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Juan Sebastián Gómez-Cañón | Challenges And Opportunities For Human-Centered Music Emotion Recognition

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Wednesday, June 03, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM PST/PDT
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353 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, 94305 | Room 119
Topics
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Arts, Humanities
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Music is intertwined with human emotion, memory, and identity, making it a powerful medium for affective experience and regulation.

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Juan Sebastian Gómez-Cañón
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry, Stanford Medicine