Music evoked autobiographical memories in people with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia

Baird, Amee; Brancatisano, Olivia; Gelding, Rebecca; Thompson, William Forde

doi:10.1080/09658211.2020.1713379

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“…We found no group differences in the topic of memories evoked by music and photo stimuli at either time point. Overall, MEAMs were typically of a "period of life" (e.g., high-school years) consistent with prior research (Baird et al, 2018(Baird et al, , 2020see also Janata et al, 2007). Such memories are considered to be non-specific in the sense that they represent repeated or extended events that occurred during a particular time period, rather than a specific episode.…”

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A Preliminary Exploration of the Stability of Music- and Photo-Evoked Autobiographical Memories in People with Alzheimer’s and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

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Music evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) occur in people with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD), but there is limited study of such memories in people with other dementia types such as behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (Bv-FTD). Furthermore, there has been no study of the integrity of such memories over time, and scarce comparison with other memory cues such as photos. Our aim was to address this current gap in our knowledge and to characterize MEAMs and photo-evoked autobiographical memories (PEAMs) in healthy elderly people and people with AD and Bv-FTD on two occasions, 6 months apart. Twenty-two participants (7 with AD, 6 with Bv-FTD, and 9 healthy elderly people) reported memories following exposure to two famous songs and two famous event photographs from each decade from 1930–2010 on two occasions. All people with AD and all healthy elderly controls reported at least one MEAM or PEAM at both times. In contrast, two people with Bv-FTD reported no memories at either time. The percentage of memories over time for songs and photos remained stable for the Healthy Elderly and AD groups, whilst the percentage of memories to songs increased over time for people with Bv-FTD. Songs elicited more positive memories than photos. The specific music and photo stimuli that triggered memories, and the topic of the memories that were evoked, remained stable over a 6-month period across all groups. Our results suggest that music and photos are efficient memory cues in people with AD and Bv-FTD. Future large-scale studies of people with different dementia types over a longer time period will provide insights into the integrity of music- and photo-evoked autobiographical memories as dementia progresses.

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A Preliminary Exploration of the Stability of Music- and Photo-Evoked Autobiographical Memories in People with Alzheimer’s and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

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“…Five studies, all using music listening in the experiment, assessed the immediate effect of music on cognition. Two studies by Baird et al (2018Baird et al ( , 2020 compared music-evoked with photograph-evoked autobiographic memories. All stimuli were well-known in previous decades of the participants' lives.…”

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Music‐basedinterventions forcommunity‐dwellingpeople with dementia: A systematic review

Hofbauer

Ross

Rodriguez

2022

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The majority of people with dementia (PwD) live in the community. Compared to institutionalised PwD, their access to formalised music therapy is limited. Initial works suggest that non-therapist-led music-based interventions (MBIs) may be an accessible and effective alternative. The aim of this review was, therefore, to synthesise evidence on MBIs for community-dwelling PwD. We systematically searched electronic databases (PubMed, PsycInfo, Web of Science) for records reporting on controlled studies of MBIs delivered to community-dwelling PwD. Two reviewers independently screened records according to inclusion/exclusion criteria. A total of 15 relevant publications reporting on 14 studies were initially identified and assessed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomised trials (RoB 2) and the risk of bias. In nonrandomised studies of interventions (ROBINS-I) tool. A total of 11 records of 10 studies, with a total of n = 327 PwD, were included in the synthesis. MBIs consisted either of singing or music listening interventions and were variable in duration. MBIs had immediate positive effects on cognition. Short-term MBIs (lasting 1-4 months) benefited cognition, anxiety and pain. Evidence on depressive symptoms was conflicting.The benefits of longer term MBIs (lasting 6+ months) were less apparent. According to GRADE criteria, the overall quality of evidence was moderate to low. The inconsistency in designs, procedures and measures prevents specific conclusions at this stage. Still, the diversity observed in existing studies suggests that there are multiple interesting avenues for researchers to pursue, including the involvement of informal caregivers in MBI delivery. Future studies need to ensure adequate reporting to facilitate continued development. The protocol of this review was pre-registered with the Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO, Registration Number: CRD42020191606).

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“…More recent work has suggested that music-evoked memories tend to be relatively preserved in Alzheimer's disease (AD), such that persons with AD report similar frequency of music-evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) as healthy comparison participants (Baird et al, 2018;Cuddy et al, 2017). In contrast to the work in persons with AD, recent evidence suggests that music may be a less effective memory cue in persons with frontal lobe damage, either due to focal lesions (Belfi et al, 2018) or neurodegenerative disorders such as frontotemporal dementia (Baird et al, 2020a). In sum, this work suggests that music may be a particularly effective memory cue for individuals with certain types of neurological damage, but not others.…”

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Music and Autobiographical Memory

Belfi

Jakubowski

2021

Music & Science

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Music evoked autobiographical memories in people with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia

Cited by 20 publications

References 36 publications

A Preliminary Exploration of the Stability of Music- and Photo-Evoked Autobiographical Memories in People with Alzheimer’s and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

A Preliminary Exploration of the Stability of Music- and Photo-Evoked Autobiographical Memories in People with Alzheimer’s and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

Music‐basedinterventions forcommunity‐dwellingpeople with dementia: A systematic review

Music and Autobiographical Memory

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