Memory for tonal pitches: a music-length effect hypothesis.
One of the most studied effects of verbal working memory (WM) is the influence of the length of the words that compose the list to be remembered. This work aims to investigate the nature of musical WM by replicating the word length effect in the musical domain. Length and rate of presentation were manipulated in a recognition task of tone sequences. Results showed significant effects for both factors (length and presentation rate) as well as their interaction, suggesting the existence of different strategies (e.g., chunking and rehearsal) for the immediate memory of musical information, depending upon the length of the sequences.
Akiva-Kabiri
Lilach
L
Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. lilach.akiva@gmail.com
Vecchi
Tomaso
T
Granot
Roni
R
Basso
Demis
D
Schön
Daniele
D
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009146:Music; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult