Virginia Penhune

Virginia Penhune is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University and an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill. She is a founding member of the Montreal Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound (BRAMS). Dr. Penhune completed her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at McGill University in 1998 under the supervision of Dr. Michael Petrides. Her doctoral research examined the neural basis of auditory rhythm perception and production. She then pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at Laval University with Dr. Julien Doyon focused on the neural basis of motor skill learning. Dr. Penhune joined the Department of Psychology at Concordia University in 2000 and directs the Laboratory for Motor Control and Neural Plasticity. See full CV.

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Emotions 2021/22

The Concept For centuries emotions have been pitted against reason and located somewhere in between the heart and the gut, totally alien to the brain.

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