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This YouTube channel hosts a series of short (about 15 min) talks and performances for the Pavlov/Tertis Project, which explores connections between music and psychology. The talks were written and delivered by Michael Domjan, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, who is an internationally recognized expert in conditioning and learning. Dr. Domjan also received training as a violist in the preparatory division of the Juilliard School of Music. In this series of videos, he combines his knowledge of psychology with his knowledge of music.

This fascinating intersection of music and psychology offers a new and creative lens through which psychology students may explore topics such as memory, habituation and sensitization, and Pavlovian conditioning.

Presentation/Videos: YouTube Channel

• Different videos could be assigned within relevant sections of a course in music or in psychology (e.g., learning, memory, neuroscience) and discussed in class or explored as part of a written assignment. 
• It would be particularly interesting (and engaging) for faculty to introduce students to these videos in an introductory psychology class where the general psychological principles demonstrated in the videos feature prominently.

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• Students will appreciate the connections among psychology, music, neuroscience, and learning.       

College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional

No prerequisite knowledge is needed to derive benefit from the videos. However, a general introduction to behavioral principles would be useful ahead of viewing and listening to these videos (in order for students to best understand some of the more complex principles that the author is discussing).