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SUMMARY:Daniel L. Bowling - Music and Health: Biological Foundations and Applications *Rescheduled from 1/13/25*
DESCRIPTION:Music and Health: Biological Foundations and Applications\nDaniel L. Bowling\nStanford University School of Medicine\, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\nStanford University School of Humanities and Sciences\, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)\nEvery day\, hundreds of millions of people turn to music to regulate their mood\, take pleasure\, and socialize. These effects apply directly to core dimensions of mental health\, including affect\, reward\, and social functioning. This correspondence is attracting attention from public and private investors (e.g.\, the National Institutes of Health and Universal Music Group). The evidence at hand includes hundreds of controlled trials examining music therapies\, meta-analyses of which show clinically significant effects across a broad range of major functional disorders (e.g.\, of mood\, anxiety\, sociality\, psychosis\, and dementia). Building on this success\, a variety of new and developing music-based treatments are being sold and tested in support of health and wellness. In this talk\, I will present our growing understanding of music’s underlying biology alongside recent work to combine music neuroscience\, therapy\, composition\, and technology towards new applications designed to increase treatment access and biomedical integration. \n 
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/daniel-l-bowling-music-and-health-biological-foundations-and-applications/
LOCATION:352 Haines Hall
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SUMMARY:Tage Rai - Incentivized punishers and moralistic offenders destabilize cooperation
DESCRIPTION:Incentivized punishers and moralistic offenders destabilize cooperation\nTage Rai\nAssistant Professor\nRady School of Management\nUniversity of California\, San Diego\nPunishment is classically theorized to be essential for the evolution of cooperation in human societies and is the primary means by which states attempt to directly reduce crime. Yet\, empirically\, punishment is often ineffective at bringing about its desired changes in behavior. In this talk\, I describe a series of papers from my lab that investigate moral motivation and signaling dynamics between punishers and offenders that reduce the effectiveness of punishment and destabilize cooperation. These studies draw on economic games\, secondary analyses of crime\, and vignette study methods\, and are conducted with participants from general and criminalized populations. I then revisit the question of why we punish\, whether it ever makes sense\, and what our alternatives are.
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/tage-rai-incentivized-punishers-and-moralistic-offenders-destabilize-cooperation/
LOCATION:352 Haines Hall
CATEGORIES:2025,Past Presentation,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Hillard Kaplan - An evolutionary-physiological model of human energy management and the emergence of novel non-communicable diseases
DESCRIPTION:An evolutionary-physiological model of human energy management and the emergence of novel non-communicable diseases\nHillard Kaplan\nProfessor\, Anthropology\, University of New Mexico\nResearch Affiliate\, Economic Science Institute\, Chapman University\nThis talk presents recent findings obtained with Tsimane and Moseten Native South Americans showing that they 1) engage in high levels of physical activity\, and have a high burden of infectious disease and high fertility rates; 2) have a very low prevalence of heart disease and dementia; 3) have slower rates of brain volume loss with age than U.S. and European populations; and 4) evidence a curvilinear relationship of BMI and non-HDL cholesterol with brain volume. Based on those results\, I propose a theoretical model of the evolved human energy management system\, focusing on the regulation and use of macronutrients in supporting physical activity\, brain function\, immunity\, and reproduction. This is followed by a quantitative model that examines how natural selection would act on exogenous changes in energy supply and expenditure. The final part of the talk utilizes the model to explore how recent rapid changes in energy supply\, physical activity\, pathogen burden and reproduction result in increased risk of diabetes\, heart disease\, dementia\, and cancer.
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/hillard-kaplan-an-evolutionary-physiological-model-of-human-energy-management-and-the-emergence-of-novel-non-communicable-diseases/
LOCATION:352 Haines Hall
CATEGORIES:2025,Past Presentation,Presentation
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