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Songshelpmemories
Thepowerofmusic
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Mostpeoplecanrememberimportantnewsstoriesclearly, whetheritwasthe murder of President Kennedy in the US or 9/11.But now psychologists Martin Conway andCatriona
Morrison,fromthe
University
ofLeedsintheUK,are
investigatinghowmusiccancreate“autobiographicalmemories”ofthemainevents inourlives.Thestudyisonline.PeoplehavetochooseasongbytheBeatlesand describethememoriesthattheyhavewhen theylistentoit.
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Reminiscencebump
Morrisonexplainedthattheylookedatdifferentagegroupsandtheirmemories. oftenremembermorefromwhenweareteenagersandthisiscalled“the reminiscencebump”.Thisisthetimeinyourlifewhenyouformyourideaofwho youare.ForolderpeoplewhohavememoriesrelatedtotheBeatles’music,mostof
thosememoriesarefromwhentheywereteenagers.Butyoungerpeoplealsohad clearpersonal memoriesfrom theirpast. Shelovesyou
Thisstudywasdifferentfromothermemory
studies,becausepeopleremembered
“Itwaslikepeople ofthingsthathad
remember
We
eventsfromtheirpastwithlotsmoredetails.Morrisonexplained: hadtravelledbacktothepast,andtheyhadveryclearmemories
happened.WhentheyheardasonglikeSheLovesYoubytheBeatles,theycould
onenightinautumn1963.Theyrememberedwhattheywerewearing,what the weather was like and what their friend said to them. You get a lot more informationthanifyoujust say,‘tellme aboutanightyouremember’.”
Thestudyhasfoundthatmusiccouldbeusedwithpeoplewhohaveproblems thepast.“Youcouldusemusictohelpimprovepeople’sabilityto
remember,”saidMorrison.“Inthefuture,wewouldliketodomoreexperimentsto seehowusefulmusicisinhelpingpeopletorememberthepast,andcompareitto otherthingsthatmightalsohelp.”
27. Professor Conway andDr.Morrison’s researchaimsto how musiccan helppeoplerememberthepast
B. studyoldsongs’influenceon people’sbehavior C.findout what influencespeople’smemoriesofthepast D. findwaystohelp peoplewithmemorydifficulties 28.TheexampleofShe LovesYouisusedtoshow that lovesongscan helppeopletohave clearermemories
B. songs tellstoriesthat are similartoour experiences
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C.musiccan takepeopleback totheirteenageyears D. people canremembermoredetailswiththehelpofmusic 29. Morrison’steam’sfutureresearchisprobably on . A. why
somepeoplehave memoryproblems
B. whatmethodscanbesthelppeoplebringbackmemories C.how musiccan helppeopleintheirstudiesorwork
D. how tohelpolder peopleremembermoredetailsaboutthepast
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