{"id":348,"date":"2023-10-17T14:46:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:32:25","slug":"brain-music-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome!<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-779 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2025\/06\/IMG_5334-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2025\/06\/IMG_5334-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2025\/06\/IMG_5334-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2025\/06\/IMG_5334-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2025\/06\/IMG_5334-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainandmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2025\/06\/IMG_5334-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><br \/>\nWelcome to the Brain &amp; Music Lab at USC&#8217;s Brain &amp; Creativity Institute. Our group is interested in the interdisciplinary study of music, psychology, and neuroscience. We employ techniques such as Electroencephalography (EEG), functional, structural, and diffusion-weighted neuroimaging (MRI), and psychometric measures to answer a wide variety of questions related to how music listening and playing interacts with and influences the brain throughout the lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>Our lab is led by Dr. Assal Habibi, in collaboration with Dr. Antonio Damasio, Dr. Hanna Damasio, and Dr. Beatriz Ilari. We are part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dornsife.usc.edu\/bci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brain &amp; Creativity Institute<\/a> at the University of Southern California, which houses the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/brainimaging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dornsife Neuroimaging Center.<\/a> We are also part of the new interdisciplinary <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cmbs\/\">Center for Music, Brain, and Society, <\/a>directed by Dr. Assal Habibi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--signup-form \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--signup-form\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Interested in participating in our research?\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field 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