From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> To: Al seckel Subject: Re: Fwd: Catching up Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:14:51 +0000 I wrote a comment as asked , but could not acess the blog On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Al seckel < Did you send this to me by mistake? wrote: BTW, have you ever heard of Sean Bennett? He was a remarkably gifted prodigy pianist (transcribed all the Horowitz variations by ear, performed them flawlessly) but then went on to study neuroscience at Harvard. He worked in Kosslyn's lab and came up with some interesting ideas about music and language. I know this was an interest of yours. If you don't know him, I will send some links. He is quite remarkable in a number of ways. From: Jeffrey E stein <'eevacationegmail.com> To: Al seckel < > Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 11:53:27 PM Subject: Fwd: Catching up Forwarded message From: Mark Tramo MD PhD Date: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:37 AM Subject: Re: Catching up To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Yes, indeed!...Will call via Lesley tomorrow (Thurs 11/5) - What are you up to these days? Are you back from Europe? Back in science? We need you! Just got a paper accepted on autonomic responses to pain and their modulation by music in premature infants...going to the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in SD next week to present some work on the role of human auditory cortex in intensity processing and loudness perception...got nominated for governship on the LA Board of the Natl Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences... And am banging away on the innateness hypothesis from a mathematical perspective: Simplicity in spatial/spectral (harmonic) relationships in an instant of time and simplicity in temporal (rhythmic) relationships - If we show that we can attenuate pain-induced heart-rate increases in premies with consonant - but not dissonant - music, or with metrical but not non-metrical rhythms (carried by synthetic heartbeat sounds), we'd have evidence from the brai