chacun son rythme!”

In this round table, various participants speak about the question of intersectorality in the university community in terms of the issues around its application, from establishing and funding intersectoral projects to carrying them out. They also mention the role of intersectorality in their personal lives and professional careers, and discuss their recent research, projects and collaborations. Finally, they think about the role of intersectorality in various disciplines and answer questions from the audience.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Julie Carrier

Julie Carrier, Vice-rectrice associée à la recherche et aux études at the Université de Montréal, speaks of her expectations from the First Université de Montréal Intersectoral Encounters on Rhythm and on the role of intersectorality in the university community.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Caroline Martin

Caroline Martin, research coordinator at Laboratoire Cinémédias, explains her laboratory’s project: to measure the impact of accelerated rhythm in narrative audiovisual content on the brain of young viewers.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Sylvain Caron & Caroline Traube

Sylvain Caron and Caroline Traube are, respectively, director of the Groupe de recherche en interprétation musicale, analyse et expression (GRIMAE) and professor of acoustics and psychoacoustics at the Université de Montréal. Together, they speak about their projects around the production of the perception of rhythm in interpretation, and on the way emotions are conveyed by the interpretation of music.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – André Gaudreault

André Gaudreault, 2018 Killam Prize laureate in the humanities, speaks about the challenges of organizing this First Université de Montréal Intersectoral Encounter on Rhythm. He also underscores the intersectoral nature of this research project and the importance of intersectoral research in the university community.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Hugo Laflamme

Hugo Laflamme, a doctoral student in psychology and research assistant at BRAMS, introduces the work of his laboratory on evaluating and training perceptual and sensorimotor rhythmic capabilities.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Yann Harel

Yann Harel, a doctoral student at the Université de Montréal and a member of CoCo Lab, explains the laboratory’s objectives: to apply computer science to our understanding of the human brain, and in particular to our understanding of neural oscillations. He also speaks about his research into cerebral sonification and revisits the lecture by 2018 Killam Prize in health sciences laureate Vladimir Hachinski.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Santiago Hidalgo

Santiago Hidalgo, an associate professor in the Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques of the Université de Montréal, revisits this First Intersectoral Encounter on Rhythm and speaks about the future of Laboratoire CinéMédias with respect to its approach in the face of intersectorality and the role cinema studies plays in it.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Solenne Van der Maren

Solenne Van der Maren, a doctoral student in clinical neuropsychology at the Université de Montréal and a member of CÉAMS, speaks about her research project on sleep and circadian rhythms after moderate to severe craniocerebral trauma. She explains the important role of rhythm in her project, and also mentions the relevance of intersectoral events in the academic milieu as a way of enabling people to have a broader perspective on their research.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Cloé Blanchette-Carrière

Cloé Blanchette-Carrière, who holds a master’s degree in biomedical sciences at the University de Montréal and is a member of CÉAMS, speaks about her research project, which seeks to create awareness in people while sleeping by means of transcranial stimulation using alternating current. She also offers her thoughts on intersectorality in the academic milieu.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Ola Choukair

Ola Choukair, a master’s student in neuroscience at the Université de Montréal, explains her research into fractals in the brain and speaks about the role of intersectorality in the university community.

May 2^nd, 2019

Poster – Karim Jerbi

Karim Jerbi, a professor in the Département de psychologie of the Université de Montréal and Canada Research Chair in Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroimaging, explains his laboratory’s objective, to understand the dynamics of cerebral networks.

May 2^nd, 2019