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BRAMS-CRBLM Lecture Series - Steven Brown

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 15:00to16:30
Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, Room D-427, Montreal, QC, H2V 2T2, CA

Dr. Steven Brown (McMaster University) will give a lecture entitled “Toward a Neural Basis of the Inner Voice: Implications for Speech and Music Processing”.
Abstract: Researchers in music cognition assume that the processes that they study – such as listening, discrimination, and imagery – are tasks that mainly activate auditory parts of the brain. However, much evidence has accrued in recent years to indicate that such tasks activate the brain system for vocal-motor planning as well, suggesting that subvocalization serves a critical mediating role in the cognition of music and speech. The most ubiquitous manifestation of subvocalization is the inner voice that the majority of people experience throughout their daily lives. In this talk, I will describe the subvocalization system of the human brain and argue that it is implicated in virtually all aspects of speech and music processing.

When: January 28, 2026, 3:00-4:30pm followed by a cocktail
Where: Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, Room D-427

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