Thank you, Kamal! I am specifically looking for trends in academic performance and preferred music genre. This reference looks very relevant to my interests. I know some may think this a well-worn topic, but there are still some unknowns. Academic performance encompasses a variety of factors, but memory recall is certainly an important one.
Ken, no doubt 5-HT is highly versatile and performs a broad array of functions. Since it is involved in regulation of emotions, it may be that some music influences levels of 5-HT in a way that optimizes psychological arousal for learning. Likewise, other kinds of music may have an opposite effect.
Of course, music preference is highly personalized and may be determined more by personality traits. This may indicate music preference is more related to a steady state of neurotransmitter levels.
serotonin (5-HT) plays a role in a great variety of behaviours such as food intake, activity rythms, sexual behaviour and emotional states. Despite this lack of functional specialization, the serotonergic system plays a significant role in learning and memory, in particular by interacting with the cholinergic, glutamatergic, dopaminergic or GABAergic systems. Its action is mediated via specific receptors located in crucial brain structures involved in these functions, primarily the septo-hippocampal complex and the nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM)-frontal cortex.
This is an interest of mine. Do you have references for the research you mentioned?
As we have all demonstrated my initial point, 5-HT is applicable indirectly/ directly to many facets of brain fctn. To state it is applied to memory would be depriving its overall fctn however applicable. Tamara, there are a hand full of authors that will bring you up to speed with 5-HT. Memory can also be enhanced through memory tricks and many other neurotransmitters as you are aware. The 5-HT pond is huge.
Thank you, Kamal! I am specifically looking for trends in academic performance and preferred music genre. This reference looks very relevant to my interests. I know some may think this a well-worn topic, but there are still some unknowns. Academic performance encompasses a variety of factors, but memory recall is certainly an important one.
Ken, no doubt 5-HT is highly versatile and performs a broad array of functions. Since it is involved in regulation of emotions, it may be that some music influences levels of 5-HT in a way that optimizes psychological arousal for learning. Likewise, other kinds of music may have an opposite effect.
Of course, music preference is highly personalized and may be determined more by personality traits. This may indicate music preference is more related to a steady state of neurotransmitter levels.
I have read and Kamal's reference may support my following statement, that classical music (boroque) has a calming alpha and possibly theta rhythm effects on brain activity and hence, enhance learning and memory which may be the answer you were initially after.
Following on further from your statement regarding personality traits, yes, i agree that music preference would have an bias affect. For example, heavy metal or 'heavy, grung type music is believed to enhance beta rhythm, not ideal for learning and memory.
Then again, from a psychology point of view, if one is comfortable with such music that is not ideal for learning and memory, maybe it is possible to listen to heavy music and learn and have effective memory whilst studying. Whether classical music has a direct effect on 5-HT release, that would be interesting to know as a neuroscientist.
Hi everyone iam ph.d candidate working on educational neuroscience ...my concern is that is there any solid reason(research studies) to believe that music has any positive impact on memory ..then can it be applied in the classrooms so that we could enhance the student's learning...
I have read many papers, so it would take some digging to tell you which one it was, but there is the suggestion that if a piece of music can induce a specific "emotional state" by it's valence (either a positive or negative effect) and a certain level of psychological arousal (ex: calm or high-energy) when someone is studying, then accuracy during a recall task increases when exposed to that same musical piece. I'm not sure if this answers your question much, but Ken may have more info on how that might impact 5-HT levels.
Serotonin is studied in the light of depression and mood disordered. To my knowledge, it is not directly correlated to memory power.
Does anyone have some decent [entry level] articles on the above that can be referenced and hopefully found on the WEB. I'd like to read more about this.
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