Aspects of the correlation between empathy and performance in music
Aspects of the correlation between empathy and performance in music

Summary/Abstract: The present study is interdisciplinary, mixing music and psychology, and representingan attempt to highlight some behavioural aspects of the musician in his pedagogical act. Thehypothesis of our study is the expression and highlighting of empathy in the personality of theinstrument teacher and its correlation to the student's educational performance. Theinvolvement and quality of the relationship, and the influence of the instrument teacher in theeducational act are also determined by empathy. This is a psychic ability, to be close to others,perceiving their emotions, without distorting them or yours own. In the educational act, theteacher is the exponent of ethical, cultural, aesthetic values, transmitted at cognitive, emotional,volitional level. To a large extent, the student is the mirror of the teacher, an aspect constantlyhighlighted, through empathy, a mental process with real benefits, as long as the studentbecomes aware of the entire process. Our study emphasizes the complex educational act that isbuilt on the chain between mirror neurons, emotions and emotional intelligence through thebinomial of intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences.

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