Emotional Power of Music in Patients With Memory Disorders: Clinical Implications of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Year
2009
Abstract
By adapting methods of cognitive psychology to neuropsychology, we examined memory and familiarity abilities in music in relation to emotion. First we present data illustrating how the emotional content of stimuli influences memory for music. Second, we discuss recent findings obtained in patients with two different brain disorders (medically intractable epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease) that show relatively spared memory performance for music, despite severe verbal memory disorders. Studies on musical memory and its relation to emotion open up paths for new strategies in cognitive rehabilitation and reinstate the importance of examining interactions between cognitive and clinical neurosciences.
Music and Health Institute Terms
Alzheimer's and Related Dementias; Cognitive Abilities; Emotional Functioning; Memory; Music Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disorders
Indexed Terms
Adolescents; Alzheimer Disease; Auditory Perception; Children; Cognition; Emotions; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe; Memory; Memory Disorders; Neurosciences
Study Type
Quasi-Experimental Study; Quantitative Methods
PubMed ID
19673788
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Samson, S., Dellacherie, D., & Platel, H. (2009). Emotional Power of Music in Patients With Memory Disorders: Clinical Implications of Cognitive Neuroscience. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169, 245-255. Retrieved from https://remix.berklee.edu/mhi-citations/218