Date: Thursday 20 june 2019  and

             Friday 21 June 2019.

Program:

Thursday 20th June (Colloquium Day 1)

09:00 [REGISTRATION AND COFFEE]

09:30 Introduction (Honing/Fisher)

Topic 1: Phenotypes of musicality, and how to measure them

                   Chair/Moderator: Bruno Gingras

09:50 Ani Patel - Phenotyping  musicality for genetic studies: a cognitive

            neuroscience perspective

10:20 Daniel Müllensiefen - The cognitive psychometrics of music and the

            development of musical abilities

10:50 [BREAK]

11:10 Patrick Savage - Cross-cultural perspectives on nature and nurture

           in human music

11:40 Samuel Mehr - Psychology of music in genomic imprinting disorders

12:10 Discussion [Focus: What is the most promising means of carving

           musicality into components? How can these constituent components

           be effectively probed in humans?]

13:00 [LUNCH]

Topic 2: Genetic approaches for studying human variation

                    Chair/Moderator: Simon Fisher

14:00 Miriam Mosing - Utilizing twin data to test music-related theories

14:30 Dorret Boomsma - Genetic approaches for studying human

            variation

15:00 Beate St  Pourcain - New approaches to understand genetic and

            residual relatedness among complex phenotypes

15:30 [BREAK]

15:50 Isabelle Peretz - The extraordinary genetic variations of musical

            pitch

16:20 Discussion [Focus: How can studies of interindividual variation yield

            insights into the genetic architecture underlying human musicality?

            What are the strengths & limitations of diverse approaches, from

            focused analyses of extreme traits through to large-scale investigations

            of epidemiological cohorts?]

17:30 [RECEPTION]

19:00 [DINNER]

Friday 21st June (Colloquium Day 2)

09:00 [REGISTRATION AND COFFEE]

Topic 3: Uncovering biological connections between musicality and

                    other traits

                   Chair/Moderator: Reyna Gordon

09:30 Lea Davis - The genetic contribution to the human capacity for     

             rhythm

10:00 Irma Järvelä - Genomics approaches for studying musical aptitude

            and related traits

10:30 Sonja Kotz - Genetic determinants of timing and auditory sensitivity

11:00 [BREAK]

11:20 Frederik Ullén - The genetic architecture of associations between

            musical training, musical aptitude and psychological traits

11:50 Discussion [Focus: What will pleiotropy with other traits tell us about

            the evolutionary origins of musicality? If discovered, how can we put to

            use new knowledge generated from genomic studies regarding shared

            genetic architecture for musicality, health, and the brain?]

12:40 [LUNCH]

Topic 4: Towards an international consortium integrating

                     musicality & genomics

                    Chair/Moderator: Henkjan Honing

13:40 Bruno Gingras - Assessing the musicality phenotype: Current trends

            and outlook

14:10 Reyna Gordon - Towards the genomic basis of rhythm: Building

           blocks of a research program

14:40 Simon Fisher - Musicality and the shifting landscape of 21st century

            genomics

15:10 [BREAK]

15:30 Henkjan Honing - Prospects, pitfalls, and plans

16:00 Final Discussion [Focus: Could coordinated activities of leading experts

            across the world offer substantive new opportunities for uncovering

            the biological bases of musicality? What are the most effective ways for

            establishing an international consortium; what should be the

            overarching goals & major points of focus? What are the prospects &

            pitfalls of such an endeavor?]

17:00 [CLOSE]

Deciphering the biology of human musicality through state-of-the-art genomics

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KNAW Colloquium on Musicality and Genomics

20/21 June 2019, Amsterdam, The Netherlands