Aniruddh Patel
Appointment
Fellow
Brain, Mind & Consciousness
About
Aniruddh (Ani) Patel researches the cognitive, neural and evolutionary foundations of music cognition. Areas of emphasis include rhythmic processing and relations between music and language processing.
He has used a range of methods in his research, including human brain imaging, theoretical analyses, acoustic research and comparative work with other species. Patel has served as president of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition and has published an award-winning scholarly book (Music, Language, and the Brain, 2008 Oxford Univ. Press) and more than 90 research articles. In 2015 he released a set of 18 lectures on music and the brain aimed at a general audience, produced by The Great Courses.
Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University
- ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Music, Language, and the Brain
- Music Has Power Award, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function
Relevant Publications
Patel, A.D. (2019). Evolutionary music cognition: Cross-species studies. In: P. J. Rentfrow & D. Levitin (Eds.) Foundations in Music Psychology: Theory and Research. (459-501). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Patel, A.D. (2018). Music as a transformative technology of the mind: An update. In: H. Honing (Ed.) The Origins of Musicality (113-126). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Ozernov-Palchik, O., Wolf, M., & Patel, A.D. (2018). Relationships between early literacy and non-linguistic rhythmic processes in kindergarten children. J. Exp. Child Psychology, 167, 354-368. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.11.009
Bregman, M.R., Patel, A.D., & Gentner, T.Q. (2016). Songbirds use spectral shape, not pitch, for sound pattern recognition. PNAS, 113, 1666-1671.
Patel, A.D. (2008). Music, Language, and the Brain. NY: Oxford University Press.
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