Music as a mirror of the mind
For Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux, this journey into neuroscience is more than an experiment – it’s a new way of hearing herself. ‘As musicians, we work so hard on technique that we sometimes forget how complex our perception really is. Seeing the brain in action reminds us that music is not just an art – it’s a full-body experience, one that involves movement, memory, emotion, and thought all at once.’
Their joint work, presented at JFR 2025, reveals not only how music transforms the brain, but also how curiosity – between two disciplines, two languages, two ways of seeing – can itself become a form of harmony.
Profiles:
Charles Mellerio, PhD, is a neuroradiologist at Paris University Hospital Group Psychiatry & Neuroscience and Northern Imaging Center in Paris, France. He trained as a radiologist at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and completed his PhD studies in neuroscience at Paris Cité University.
Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux is an organist at Eglise St Ignace in Paris and Cathédrale de Versailles in France. She is also a Master’s student in Neuroscience at Sorbonne University and she graduated in arts medicine and music studies at the National Conservatory of Dance and Music and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Conservatory in Paris.