A cross-sectional study of reminiscence bumps for music-related memories in adulthood
Jakubowski, Eerola, Tillmann, Perrin and Heine: about 470 adults aged 18 to 82 rated 111 chart songs (1950 to 2015) for autobiographical memory association, familiarity and liking; a bump peaking around age 14 for salience and familiarity; liking varied more with current age; young adults showed higher liking for music from their parents' adolescent years; music-related memories seem to draw on retrieval processes similar to word-cued memories. Music & Science 3, 2020.
Jakubowski, Eerola, Tillmann, Perrin and Heine: about 470 adults aged 18 to 82 rated 111 chart songs (1950 to 2015) for autobiographical memory association, familiarity and liking; a bump peaking around age 14 for salience and familiarity; liking varied more with current age; young adults showed higher liking for music from their parents' adolescent years; music-related memories seem to draw on retrieval processes similar to word-cued memories. Music & Science 3, 2020.
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Jakubowski, K., Eerola, T., Tillmann, B., Perrin, F., & Heine, L. (2020). A cross-sectional study of reminiscence bumps for music-related memories in adulthood. Music & Science, 3. doi:10.1177/2059204320965058 https://doi.org/10.1177/2059204320965058