Music as an autobiographical memory cue across the lifespan

音乐作为贯穿一生的自传体记忆线索

• 批准号: 10359887
• 负责人: Amy Belfi
• 金额: $ 46.22万
• 依托单位: MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10359887
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With steady growth of the aging population and associated pathologies such as Alzheimer’s disease, the need for understanding age-related changes in cognition is pertinent and critical. One important aspect of cognition that declines in both healthy and pathological aging is the ability to recall episodically-detailed autobiographical memories. One potential way to cue vivid and detailed autobiographical memories is through the use of musical cues. However, whether music is a particularly effective memory cue for older adults, and the mechanisms underlying such music-induced reminiscence, are currently unknown. The primary goal of the proposed research program is to determine whether music improves autobiographical memory retrieval in healthy aging, and whether such music-induced remembering leads to increased positive emotions. The studies proposed here are designed around a novel framework which proposes that music is a particularly effective memory cue for evoking memories involuntarily – that is, music evokes memories that spontaneously come to mind with little cognitive effort. These memories are in contrast to memories retrieved in a voluntary manner, which may require cognitive capacities that are degraded over the course of the lifespan. Aim 1 will investigate autobiographical memory retrieval in response to musical and other sensory cues across the lifespan. These studies will test the prediction that music-evoked memories will be relatively preserved in healthy aging, and will be evoked in a more involuntary manner, as compared to memories evoked by other sensory cues. Aim 2 will investigate the emotional outcomes of such music-induced reminiscence in older adults. We predict that memory-evoking music will induce prolonged positive changes in mood, as compared to music that does not evoke memories. Overall, this work aims to develop an understanding of how music affects autobiographical memory and emotional responses across the lifespan. The results of this work could form the basis for future interventions which use music to improve cognitive functioning, mood, and wellbeing in older adults.

随着人口老龄化和相关疾病如阿尔茨海默病的稳步增长， 对于理解认知中与年龄相关的变化是相关的和关键的。认知的一个重要方面 在健康和病理衰老中，记忆能力都在下降， 回忆一个潜在的方法来提示生动和详细的自传体记忆是通过使用 音乐提示然而，对于老年人来说，音乐是否是一种特别有效的记忆线索， 这种音乐诱发的回忆的潜在机制目前尚不清楚。的首要目标 一项被提议的研究计划是确定音乐是否能改善自传体记忆的提取， 健康的老龄化，以及这种音乐引起的记忆是否会导致积极情绪的增加。的 这里提出的研究是围绕着一个新的框架设计的，这个框架提出音乐是一种特别的 有效的记忆线索，不自觉地唤起记忆-也就是说，音乐唤起记忆，自发地 几乎不费任何认知努力就能想到的东西。这些记忆与在自愿的 这可能需要认知能力，随着寿命的推移而退化。目标1将 调查自传体记忆检索对音乐和其他感官线索的反应， 寿命这些研究将验证音乐诱发的记忆在大脑中相对保存的预测。 健康的衰老，并且将以更无意识的方式被唤起，与其他人唤起的记忆相比， 感官线索目的2将调查老年人这种音乐诱发回忆的情感结果， 成年人了我们预测，唤起记忆的音乐会引起情绪的长期积极变化，相比之下， 不唤起记忆的音乐总的来说，这项工作旨在了解音乐是如何 影响一生中的自传体记忆和情绪反应。这项工作的结果可以 形成未来使用音乐改善认知功能，情绪和健康的干预措施的基础 在老年人中。