=?windows-1256?Q?=D1=CF:?= working memory and melody ("Almanadely, Yousry(Bahrain)" )

Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?=D1=CF:?= working memory and melody From: "Almanadely, Yousry(Bahrain)" <yousry.almanadely@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:18:25 +0300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C68FCE.2F5CB17A X-EC0D2A8E-5CB7-4969-9C36-46D859D137BE-PartID: ABFB1311-C5E6-42F0-BBF6-53FEC9778F59 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 ________________________________ =E3=E4: Robbin Miranda [mailto:raw25@xxxxxxxx =CA=C7=D1=ED=CE =C7=E1=C5=D1=D3=C7=E1: =C7=E1=C7=D1=C8=DA=C7=C1 = 24/05/2006 06:27 =E3 =C5=E1=EC: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx =C7=E1=E3=E6=D6=E6=DA: Re: working memory and melody Dear Bruno and List,=20 I noticed the same thing myself in college: listening to music did not = interfere with math homework, but I could not read or write while = listening to any type of music. I believe that this is due to the = necessary allocation of some of the same neural structures for both = musical and linguistic processing. For instance, BA 44 or Broca's area = is thought to be involved in "syntactic" processing of both music and = language. I've listed a few references below. There are many more relevant papers = out there, but these are some of the ones that first came to mind. ~Robbin=20 Besson M. and Sch?n D. (2001) Comparison between music and language. = Ann N Y=20 Acad Sci. 930: 232-258.=20 Koelsch S., Gunter T.C., v. Cramon Y., Zysset S., Lohmann G., and = Friederici A.D.=20 (2002) Bach speaks: A cortical =93language-network=94 serves the = processing of music. NeuroImage. 17: 956-966.=20 Maess B., Koelsch S., Gunter T.C., and Friederici A.D. (2001) Musical = syntax is=20 processed in Broca=92s area: an MEG study. Nature Neuroscience. 4(5): = 540-545.=20 Patel A.D., Gibson E., Ratner J., Besson M., and Holcomb P.J. (1998) = Processing=20 syntactic relations in language and music: An event-related potential = study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 10(6): 717-733. Robbin Miranda=20 Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience=20 Georgetown University=20 3900 Reservoir Rd., NW=20 Washington DC 20007=20 (202) 687-8449=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Bruno Repp <repp@xxxxxxxx>=20 Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:17 am=20 Subject: Re: working memory and melody=20 > Dear list members:=20 >=20 > Somewhat related to the current discussion, but leading to a=20 > separate=20 > question, is an informal observation I have made over a number of=20 > years. I am an avid music listener and listen to classical music=20 > practically every morning and evening. Classical music requires=20 > full=20 > attention to be appreciated properly. However, because the=20 > listening=20 > takes up a lot of time, I have often tried to combine it with=20 > other=20 > activities. I soon found out that reading, even of the most=20 > trivial=20 > text, is totally disruptive. I feel I have not heard the music at=20 > all=20 > while I was reading-a very disheartening experience. Before the=20 > advent of personal computers, I used to score data or draw graphs=20 > while listening. That was less distracting but still interfered a=20 > bit. Lately, I have become addicted to Sudoku. I find that solving=20 > Sudoku puzzles does not really interfere with music listening at=20 > all,=20 > even though I frequently need to keep lists of up to five digits=20 > in=20 > verbal working memory.=20 >=20 > I would be interested to learn about any references to research=20 > (or=20 > any informal comments) that might address why reading interferes=20 > so=20 > strongly with music listening but Sudoku doesn't. Although there=20 > is=20 > some research on the effect of music on reading (though probably=20 > not=20 > on Sudoku), I am not aware of any research that investigated how=20 > different secondary tasks interfere with music listening. One=20 > problem=20 > is surely to find an objective and quantifiable measure of how=20 > effective the music listening was.