The childhood songs stuck in your head are actually protecting your memory

The childhood songs stuck in your head are actually protecting your memory Remember singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” ...
Psychology Today

Memory and Musical Experience

Music has a remarkable ability to evoke powerful memories and emotions. When we listen to a piece of music from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment. Music can act as a direct line to our ...
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Musical expertise is associated with specific cognitive and personality traits beyond memory performance

Experienced musicians tend to possess an advantage in short-term memory for musical patterns and a small advantage for visual information, according to a large-scale international study. The research ...
Forbes

Even Picking Up Music As An Adult May Boost Your Memory

Several studies have found positive effects of making music. Now, a new research study has looked at the long-term effects of playing an instrument either in high school or beyond, and found that even ...
University of California

Singing from memory unlocks a surprisingly common musical superpower

New research from UC Santa Cruz is finally giving you the go-ahead to sing in the shower as loud as you want. Because, as it turns out, you probably sound pretty darn good. Psychologists wanted to ...
Wired

Music Memory Box helps dementia sufferers recall their past

A University of Brighton design graduate has created a music box for dementia sufferers that is filled with RFID-embedded objects that, when moved to certain spots, prompt related musical tracks. The ...
KETV Omaha

'It's the power of music that does that': Memory loss patients engaged through music performances

IN 2026. 645 NOW WE ALL HAVE THOSE SONGS WE GREW UP LOVING THAT EACH TIME YOU HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN THE MEMORIES, THEY START TO JUST FLOOD BACK FOR. SOME, MUSIC CAN BRING BACK THOSE MEMORIES. EVEN WHEN ...