Трансферна вредност учења музике на когнитивни развој ученика основношколског и средњошколског узраста
Transfer value of learning music on cognitive development of elementary school and high school students

Summary/Abstract: Examining positive effects of music on cognitive development is often part of empirical researches within cognitive and general psychology of music. Starting from the studies conducted by the most modern technologies and methods of studying interconnectedness of mental processes and individual musical development, the conclusion is that active musical participation influences a large spectre of ewnhancing the student’s abilities even within other cognitive areas of his actions. Positive effects of music influence directly the development of student’s verbal and visual-spatial abilities, abstract thinking, movement coordination, concentration and memory capacity, creativity in thinking and task solving, as well as the development of emotional, aesthetic and social intelligence of the individual. Some of them will be especially stressed in the paper. The paper informs about newer results of examining positive effects of music on non-musical cognitive abilities of students and indicates to positive implications that music and musical education can enhance overall cognitive development of personality.

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