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Music And Memory: A Qualitative Look At How Music Affects Episodic Memory, Jonathan A. Coad Jan 2016

Music And Memory: A Qualitative Look At How Music Affects Episodic Memory, Jonathan A. Coad

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This study was designed to examine qualitative data regarding gender and age differences about significant life events that are recalled when music is remembered. Two groups of participants were recruited, younger adults (M = 19.78, SD = 4.99) and older adults (M = 49.31, SD = 8.72). Data were collected by creating a survey and allowing participants to choose whichever songs, from their own experience, they like and asking them to list detailed memories that are attached to the song. Using the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (2015) software, data was coded into categories of word count, positive and negative emotions, …