INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES OF MUSICIANS

Abstract

The study of individual differences in the field of musical creativity is a vital direction of modern pedagogy and psychology. The works in the field of musical abilities are reviewed and analyzed, various approaches are studied. The individual characteristics of musicians of various specializations (instrumentalists and vocalists) are examined from the standpoint of neuropsychology of individual differences. The differences in the distribution pattern of the lateral organization profile (PLO) of the brain are shown: an increase in the number of ambidextras is observed among instrumentalists in the comparison with vocalists. The individual psychological characteristics of musicians of various specializations, as well as their relationship with the type of interhemispheric asymmetry of the brain are revealed.