Efecto ansiolítico de la musicoterapia: aspectos neurobiológicos y cognoscitivos del procesamiento musical

The anxiolytic effect of music therapy is determined by complex mechanisms of musical processing in the human species. The activation of associative memories and the analysis of emotional expression, linked to the tonal and temporal perception of the musical processing module, are the main cognitive components involved in the relaxant effect mediated by music. Music exposure also acts as a neuroprotective agent by promoting the expression of neurotrophins. Music is therefore an excellent and affordable therapeutic tool, easy to use, accessible, and without side effects, which can be used as a coadjuvant in the treatment of several nosological entities.