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MERKER, Bjorn (Sweden) : Biological Origins of Sensory Consciousness (Les origines biologiques de la conscience sensorielle)

PhD Neurosciences MIT 1980

MPC, Royal University College of Music


Sweden

AREAS OF INTEREST(THEMATIQUE)

 Large scale neuronal theories of brain function; countercurrent modelling of cortical memory; the thalamocortical complex and consciousness; the biological basis of music in humans.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 The Origins of Music, Nils L. Wallin, Björn Merker + Steven Brown (editors)The MIT Press

PUBLICATIONS

 Merker B. Synchronous chorusing and the origins of music. Special issue on Rhythm, musical narrative and the origins of human communication. Musicae Scientiae, 1999/2000, pp. 53-74.

Ujhelyi M, Merker B, Buk P, Geissmann T. Observations on the behavior of gibbons (Hylobates leucogenys, H. gabriellae, and H. lar) in the presence of mirrors. J Comp Psychol 2000 Sep;114(3):253-62

Merker B, Cox C. Development of the female great call in Hylobates gabriellae: A case study. Folia Primatol (Basel) 1999 Mar-Apr;70(2):97-106