Tracing the Relationship Between Music and Memory
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https://doi.org/10.58445/rars.4205Keywords:
Music-dependent memory, Memory consolidation, Auditory encoding, Episodic memory, Neural plasticityAbstract
In everyday life, we are constantly bombarded with a substantial amount of information, and it is essential that we consolidate some of that knowledge into our long term memory. Here we present a literature search that will focus on explicit memories: our memory for facts and events. Specifically, we will investigate the role of music in the formation of explicit memories. Music is often present during the formation of long term memories; people often study with music or associate music with life changing events (ex: a song at a wedding). Here we aim to study whether music (and what kind) benefits the formation of memories and the role of specific brain regions in this process.
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