Roots of musicality: On neuro-musical thresholds and new evidence for bridges between musical expression and 'inner growth'

Evolutionary psychology: a natural selection for music education?

“…Within certain therapeutic frameworks the malleability of the young brain is viewed as particularly receptive to musical input employed to ameliorate the emotional and expressive difficulties experienced as a result of underlying disorder. Clearly, explicit and premeditated therapeutic strategies as described by Perret (2004) did not exist many thousands of years ago; however, the impact of musical stimulation from the perinatal period and throughout key phases of early neurological development may well have been unknowingly exploited by parents naturally compelled to sing, chant, dance or play instruments with their children. Similarly, Panksepp (1995) has suggested that 'chills' experienced in response to music arise from stimulation of the brain's primitive emotional circuits, and it has been suggested that such responses to certain music reflect parental sensitivity to sounds which are like those of a young infant (Grinde, 2002).…”

“…Perhaps this domain-specific activity has a subsequent generalising effect on improving general problem solving, persistence and concentration and thereby offers very real survival benefits within the surrounding ecology? In his therapeutic work with young children with conditions such as autism and psychosis, Perret (2004) describes his view that musicality is a communicative bridge between the inner life of feelings and emotions with the social world. Within certain therapeutic frameworks the malleability of the young brain is viewed as particularly receptive to musical input employed to ameliorate the emotional and expressive difficulties experienced as a result of underlying disorder.…”

“Poetry is Not a Luxury”: Considering Affect in Antiracist Pedagogy

“…Yet, when the text, based on the last words of victim Amadou Diallo, "Mom, I'm going to college" is linked to the musical phrases, such lyrics help to clarify how musicality informs the propositional elements of such passages. In this instance, musicality might refer to a felt quality in musical expression (Perret 2004). This description suggests a singer might draw on an inner world of affective understanding to sing long, extended phrases more musically.…”

Ejecución de un instrumento musical y actitudes hacia la escuela en una muestra de estudiantes rumanos

“…Así mismo, se ha observado que la música puede tener efectos positivos en las habilidades comunicativas de los niños con dificultades de aprendizaje, al favorecer el desarrollo de una memoria que aumenta sus capacidades cognitivas, observables particularmente en el incremento de las habilidades comunicativas de los niños con trastornos del espectro autista, con trastornos emocionales o con psicopatologías (Perret, 2004).…”