Research shows emotions stirred by music create powerful memories - Times of India
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CALIFORNIA : Time is a continuous stream, yet our memories are separated into distinct episodes, each of which becomes part of our particular narrative. The role of emotions in memory formation is a puzzle that science has only lately begun to explore. UCLA scientists have shown that the shifting emotions evoked by music aid in the formation of distinct and long-lasting memories. Music was used to affect the emotions of volunteers executing simple computer tasks in the study, which was published in Nature Communications. The researchers discovered that the dynamics of people's emotions transformed normally innocuous experiences into memorable ones. "Changes in emotion evoked by music created boundaries between episodes that made it easier for people to remember what they had seen and when they had seen it," said lead author Mason McClay, a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA. "We think this finding has great therapeutic promise for helping people w...