;;SIMPLE AS DO RE ME, ABC;;: LANGUAGE, MUSIC, AND WORKING MEMORY

Effect of music on cognition;Attention;Music;Performance;Working memory;Phonological loop;Language

Atherton, Ryan P.Quin, Chrobak ;

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Effect of music on cognition;    Attention;    Music;    Performance;    Working memory;    Phonological loop;    Language;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

The present study examines the underlying cognitive framework involved in the activeprocessing of information. Active processing takes place in working memory, popularlyassociated with Baddeley and Hitch;;s (1974) multicomponent working memory model.According to this model, incoming information from the environment is temporarily stored toperform verbal and nonverbal tasks. Information is stored in one of two formats: visuospatial orphonological. Important to the present experiment is phonological information. Phonologicalinformation refers to the sounds of language (e.g., speech), that occur in a phonological store andare maintained there by rehearsal via an articulatory loop. Yet, the storage of phonologicalinformation in the multicomponent working memory model does not account for all auditoryinformation (e.g., music). Research investigating this discrepancy has produced inconclusivefindings. Whether or not phonological and non-linguistic auditory information share a structurefor storage in working memory is still unknown.The current study benefits from the utilization of an auditory interference task to help rectify thisinconsistency.Results indicate that linguistic and musical information do not completely share a storagemechanism in the multicomponent working memory model, however, they are not completelyseparate either. Also, musicians and non-musicians may exhibit different cognitiveunderpinnings in the storage of linguistic and musical information.