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19-12-2017 | Original Article

Is working memory training in older adults sensitive to music?

Auteurs: Erika Borella, Barbara Carretti, Chiara Meneghetti, Elena Carbone, Margherita Vincenzi, Jessica Cira Madonna, Massimo Grassi, Beth Fairfield, Nicola Mammarella

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 6/2019

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Abstract

Evidence in the literature suggests that listening to music can improve cognitive performance. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the short- and long-term gains of a working memory (WM) training in older adults could be enhanced by music listening—the Mozart’s Sonata K448 and the Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor—which differ in tempo and mode. Seventy-two healthy older adults (age range: 65–75 years) participated in the study. They were divided into four groups. At each training session, before starting the WM training activities, one group listened to Mozart (Mozart group, N = 19), one to Albinoni (Albinoni group, N = 19), one to white noise (White noise group, N = 16), while one served as an active control group involved in other activities and was not exposed to any music (active control group, N = 18). Specific training gains on a task like the one used in the training, and transfer effects on visuo-spatial abilities, executive function and reasoning measures were assessed. Irrespective of listening condition (Mozart, Albinoni, White noise), trained groups generally outperformed the control group. The White noise group never differed from the two music groups. However, the Albinoni group showed larger specific training gains in the criterion task at short-term and transfer effects in the reasoning task at both short-and long term compared to the Mozart group. Overall the present findings suggest caution when interpreting the effects of music before a WM training, and are discussed according to aging and music effect literature.
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For the comparison between post-test and follow-up, a gain score was computed for each outcome measure as follows: follow-up − post-test. Univariate ANCOVAs were run for each outcome measure with the abovementioned index as dependent variable and the gain at short-term—(post-test—pre-test)—as covariate. Helmert contrasts were run to compare first the listening condition (white noise; Mozart; Albinoni) vs the active control group, then the white noise condition vs the music conditions (Mozart; Albinoni), and finally the two different music conditions (Mozart vs Albinoni). The critical p value was set at 0.02, as there were 3 main comparisons. The covariate was significant for all the outcome measures: CWMS, F(1,67) = 18.42, p < .001, ηp2 = 0.22, Backward Corsi blocks, F(1,67) = 10.29, p = 0.002, ηp2 = 0.13, Verbal fluency, F(1,67) = 20.98, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.23, MPFB, F(1,67) = 34.65, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.34, Spatial descriptions—map drawing, F(1,67) = 29.91, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.31, Cattell test, F(1,67) = 52.50, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.44, while the main effect of group was not significant for any of them: CWMS, F(3,67) = 0.26, p = 0.85, ηp2 = 0.01, Backward Corsi blocks, F(3,67) = 0.93, p = 0.43, ηp2 = 0.04, Verbal fluency, F(3,67) = 2.04, p = 0.12, ηp2 = 0.08, MPFB, F(3,67) = 0.32, p = 0.81, ηp2 = 0.01, Spatial descriptions—map drawing, F(3,67) = 1.30, p = 0.28, ηp2 = 0.05, Cattell test, F(3,67) = 0.26, p = 0.85, ηp2 = 0.01.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Is working memory training in older adults sensitive to music?
Auteurs
Erika Borella
Barbara Carretti
Chiara Meneghetti
Elena Carbone
Margherita Vincenzi
Jessica Cira Madonna
Massimo Grassi
Beth Fairfield
Nicola Mammarella
Publicatiedatum
19-12-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0961-8