=20 >=20 > Best,=20 >=20 > Bruno=20 > --=20 > Bruno H. Repp=20 > Haskins Laboratories=20 > 300 George Street=20 > New Haven, CT 06511-6624=20 > Tel. (203) 865-6163, ext. 236=20 > Fax (203) 865-8963=20 > http://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/repp.html=20 >=20 > NOTE: I am at Rutgers University, Newark, two days per week,=20 > usually Tuesday and Wednesday or Friday, and don't read my=20 > Haskins e-mail on those days. To reach me at Rutgers, send=20 > e-mail to <repp@xxxxxxxx>.=20 >=20 This message and any attachments (the 'message') is intended solely for = the addressees and is confidential. 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(2001) Comparison between = music and =0A= language.  Ann N Y Acad Sci. 930: = 232-258. =0A= =0A= Koelsch S., Gunter T.C., v. Cramon Y., Zysset S., = Lohmann G., =0A= and Friederici A.D. (2002) Bach speaks: A = cortical =0A= =93language-network=94 serves the processing of music.  NeuroImage. = 17: =0A= 956-966. =0A= Maess B., Koelsch S., Gunter T.C., and Friederici A.D. = (2001) =0A= Musical syntax is processed in Broca=92s area: = an MEG =0A= study.  Nature Neuroscience. 4(5): 540-545. =0A= Patel A.D., Gibson E., Ratner J., Besson M., and = Holcomb P.J. =0A= (1998) Processing syntactic relations in = language and =0A= music: An event-related potential study.  Journal of Cognitive =0A= Neuroscience. 10(6): 717-733. =0A= =0A= Robbin Miranda Interdisciplinary Program =0A= in Neuroscience Georgetown University = 3900 Reservoir Rd., NW Washington DC 20007 =0A= (202) 687-8449 =0A= ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruno =0A= Repp <repp@xxxxxxxx> Date: = Wednesday, May =0A= 24, 2006 10:17 am Subject: Re: working memory = and =0A= melody =0A= > Dear list members: > =0A= > Somewhat related to the current = discussion, but =0A= leading to a > separate > =0A= question, is an informal observation I have made over a number of =0A= > years. I am an avid music listener and = listen to =0A= classical music > practically every morning = and =0A= evening. Classical music requires > full =0A= > attention to be appreciated properly. = However, =0A= because the > listening > =0A= takes up a lot of time, I have often tried to combine it with = > other > = activities. I soon found out that =0A= reading, even of the most > trivial = > text, is totally disruptive. I feel I = have not heard the music at =0A= > all > while = I was =0A= reading-a very disheartening experience. Before the > =0A= advent of personal computers, I used to score data or draw graphs =0A= > while listening. That was less = distracting but =0A= still interfered a > bit. Lately, I have = become =0A= addicted to Sudoku. I find that solving > = Sudoku =0A= puzzles does not really interfere with music listening at = > all, > even = though I frequently need to =0A= keep lists of up to five digits > in = > verbal working memory. > > I would be interested to = learn about any references to research =0A= > (or > any = informal =0A= comments) that might address why reading interferes > =0A= so > strongly with music listening but = Sudoku =0A= doesn't. Although there > is = > some research on the effect of music on = reading (though probably =0A= > not > on = Sudoku), I am =0A= not aware of any research that investigated how > =0A= different secondary tasks interfere with music listening. One = > problem > is = surely to find an objective =0A= and quantifiable measure of how > effective = the music =0A= listening was. > > =0A= Best, > > = Bruno =0A= > -- > Bruno H. = Repp =0A= > Haskins Laboratories > 300 =0A= George Street > New Haven, CT = 06511-6624 =0A= > Tel. (203) 865-6163, ext. 236 > =0A= Fax (203) 865-8963 > <A = href=3D"http://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/repp.html">http://www.haskins.y= ale.edu/staff/repp.html</A> =0A= > > NOTE: I am at = Rutgers =0A= University, Newark, two days per week, > = usually =0A= Tuesday and Wednesday or Friday, and don't read my > =0A= Haskins e-mail on those days. To reach me at Rutgers, send = > e-mail to = <repp@xxxxxxxx>. > = </DIV>=0A= =0A= </BODY>=0A= This message and any attachments (the 'message') is = intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you = receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately = notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any = dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited, = except with formal approval. The Internet cannot guarantee = the integrity of this message. Orbit (and its subsidiaries) shall = therefore not be liable for the message, if modified. 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