Effects of listening to an activating piece of music on memory

Experimental study in a population of healthy older adults

Authors

  • Mariana Scattolon Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
  • Wanda Rubinstein HIGA “Eva Perón” CONICET, Laboratorio de Deterioro Cognitivo. San Martín
  • Nadia Justel Lab. Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia Cognitiva (LINC). Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Sistemas Complejos y Ciencias del Cerebro (CEMSC 3 ), Instituto de Ciencias Físicas (ICIFI), Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología (ECyT), Universidad de San Martín (UNSAM) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET).

Keywords:

emotional memory, healthy older adults, music

Abstract

The relationship between emotion and memory has been documented in literature reporting emotions as a neuromodulatory filter system able to encode and consolidate memories. Music, as emotion-evoking potential, has been used by neuroscience as a memory modulator, either by enhancing it or weakening it. The present study evaluated 71 healthy older adults, divided in two groups. They were assessed through verbal and visual protocols respectively, and exposed to an activating musical piece or white noise. The results showed that the music improves the visual emotional memory of healthy older adults, but it was not possible to verify the same when evaluating verbal emotional memory.

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Author Biographies

Mariana Scattolon, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Lic. en musicoterapia (UBA), becaria en 2013 de la Beca de Estímulo a las Vocaciones Científicas (UBA). Actualmente cursando una maestría en Lenguaje y Cognición en la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Desempeño laboral en clínica musicoterapéutica con población de niños con diversas discapacidades.

Wanda Rubinstein, HIGA “Eva Perón” CONICET, Laboratorio de Deterioro Cognitivo. San Martín

Dra. en Psicología., Especialista en Psicoterapia Individual y Familiar, demencias y neuropsicología. Investigadora Adjunta CONICET.  Prof. Adjunta Neuropsicología y Neuropsicopatología -UBA. Prof. Titular –UP. 

Nadia Justel, Lab. Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia Cognitiva (LINC). Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Sistemas Complejos y Ciencias del Cerebro (CEMSC 3 ), Instituto de Ciencias Físicas (ICIFI), Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología (ECyT), Universidad de San Martín (UNSAM) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET).

Dra. en Psicología, Investigadora Adjunta CONICET. Directora del Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia Cognitiva (LINC, CEMSC3, ECyT, UNSAM). Autora de más de 50 trabajos científicos nacionales e internacionales. Trabaja en Neurociencias, Tratamientos moduladores de las funciones cognitivas. Especialista en análisis y modificación del comportamiento y la cognición.

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Published

2020-12-01

How to Cite

Scattolon, M. ., Rubinstein, W. ., & Justel, N. (2020). Effects of listening to an activating piece of music on memory : Experimental study in a population of healthy older adults. ECOS - Revista Científica De Musicoterapia Y Disciplinas Afines, 5(2), 26–48. Retrieved from https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/ECOS/article/view/10684

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