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: 10733613
• 负责人: Amy Belfi
• 金额: --
• 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/10733613
• 关键词: Affect; Alzheimer' s Disease; Autobiography; Cognition; Cognitive; Cues; Development; Elderly; Emotional; Emotions; Feeling; Future; Goals; Growth; Intervention; Longevity; Memory; Mind; Moods; Music; Outcome; Pathology; Personal Satisfaction; Research; Sensory; Testing; Work; age related; aging population; cognitive capacity; cognitive function; design; healthy aging; improved; memory retrieval; novel; pathological aging; positive emotional state; preservation; programs; response

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.

随着老龄化人群和相关病理的稳定增长，例如阿尔茨海默氏病，需要 为了了解与年龄相关的认知变化是相关和至关重要的。认知的一个重要方面 在健康和病理衰老的情况下，这种情况下降的能力是回忆发作的自传。 回忆。提示生动和详细的自传记忆的一种潜在方法是通过使用 音乐提示。但是，音乐是否是对老年人的特别有效记忆提示，以及 目前尚不清楚这种音乐引起的回忆起的机制。主要目标 拟议的研究计划是确定音乐是否改善自传记忆的检索 健康的衰老，以及这种音乐引起的记忆是否会导致积极的情绪增加。这 这里提出的研究是围绕一个新颖的框架设计的，该框架建议音乐特别是 有效的记忆提示，可唤起记忆，也就是说，音乐唤起了人们赞助的记忆 几乎没有认知努力来铭记。这些记忆与自愿检索的记忆形成对比 方式，可能需要在整个生命周期内降解的认知能力。目标1意志 根据音乐和其他感官提示，研究自传记忆的检索 寿命。这些研究将检验以下预测，即音乐诱发的记忆将相对保存在 与其他人相比，健康的衰老，并将以更加自愿的方式引起 感官提示。 AIM 2将调查此类音乐引起的提醒的情感结果 成年人。我们预测，记忆诱发的音乐将导致情绪的长期积极变化，因为 对于不唤起回忆的音乐。总体而言，这项工作旨在发展对音乐的理解 影响整个生命周期的自传记忆和情感反应。这项工作的结果可能 构成未来干预措施的基础，这些干预措施使用音乐来改善认知功能，情绪和福祉 在老年人中。