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Synesthesia and music perception / Sinestesia e percepção musical
Bragança, Guilherme Francisco F; Fonseca, João Gabriel Marques; Caramelli, Paulo.
  • Bragança, Guilherme Francisco F; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Neuroscience Doctoral Program. Belo Horizonte, MG. BR
  • Fonseca, João Gabriel Marques; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Music School. Department of General Theory of Music. Belo Horizonte, MG. BR
  • Caramelli, Paulo; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Internal Medicine. Belo Horizonte, MG. BR
Dement. neuropsychol ; 9(1): 16-23, mar. 2015.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-743726
ABSTRACT
The present review examined the cross-modal association of sensations and their relationship to musical perception. Initially, the study focuses on synesthesia, its definition, incidence, forms, and genetic and developmentalfactors. The theories of the neural basis of synesthesia were also addressed by comparing theories emphasizing the anatomical aspect against others reinforcing the importance of physiological processes. Secondly, cross-modal sensory associations, their role in perception, and relationship to synesthesia were analyzed. We propose the existence of a lower, unconscious degree of synesthesia in non-synesthetes. This latent synesthesia (without explicit sensory manifestations) would be functional, aiding the construction of abstract associations between different perceptual s. Musical meaningmight be constructed largely by synesthetic processes, where the sensory associations from sound activate memories, images, and emotions.
RESUMO
No presente trabalho de revisão, investigamos o cruzamento de sensações e sua relação com a percepção musical. Inicialmente, nos debruçamos sobre o estudos da sinestesia, sua definição, incidência, formas, fatores genéticos e de desenvolvimento. Abordamos ainda as teorias sobre as bases neurais da sinestesia, comparando teorias que enfatizam os aspectos anatômicos a outras que reforçam a importância de processos fisiológicos. Numa segunda seção tratamos dos cruzamentos de modos sensoriais, seu papel na percepção e sua relação com a sinestesia. Cogitamos haver um grau desinestesia mais baixo e inconsciente em não sinestetas, esta sinestesia latente (sem manifestações sensoriais explícitas) seria funcional, auxiliando na construção de associações abstratas entre campos perceptivos diferentes. A significação musical talvez seja construída, em grande parte, por processos sinestésicos, em que as associações sensoriais a partir do sonoro ativam memórias, imagens e emoções.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Perception / Music Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / Neurology / Psychology / Psychiatry Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Minas Gerais/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Perception / Music Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / Neurology / Psychology / Psychiatry Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Minas Gerais/BR