Measuring memory is harder than you think: How to avoid problematic measurement practices in memory research

TF Brady, MM Robinson, JR Williams… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2023‏ - Springer
We argue that critical areas of memory research rely on problematic measurement practices
and provide concrete suggestions to improve the situation. In particular, we highlight the …

Music perception and cognition: development, neural basis, and rehabilitative use of music

T Särkämö, M Tervaniemi… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Music is a highly versatile form of art and communication that has been an essential part of
human society since its early days. Neuroimaging studies indicate that music is a powerful …

Dynamic emotional states shape the episodic structure of memory

M McClay, ME Sachs, D Clewett - Nature Communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Human emotions fluctuate over time. However, it is unclear how these shifting emotional
states influence the organization of episodic memory. Here, we examine how emotion …

Music listening after stroke: beneficial effects and potential neural mechanisms

T Särkämö, D Soto - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Music is an enjoyable leisure activity that also engages many emotional, cognitive, and
motor processes in the brain. Here, we will first review previous literature on the emotional …

Mozart, music and medicine

EKJ Pauwels, D Volterrani, G Mariani… - Medical Principles and …, 2014‏ - karger.com
According to the first publication in 1993 by Rauscher et al.[Nature 1993; 365: 611], the
Mozart effect implies the enhancement of reasoning skills solving spatial problems in normal …

Music therapy enhances executive functions and prefrontal structural neuroplasticity after traumatic brain injury: evidence from a randomized controlled trial

ST Siponkoski, N Martínez-Molina, L Kuusela… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - liebertpub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes lifelong cognitive deficits, particularly impairments of
executive functioning (EF). Musical training and music-based rehabilitation have been …

Dissociable effects of valence and arousal in adaptive executive control

C Kuhbandner, M Zehetleitner - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Based on introspectionist, semantic, and psychophysiological experimental
frameworks, it has long been assumed that all affective states derive from two independent …

Hiding in plain sight: The distinct importance of low-arousal positive affect

MD McManus, J Nakamura, JT Siegel - Motivation and Emotion, 2024‏ - Springer
Most past research on positive affect and emotion has focused exclusively on high-arousal
positive affect (HAPA: eg, excited), however, low-arousal positive affect (LAPA: eg, calm) …

The effects of shared, depression-specific, and anxiety-specific internalizing symptoms on negative and neutral episodic memories following post-learning sleep

X Niu, MF Utayde, KEG Sanders… - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2024‏ - Springer
Emotional memory bias is a common characteristic of internalizing symptomatology and is
enhanced during sleep. The current study employs bifactor S-1 modeling to disentangle …

The impact of musical pleasure and musical hedonia on verbal episodic memory

G Cardona, A Rodriguez-Fornells, H Nye… - Scientific Reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Music listening is one of the most pleasurable activities in our life. As a rewarding stimulus,
pleasant music could induce long-term memory improvements for the items encoded in …