Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults

Autores
Diaz Abrahan, Verónika; Shifres, Favio Demian; Justel, Nadia
Año de publicación
2020
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Normal age-related declines have been reported in different cognitive functions, such as episodic memory. Some environmental factors have the potential to reduce cognitive decline and promote healthy aging. In this research, we employed musical improvisation as a focal music-based intervention to explore its effects as a modulator of verbal memory. We evaluated two types of verbal memory: a neutral one, employing the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (Study 1), and an emotional one, implementing the Spanish version of Affective Norms for English Words (Study 2) in a volunteer group of older adults. After the acquisition of neutral (Study 1) or emotional (Study 2) verbal information, the participants were exposed to musical improvisation (experimental condition) or two control conditions (rhythmic reproduction as a musically active control condition or a rest condition as a passive control condition) for 3 min. Then, memory was evaluated through two memory tasks (immediate and deferred free-recall and recognition tests). In both studies, we compared memory performance among musicians (with five or more years of music training) and non-musicians. We found a significant improvement in neutral verbal memory among participants involved in musical improvisation, who remembered more words than those in the control conditions. Differences were also found according to the musical experience of the sample, with musicians outperforming non-musicians. The current research supports the late-life cognitive benefits of music-based intervention and music training.
Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical
Materia
Música
Music-based intervention
Musical improvisation
Music training
Verbal memory
Aging
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
title Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
spellingShingle Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
Diaz Abrahan, Verónika
Música
Music-based intervention
Musical improvisation
Music training
Verbal memory
Aging
title_short Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
title_full Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
title_fullStr Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
title_full_unstemmed Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
title_sort Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Diaz Abrahan, Verónika
Shifres, Favio Demian
Justel, Nadia
author Diaz Abrahan, Verónika
author_facet Diaz Abrahan, Verónika
Shifres, Favio Demian
Justel, Nadia
author_role author
author2 Shifres, Favio Demian
Justel, Nadia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Música
Music-based intervention
Musical improvisation
Music training
Verbal memory
Aging
topic Música
Music-based intervention
Musical improvisation
Music training
Verbal memory
Aging
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Normal age-related declines have been reported in different cognitive functions, such as episodic memory. Some environmental factors have the potential to reduce cognitive decline and promote healthy aging. In this research, we employed musical improvisation as a focal music-based intervention to explore its effects as a modulator of verbal memory. We evaluated two types of verbal memory: a neutral one, employing the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (Study 1), and an emotional one, implementing the Spanish version of Affective Norms for English Words (Study 2) in a volunteer group of older adults. After the acquisition of neutral (Study 1) or emotional (Study 2) verbal information, the participants were exposed to musical improvisation (experimental condition) or two control conditions (rhythmic reproduction as a musically active control condition or a rest condition as a passive control condition) for 3 min. Then, memory was evaluated through two memory tasks (immediate and deferred free-recall and recognition tests). In both studies, we compared memory performance among musicians (with five or more years of music training) and non-musicians. We found a significant improvement in neutral verbal memory among participants involved in musical improvisation, who remembered more words than those in the control conditions. Differences were also found according to the musical experience of the sample, with musicians outperforming non-musicians. The current research supports the late-life cognitive benefits of music-based intervention and music training.
Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical
description Normal age-related declines have been reported in different cognitive functions, such as episodic memory. Some environmental factors have the potential to reduce cognitive decline and promote healthy aging. In this research, we employed musical improvisation as a focal music-based intervention to explore its effects as a modulator of verbal memory. We evaluated two types of verbal memory: a neutral one, employing the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (Study 1), and an emotional one, implementing the Spanish version of Affective Norms for English Words (Study 2) in a volunteer group of older adults. After the acquisition of neutral (Study 1) or emotional (Study 2) verbal information, the participants were exposed to musical improvisation (experimental condition) or two control conditions (rhythmic reproduction as a musically active control condition or a rest condition as a passive control condition) for 3 min. Then, memory was evaluated through two memory tasks (immediate and deferred free-recall and recognition tests). In both studies, we compared memory performance among musicians (with five or more years of music training) and non-musicians. We found a significant improvement in neutral verbal memory among participants involved in musical improvisation, who remembered more words than those in the control conditions. Differences were also found according to the musical experience of the sample, with musicians outperforming non-musicians. The current research supports the late-life cognitive benefits of music-based intervention and music training.
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