MUSIC AND SOUNDTRACKS IN LEARNING: GENERATING EMOTIONS AND ACTIVATING MEMORIES

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between music, emotions, and learning. The overall objective was to analyze, through a literature review, the importance of music in learning during training sessions, immersions, seminars, and events that utilize some type of soundtrack, sounds, or music, and how it directly contributes to our brain performance. The theoretical framework relied on Lozanov's (2006) theory of accelerated learning, using it as a premise to reconcile relaxation techniques and the method for optimizing learning through classical music. It was discovered that: a) the use of these sounds can positively stimulate our brain, using sound as a strategy to benefit our body and mind, since sound is a vibration with dynamic activity and has a frequency (number of vibrations per second); b) Music generates emotion and activates various structures in our brain, among which we can mention the limbic system, responsible for emotions and social behaviors. It was concluded that this process involves the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, responsible for the sensation of pleasure. Thus, music can go beyond cognitive and learning processes, generating well-being.