Aspectos neuropsicológicos como base facilitadora para un aprendizaje musical significativo

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The aim of the current project was to analyze from the point of view of the neuroscience some relevantaspects which allow to achieve an exhaustive and significant learning in music education.For this purpose, university students of the music degree, pre-university and post-graduate musiciansand non-musicians university students have been selected in order to evaluate creativity, attention,academic achievement and perception of the timbre related to the area of auditory education. TheCreative Intelligence Test, the D2 Attention Test and the Ikarak experimental test consisting of the executionof different sounds and their auditory recognition were used as measuring instruments.Neuropsychological bases of creativity and timbre, assert that auditory processing comes fromsubcortical area, with the neural coding of tone, timbre and rhythm. In addition, the areas involved increativity also require multiple cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortical connections.On the one hand, the results show positive and statistically significant correlations between attentionand creativity, and on the other hand, between attention and academic performance. Likewise, althoughthe brains of expert musicians respond differently to musical stimuli than the brain of non-musicians,the analysis of the Ikarak test provides high scores in auditory recognition of the different soundsoffered by different timbres, obtained by postgraduate musicians and by the sample of non-musicians.In conclusion, it is worth noting the importance of paying attention to development of neuropsychologicallearning of the different aspects analyzed, since the knowledge of brain functions as well as the basis of cognitive psychology are the pillars on which all quality and avant-garde learning processesare based on. Taking into account the results obtained, programs to boost creativity, attention and timbralsensitivity can be established in order to encourage all students to accomplish their full potentialand high academic achievement, as they are a reflection of an effective and significant learning.