How Music Encodes Your Memories | Psych of Play

Music is a profoundly powerful thing. At the right time, a melody from a game or a movie can stir up memories of the past, even in those with severe memory disabilities like Alzheimer’s Disease. Today on Psych of Play, we’re going to dive into how memories are encoded into long term memory, and how music is deeply entwined to those connections in your long term memory.

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-Games Shown

Celeste (2018) - Matt Makes Games
Shadow of the Colossus (2005) - Team Ico
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Nintendo
Octopath Traveler (2018) - Square Enix
Skyrim (2011) - Bethesda
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) - CD Projekt RED
Kingdom Hearts 2 (2005) - Square Enix
Pokemon Crystal (2000) - Game Freak
Zelda: Wind Waker (2002) - Nintendo
Undertale (2015) - Toby Fox
Final Fantasy VII (1997) - SquareSoft
Final Fantasy X (2001) - SquareSoft
Final Fantasy XIII (2009) - Square Enix
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) - SEGA
Astral Chain (2019) - Platinum Games
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) - Konami
Megaman 2 (1988) - Capcom

-Research Articles Cited

Autobiographical memory:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776393/

**Retrieval of Emotional Memories:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265099/

Alzheimer's Disease and positive memories over negative (contribute to good nostalgia)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311908.2016.1277578

Flashbulb Memories
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795959/

Alzeimers Retrieval
https://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/memory-retrieval-not-storage-hinders-mouse-models-alzheimers

Benefits of Nostalgia
http://theconversation.com/the-psychological-benefits-and-trappings-of-nostalgia-77766

Emotions and Music
https://www.bustle.com/p/why-do-we-get-emotional-when-we-listen-to-music-44460

Rhythm and body movement:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103110000430

Why music moves us: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201807/why-are-we-moved-music

Empathy Study:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201806/empathic-people-use-social-brain-circuitry-process-music

Depression and Sad Music:
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/04/24/why-do-people-with-depression-like-listening-to-sad-music/

The Reminiscence Bump:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscence_bump

Self Referencing Effect:
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1979-25246-001?doi=1

2016 Music match mood study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0157444
-Clips/Movies Shown

Game Score Fanfare: https://youtu.be/lwF87Omenow
Tom O’Regan: https://youtu.be/kbCNDh_r518
Sideways: https://youtu.be/i8HePfa7WYs
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Up (2009)
Mulan (1998, 2020)
https://youtu.be/Wi8BwUh3XOk
https://youtu.be/Mhcaz6_fzZA
https://youtu.be/giu5WjUt2GA
https://youtu.be/Nb07TLkJ3Ww
https://youtu.be/HLdEdFNy8Q8

-Music Sources:

Confronting Myself - Lena Raine
1940's Style Hip Hop Instrumental - Words Of Ecstacy
BOLERO OF FIRE MajorLink - Brock Hewitt: Stories in Sound
St James Infirmary Blues - Cab Calloway
Counter Strike Theme Song (1.6 Main Menu)
Reflection - Mulan Music from Official Trailer
Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker OST
Prelude - Final Fantasy VII
In The Mood - Glenn Miller
Going Up Yonder (Low Key) Originally Performed by Walter Hawkins [Instrumental Track]
Guardian Battle - Breath of the Wild OST
Main Menu - Halo OST
Deadly Beloved - Kingdom Hearts II OST
Married Life - Up OST
Medli’s Awakening - Wind Waker OST
Dr. Wiley’s Castle - Megaman 2 OST
Nemo Egg - Finding Nemo OST
Silver for Monsters - The Witcher 3 OST
Legendary Beast Encounter - Pokemon Crystal OST
Red's Journey (The Road To Cerulean City) - Braxton Burks
Route 30 - Pokemon Gold OST
Drowning - Sonic 2 OST
Far Horizons - Skyrim OST Jeremy Soule
Soothing Violin Lofi [Relax and chill vibes] - LofiVibezz
The Great Sea - Wind Waker OST
The Temple of Time - Breath of the Wild OST
Once Upon a Time - Toby Fox
“Undertale” - Toby Fox
His Theme - Toby Fox

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