Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment : The Role of Interindividual Differences
Calabria, Marco (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Ciongoli, Francesco (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Grunden, Nicholas (Centre for Research on Brain. Language Music)
Ordás, Celia (Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM))
García-Sánchez, Carmen (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Recent research has shown that background music may improve memory consolidation and retrieval. Nevertheless, in the clinical conditions preceding dementia such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), there is no current evidence speaking to what effect background music during memory tasks has on impaired cognition. Objective: Across three experiments, we investigated if background music is able to improve memory performance, the most impacted cognitive domain in amnestic MCI. We tested the effect of background music by using a face recognition memory task in patients with amnestic MCI. In Experiment 1, we tested the effect of background music on memory when it was played solely during an encoding phase. In Experiment 2, we explored effects of background music when played during both encoding and recognition phases. In Experiment 3, we explored the role of musically induced arousal on memory. The main finding from these three experiments was that background music played during a memory task did not improve or worsen participant performance. However, when exposed to high-arousal music, memory performance was predicted by individual mood regulation. For low-arousal music conditions, there was a negative relationship between rating scores for music pleasantness and performance on the memory task. Our results suggest that the benefits of background music on memory in individuals with MCI are modulated by interindividual preferences towards music.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-118672RB-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Background music ; Cognitive stimulation ; Memory ; Mild cognitive impairment
Published in:	Journal of Alzheimer's disease, Vol. 92 Núm. 3 (2023) , p. 815-829, ISSN 1875-8908

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-221051
PMID: 36806508

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