isrctn.org Identifier: ISRCTN78923965.

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Musicality is defined as a natural tendency, sensibility, knowledge, or talent to create, perceive, and play music. Musical abilities involve a great range of social and cognitive behaviors, which are influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Although a number of studies have yielded insights into music genetics research, genes and biological pathways related to these traits are not fully understood. Our hypothesis in the current study is that genes associated with different behaviors could also influence the musical phenotype. Our aim was to investigate whether polymorphisms in six genes (AVPR1A, SLC6A4, ITGB3, COMT, DRD2 and DRD4) related to social and cognitive traits are associated with musicality in a sample of children. Musicality was assessed through an individualized music therapy assessment profile (IMTAP) which has been validated in Brazil to measure musical ability. We show here that the RS1 microsatellite of the AVPR1A gene is nominally associated with musicality, corroborating previous results linking AVPR1A with musical activity. This study is one of the first to investigate musicality in a comprehensive way, and it contributes to better understand the genetic basis underlying musical ability.

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Este artigo trata da realização de um breve levantamento literário sobre a atuação da música e da musicoterapia no campo da surdez. A percepção da música, muitas vezes, é mais acessível aos surdos do que a percepção de outros sons, sendo assim, torna-se necessário e indispensável pensar novas maneiras, novas tecnologias e novos instrumentos musicais quando um músico, professor de música ou musicoterapeuta se depara com esse publico. Para ampliar os meios de acesso à música por parte das pessoas surdas, é preciso romper com o pensamento de que estes são exclusivos da capacidade sensorial e física do ouvir, ou seja, dos chamados ouvintes.