Are Age-Related Differences Between Young and Older Adults in an Affective Working Memory Test Sensitive to the Music Effects?

Are Age-Related Differences Between Young and Older Adults in an Affective Working Memory Test Sensitive to the Music Effects?

There are evidences showing that music can affect cognitive performance by improving our emotional state. The aim of the current study was to analyze whether age-related differences between young and older adults in a Working Memory (WM) Span test in which the stimuli to be recalled have a different...

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Main Authors: Erika eBorella, Barbara eCarretti, Massimo eGrassi, Massimo eNucci, Roberta eSciore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aging
Emotions
Music
individual differences
working memory
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00298/full

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