Music and the Brain
Music is an integral and universal part of the human experience. Rarely do we practice metacognition regarding the interpretation of music. This module will describe the localization and processing of music in the brain and discuss the clinical relevance of music in medicine.
If you have not watched videos please do so here before taking the evaluation and claiming credit:
Music and the Brain Part 1
Music and the Brain Part 2
Target Audience
Pediatric Residents and Fellows
Learning Objectives
After the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify the localization of music interpretation in the brain
- Discuss music involvement in epilepsy and neurodevelopment
- Review several cases of music involvement in clinical neuropathology
Course summary
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
In support of improving patient care, UK HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This Enduring activity is designated for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Participation
In support of improving patient care, UK HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This Enduring activity is designated for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Participation. Learners should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 ANCC (UK Healthcare CECentral)
In support of improving patient care, UK HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.00 nursing contact hour(s).

Anna Thamann, MD
Assistant Professor, Child Neurology
Associate Program Director, Child Neurology Residency
Neonatal Neurology Clinic Co-Founder
Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, University of Kentucky
Anna Thamann graduated from University of Louisville Medical School in 2017. She then completed Child Neurology residency at University of Louisville and Norton Children’s Hospital in 2022 with a mini-fellowship in Neonatal Neurology. After graduation she joined University of Kentucky Neuroscience Institute in the Division of Child Neurology. She is board certified in Neurology with special qualifications in Child Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In clinical practice, she is the co-founder of the neonatal neurology multi-disciplinary follow up clinic in conjunction with the NICU Graduate and Infant Complex Care programs, where she sees infants and toddlers after perinatal brain injury. She also serves in the abusive head trauma follow up programs and fetal care center. In addition to neonatal neurology, Dr. Thamann is interested in improving communication with families regarding complex neurologic diagnoses, and educating the next generation of physicians as an Assistant Professor, teacher, and advisor at UK College of Medicine NKY Campus and educator in the UK Child Neurology Residency Program.
Anna Thamann, MD
In support of improving patient care, University of Kentucky HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CME
This enduring material is designated for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1 nursing contact hours.
Other
UK Healthcare CECentral certifies this activity for 1 hours of participation.
Faculty Disclosure
All planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content are required to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is defined as one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
None of the planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content for this educational activity have a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies.
The material presented in this course represents information obtained from the scientific literature as well as the clinical experiences of the speakers. In some cases, the presentations might include a discussion of investigational agents and/or off-label indications for various agents used in clinical practice. Speakers will inform the audience when they are discussing investigational and/or off-label uses.
Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone commercial bias in any presentation, but it is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation
Acknowledgement
This activity is provided by the University of Kentucky Department of Pediatrics
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
In support of improving patient care, UK HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This Enduring activity is designated for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Participation
In support of improving patient care, UK HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This Enduring activity is designated for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Participation. Learners should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 ANCC (UK Healthcare CECentral)
In support of improving patient care, UK HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.00 nursing contact hour(s).

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