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Nawras Kurzom^1,2, Avi Mendelsohn^3,4

¹Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.

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Musical tension can impact declarative memory formation. While neutral and tense music improved image memory compared to silence, high tension perception hindered memory encoding during music.

Keywords:

Memory Music Musical tension Recognition memory

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Cognitive Neuroscience
Music Psychology
Memory Research

Background:

Declarative memory formation is influenced by attention, emotion, and expectation.
Musical tension, created by harmonic delays, offers a unique way to evoke expectation and emotional responses.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of musical tension on declarative memory formation.
To explore the relationship between music-evoked tension and memory encoding.

Main Methods:

Composed original music pieces with distinct tension segments.
Validated music-evoked tension using music information retrieval (MIR) and skin conductance response (SCR).
Assessed image memory recognition after encoding under conditions of musical tension, tension-release, neutral music, and silence.

Main Results:

Memory performance was enhanced for images presented during both neutral and tense music compared to silence.
A tradeoff was observed: higher perceived musical tension correlated with reduced memory for images encoded during tension.
Conversely, tense music benefited memory for individuals with lower perceived tension.

Conclusions:

Music, both neutral and tense, can enhance declarative memory encoding compared to silence.
The subjective perception of musical tension plays a crucial role in its effect on memory, with a potential negative impact at high perception levels.
Understanding music-cognition interactions offers insights into fundamental memory formation processes.