International Journal of Music and Performing Arts

Reflections on the Neuroscience and Musical Performance
Maria Conceição, Elsa Morgado, Levi Silva, Mário Cardoso

Abstract
The neuroscience is a vast and fertile field for studies of musical performance because it established the understanding of musicality and nervous system to understand the process of functioning of the human mind in its most diverse potentialities. Since Music is a human manifestation and construction, its cognitive function makes it possible to capture the modulations of the feelings and the creative act and has been an excellent pivot for neuro scientific study in the understanding of how the brain processes the sound stimuli and organizes the musical functions. As the success in musical performance requires an exceptional excellent motor control, in addition to an in-depth knowledge of the musical structure demands a high demand of corporal work.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/ijmpa.v6n1a6