M.V. BELOUSOVA¹, M.S. KAZINIK², V.A. MERKULOVA³, N.V. FUTINA⁴

 ¹Kazan State Medical Academy — Branch Campus of the FSBEI FPE RMACPE MOH Russia, Kazan

²Musical expert of the Nobel Concert, Moscow

³Institute of Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Moscow

⁴Children’s Music School No. 7 named after A.S. Klyucharev, Kazan

  Contact details:

Belousova M.V. — PhD (medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Psychotherapy and Narcology

Address: 36 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012, tel.: +7 (843) 272-41-51, e-mail: belousova.marina@mail.ru

The article contains theoretical material on higher mental functions and neurocognitive mechanisms involved in providing various forms of musical learning (playing a musical instrument, singing, working with rhythm). The article provides a niveau identification of the areas of the cerebral cortex involved in the perception and processing of musical impressions, in the implementation of highly coordinated motor activity, auditory control, perception of melody and rhythm. The neurocognitive features are indicated that are formed in a child during active music playing and during passive listening to music. The article provides information on the formation of certain competencies during music lessons and the possibilities of their subsequent improvement in other aspects of educational activities, in sports, in the study of foreign languages, in the development of emotional intelligence, in the training of adaptability and cognitive flexibility.

Key words: mental development of children, speech, developmental disorder, higher mental functions, praxis, emotional intelligence, influence of music, music therapy.

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