Aspectos neuropsicológicos de la música
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[ES] Desde hace aproximadamente dos décadas el estudio de los aspectos neuropsicológicos
relacionados con la música ha venido cobrando gran importancia en el ámbito de la
Neurociencia. La música constituye un estímulo multimodal que transmite información
visual, auditiva y motora a nuestro cerebro, que a su vez, como el lenguaje, cuenta con una
red neural específica para su procesamiento. De este modo, la percepción y producción
musical implican una gran parte de nuestras capacidades cognitivas, involucrando una amplia
cantidad de áreas de activación encefálica.
Las evidencias nos indican que el procesamiento de la música se lleva a cabo de una forma
modular, diferenciándose redes neurales específicas para cada componente. El daño
congénito o adquirido en estas estructuras implicaría la aparición de diversas patologías como
las amusias, las alucinaciones musicales o la distonía focal del músico. Por otro lado, en
ocasiones, la misma música es capaz de desencadenar la patología como en el caso de la
epilepsia musicogénica.
El efecto Mozart enlazó la música con la mejora en otras tareas cognitivas del ser humano,
consiguiendo incrementar la curiosidad sobre los posibles beneficios cognitivos y
conductuales que nos puede aportar este arte. Así, han surgido numerosos estudios que
relacionan el entrenamiento musical con la mejora en otras habilidades cognitivas, de hecho,
las asimetrías neuroanatómicas encontradas entre músicos y no músicos podrían ayudar a
asentar las bases científicas de estas mejoras. Parece lógico, entonces, que la música sea
usada como terapia en multitud de patologías, y es por esto que su uso está experimentando
un gran auge.
[EN] Since about two decades, the study of the neuropsychological elements related to the music has been gaining great importance in the neuroscience field. Music is a multimodal stimulus that transfers visual information as well as auditory and motor information to our brain, which at the same time, as the language, has a specific neuronal network for processing. Many cognitive capacities are required for both music perception and production, so this lead to the involvement of a great amount of brain activation areas. Evidence suggests that music processing is performed in a modular way, in fact, there are specific neural networks for each component. The congenital or acquired damage on these structures could cause disorders such as amusias, musical hallucinations or the musician’s focal dystonia. Furthermore, sometimes music is capable of triggering the pathology such as in the case of the musicogenic epilepsy. The Mozart effect related the music with the improvement in other cognitive tasks of the human being, awaking the curiosity of the possible cognitive and behavioral benefits that this art can offer us. Thereby, there are many studies that are trying to find out the way in which musical training and the improvement in other cognitive abilities are linked, in fact, the neuroanatomical asymmetries that were found between musicians and non-musicians could help establishing the scientific foundations for this improvements. It seems logical, then, that the music could be used as a therapy in many disorders, and that’s why it is experiencing a sharp increase in its use.
[EN] Since about two decades, the study of the neuropsychological elements related to the music has been gaining great importance in the neuroscience field. Music is a multimodal stimulus that transfers visual information as well as auditory and motor information to our brain, which at the same time, as the language, has a specific neuronal network for processing. Many cognitive capacities are required for both music perception and production, so this lead to the involvement of a great amount of brain activation areas. Evidence suggests that music processing is performed in a modular way, in fact, there are specific neural networks for each component. The congenital or acquired damage on these structures could cause disorders such as amusias, musical hallucinations or the musician’s focal dystonia. Furthermore, sometimes music is capable of triggering the pathology such as in the case of the musicogenic epilepsy. The Mozart effect related the music with the improvement in other cognitive tasks of the human being, awaking the curiosity of the possible cognitive and behavioral benefits that this art can offer us. Thereby, there are many studies that are trying to find out the way in which musical training and the improvement in other cognitive abilities are linked, in fact, the neuroanatomical asymmetries that were found between musicians and non-musicians could help establishing the scientific foundations for this improvements. It seems logical, then, that the music could be used as a therapy in many disorders, and that’s why it is experiencing a sharp increase in its use.
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Traballo Fin de Grao en Psicoloxía. Curso 2013-2014
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