Almudena González Brito

Almudena González Brito is a Reader (equivalent to Associate Professor) at the University of La Laguna, Spain, in the Department of Art History and Philosophy. She is a cellist, researcher, and cultural manager with international training from Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Brussels, holding a PhD in Art and Humanities from her current institution.

She earned her PhD in 2016 from the University of La Laguna with the thesis "El violonchelo en la música contemporánea un estudio de la musicología carnal" (The cello in contemporary music: a carnal musicology study), supervised by Dr. Pompeyo Juan Pérez Díaz and Dr. Julián Jesús González González.

Since 2014, Dr. González Brito has pioneered research at the intersection of music and neuroscience through neuroaesthetics and neuromusicology. Her work investigates why different musical and choreographic styles produce distinct brain responses, examining how daily musical choices impact behavior, physiology, and overall well-being. She integrates humanistic and scientific methodologies to decode the neural mechanisms underlying aesthetic experiences and musical cognition.

Her publication portfolio (2015-2024) reveals consistent focus on EEG-based analysis of brain connectivity during music perception and performance. Key patterns include comparative studies of tonal versus atonal music processing, expertise effects in musicians, neural responses to dance choreography, and stylistic differences in Baroque versus contemporary performance. These investigations consistently employ advanced network analysis of functional brain connectivity.

Dr. González Brito leads the CORPOART research group (Corporeality: Flows of Communication in Neuroaesthetic Interpretation) and participates in the NNLab (Neurochemistry and Neuroimaging Laboratory), directing projects that explore the behavioral and physiological implications of musical style selection. She actively supervises doctoral candidates within the University of La Laguna's Official Doctoral Program in Art and Humanities.

Her laboratory work centers on the CORPOART group's investigation of daily musical choices and their consequences for human physiology and well-being, utilizing EEG and neuroimaging techniques to bridge artistic practice with cognitive neuroscience.