Effect of popular songs from the reminiscence bump as autobiographical memory cues in aging: a preliminary study using EEG.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Music has the capacity to evoke emotions and memories. This capacity is influenced by whether or not the music is from the reminiscence bump (RB) period. However, research on the neural correlates of the processes of evoking autobiographical memories through songs is scant. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences at the level of frequency band activation in two situations: (1) whether or not the song is able to generate a memory; and (2) whether or not the song is from the RB period.

Methods

A total of 35 older adults (22 women, age range: 61-73 years) listened to 10 thirty-second musical clips that coincided with the period of their RB and 10 from the immediately subsequent 5 years (non-RB). To record the EEG signal, a brain-computer interface (BCI

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Saez MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803499 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature