Remember Bach: an investigation in episodic memory for music.
Emotional events are remembered better than nonemotional ones, especially after a long period of time. In this study, we investigated whether emotional music is kept better in episodic long-term memory than less emotional music and to which extent musical structure is important.
Eschrich
Susann
S
Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, University of Music and Drama Hannover, Hohenzollernstrasse 47, D-30161 Hannover, Germany. eschrich@hmt-hannover.de
Münte
Thomas F
TF
Altenmüller
Eckart O
EO
D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001307:Auditory Perception; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009146:Music; D013998:Time Perception