Summary: A new neuroscience study reveals that music can alter the emotional content of our memories when played during recollection. Participants who listened to emotionally charged music while recalling neutral stories later remembered those stories with emotional tones matching the music.
These emotional updates persisted over time, demonstrating that music can influence the emotional reconstruction of memory. Brain scans showed increased activity and connectivity in emotion- and memory-related regions, including the amygdala and hippocampus, during music-paired recollection.
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These emotional updates persisted over time, demonstrating that music can influence the emotional reconstruction of memory. Brain scans showed increased activity and connectivity in emotion- and memory-related regions, including the amygdala and hippocampus, during music-paired recollection.
Key Facts:
- Memory Rewriting: Emotional music played during recollection altered the remembered emotional tone of otherwise neutral stories.
- Lasting Effects: One day later, participants still recalled the stories with emotional content matching the music’s valence.
- Neural Mechanisms: fMRI showed increased amygdala activity and connectivity with frontal and visual areas during emotional music recollection.
How Music Can Emotionally Reshape Your Memories - Neuroscience News
A new neuroscience study reveals that music can alter the emotional content of our memories when played during recollection.
neurosciencenews.com