1/3 Ready to learn about music, mind, and brains?. 👉 Tune in on JULY 17th, 8 - 9 PM EST.🎷 Learn about the use(s) of music in neurology.🎵 Hear how musicians approach tempo, time, and perception. Register here:

3/3 He will be joined by musicians and Manhattan School of Medicine experts – Reiko Fueting and Thomas Palmer. 🎶 They will teach us about perception and time in music!. You will not want to miss this!. @JRBneuropsiq @AnneHellevik @aWise_MD @narologist.

2/3 We will hear from a mixed panel:. 💃Dr. Pantelyat from Johns Hopkins is a Neurologist and Composer who studies the use of music in neurology.🧠 He is also an expert of atypical parkinsonian syndromes. @MichaelOkun @AlbertoEspay @BSNNP1880 @MphStanley @DrKentris.

@DrKentris @MphStanley @AANmember @ajlees @OligoclonalBand @AmericanOsler @JRBneuropsiq @AlbertoEspay @SalsbergMathews @CajalButterfly @acostalmd @BSNNP1880 @EricLeonardis @AaronLBerkowitz @MichaelOkun @AnneHellevik.

3/3 Whether you are a musician, a brain scientist, or you like to sing in the shower. you will not want to miss this!. Register here:

2/3 What to expect?. 1⃣ Dr. Alex Pantelyat from Johns Hopkins will teach us about MUSIC in MEDICINE in his work as a neurologist. 2⃣ Reiko Futing and Thomas Palmer from Manhattan School of Music will regale us with "Time, Musical Time, and Perception of Musical Time".

1/3 Are you ready for our next event?. 🎵 Music and the Brain.🧑‍🎤 Curious about the impact of music on your brain and your mind?.🕺To answer this complex question we recruited TWO musicians and ONE neurologist-musician.

RT @ajlees: Our article on Miryachit published today. A culturally determined startle syndrome with links to shamanism in the Saami nation.….

Want to learn more?. Find our recording here!. @BSNNP1880 @tsfnc @NeurophiliaPod @DrKentris @aWise_MD @ShilpaChitnis2 @SalsbergMathews @AmericanOsler.

What are culture-bound syndromes?. 🙋‍♀️They are psychologic, psychiatric, functional conditions seen within the bounds of specific cultures.⭐️ Think of the startle syndromes like Latah, Miryachit, Jumping Frenchmen of Maine. @ajlees @acostalmd @JRBneuropsiq

Helping us 'deconstruct' this syndrome is the late Ernesto de Martino. 🕷️ Tarantula bites do not cause uncontrolled dancing.💃 Showed that tarantism would occur annually, tightly connected with the end of summer.🇮🇹 Suggested that tarantism was a culture-bound phenomenon

What did we learn about TARANTISM yesterday?. 💃 Tarantism was disorder characterized by constant dancing, hallucinations, and mood symptoms .🕷️ It was thought to be due to the bite of the tarantula.🥁 The cure was music! Musicians would perform a 'musical exorcism'

@MphStanley @tsfnc @yacobg42.

REMINDER FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT!. 🕸️Mattia Rosso will present his talk on "Dancing with Spider: The History of Tarantism" . 📅Register here: @BSNNP1880 @JRBneuropsiq @OligoclonalBand .@CajalButterfly @ajlees @AmericanOsler @acostalmd @AANmember.

RT @OligoclonalBand: This is one of the first things Mattia ever emailed me about - what could be more interesting than TARANTISM? - and I….

4/4 Finally, check out what we had to say about our upcoming talk with the folks of BSNNP @MphStanley .

3/4 Meanwhile. check out our BRAND NEW WEBSITE that our newest recruit and incoming intern @ridafarhan put together.

2/4 Expect to learn about. 🕺 Dancing Plagues.📕 History of medicine.🎵 Music Therapy.🇮🇹 A unique culture-bound syndrome from Italy. @AmericanOsler @MphStanley @DrKentris @MichaelOkun @ChrisBoesMD @acostalmd @AlbertoEspay @yacobg42 @ajlees @tsfnc.

1/4 We are pleased to announce our next NHN Seminar!. 🕸️Mattia Rosso will present his talk on "Dancing with Spider: The History of Tarantism".📅 June 18th, 8 - 9 PM EST on Zoom. Register here: @BSNNP1880 @JRBneuropsiq @OligoclonalBand @CajalButterfly.

@BSNNP1880 @MphStanley @AmericanOsler Check out our recording here; @SalsbergMathews @MphStanley @BSNNP1880 @CajalButterfly @JRBneuropsiq @OligoclonalBand @ShilpaChitnis2 @AaronLBerkowitz.