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 Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marie-Victorin, Room D-427 : Please register via the Doodle link.

• The lecture will also be available via Zoom and will be recorded. No registration required.

Meeting ID: 850 3087 1170 / Passcode: 602587

• The lecture will also be streaming live on Facebook.

The recording will be available on https://www.facebook.com/BramsMontreal/videos

Medicina Dolorum: Can Music Rewire the Post-Stroke Brain?

Abstract: Brain strokes often induce disabling cognitive deficits. Recent advances highlight the importance of intra- and inter-hemispheric connectivity for recovery from stroke-induced attention deficits. Can audio-visual music experience, which engages coordinated bi-hemispheric brain activity, help compensate for post-stroke deficits by reconnecting brain regions isolated by the stroke? I will discuss a rehabilitation protocol based on these notions and present some preliminary results.

Bio:  Paolo Bartolomeo, MD, PhD, is a clinical neurologist and neuroscientist with special expertise in the cognitive neuroscience of subjective experience. He leads the PICNIC Lab at the Paris Brain Institute, located within the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. Dr. Bartolomeo’s research has made high-impact contributions to understanding the structural and functional neuroanatomy of attention, perception, and mental imagery. His work employs a multidisciplinary approach integrating cutting-edge behavioral assessments, advanced neuroimaging, and neurostimulation techniques. His investigations, spanning healthy individuals and patients with brain injuries, have provided insight into the neural basis of conscious experience, cognitive recovery in stroke, and the dynamic interactions between perception and attention.