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in 1989 for his work on neural development and synaptic plasticity, his research during the last 15 years has sought to explain why we see and hear what we do, focusing on the visual perception of lightness, color, form, and motion, and the auditory perception of music and speech.
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in 1971 and was there until 1990. During that time he studied the development of the nervous system. He was elected to the
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physician. His focus then changed from clinical medicine to neurobiology. In 1960, Purves received a
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where he did research on the cognitive neuroscience of visual and auditory perception.
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Solving the mystery of musical harmony: Insights from a study of speech.
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Why we see what we do: An empirical theory of vision.
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physician, and postdoctoral training at Harvard and
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558:Science News, United Press 14 October 2008.
513:Musical chords mimic the emotion of speech.
460:Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why
288:Purves was a surgical house officer at the
246:Neural Activity and the Growth of the Brain
555:Scientists explain the 'flash-lag' effect.
463:. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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530:Music, Emotions and Speech form a whole.
326:Washington University School of Medicine
206:Washington University School of Medicine
32:This article includes a list of general
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564:In search of music's biological roots.
357:, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
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280:(Harvard University Press, 2017).
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