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Implicit memory in music and language.

Marc Ettlinger¹, Elizabeth H Margulis, Patrick C M Wong

¹Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA.

Frontiers in Psychology

|September 20, 2011

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Implicit knowledge and memory are crucial for acquiring musical and linguistic grammar. Future research should explore music and language within the implicit memory system.

Keywords:

artificial grammar learning implicit memory language music

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
Music Cognition

Background:

Decades of research highlight overlapping neurophysiological, perceptual, and cognitive mechanisms between music and language.
These overlaps are often observed in individuals with formally trained musical backgrounds (explicit knowledge).

Purpose of the Study:

To review evidence for the role of implicitly acquired knowledge and memory in music and language grammar acquisition.
To propose comparative research on music and language within the framework of the implicit memory system.

Main Methods:

Review of independent research in music cognition and psycholinguistics.
Analysis of studies focusing on implicit memory and neural structures.

Main Results:

Implicitly acquired knowledge and memory systems are vital for learning both musical and linguistic grammars.
Evidence suggests shared neural underpinnings for implicit learning in both domains.

Conclusions:

Implicit learning mechanisms are fundamental to acquiring grammar in both music and language.
Comparative studies focusing on the implicit memory system can yield new insights into these domains.