October 1st, 2008 - September 30th, 2010 | PROJECT
Independent Production Fund is producing a three-part public television series focusing on the latest research in the science of music. The programs will explore how cutting-edge science is revealing new connections between music and the human mind and body, the natural world and the cosmos. The series will follow researchers from a variety of fields including physiology, neuroscience, psychology, biology, physics and education, as they use groundbreaking techniques and technologies to unravel age-old mysteries about music\'s persistence, universality and emotional power. It will show how these researchers are shedding valuable new light on the way brains work. The impact of the programs will be extended through a content-rich companion web site and innovative formal and informal educational-outreach materials to both middle and high school age students, as well as a complementary radio component. Mannes Productions will produce the series; Goodman Research Group will conduct formative evaluation and Rockman et al will conduct summative evaluation.
Project Website(s)
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Project Products
The Music Instinct Formative Evaluation
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/
Team Members
Elena Mannes, Principal Investigator, Educational Broadcasting CorporationFunders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0917652
Funding Amount: 1072560
Tags
Audience: Educators | Teachers | General Public | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Art | music | theater | Education and learning science | Life science | Physics | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Broadcast Media | Media and Technology | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media