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Is music a fleeting illusion or the key to understanding the mind itself?
Where does music live in the mind? Is it an evolutionary by-product, a trick of perception—or something deeper?
From Pinker’s auditory cheesecake to sonic illusions like the McGurk effect and Deutsch’s phantom melodies, music plays with our senses in ways we barely comprehend. Yet its ties to language, memory, and emotion suggest it is fundamental to human thought. Can we see its traces in the brain?
This lecture explores whether music is a fleeting illusion—or the key to understanding the mind itself. It is hosted by Professor Milton Mermikides, Gresham College's Professor of Music.
LSO St Luke's is located on Old Street, outside the City of London boundary.
