Music that evokes strong emotional responses is often experienced as autobiographically salient. Through emotional experience, the musical features of songs could also contribute to their subjective autobiographical saliency. Songs which have been popular during adolescence or young adulthood (ages 10-30) are more likely to evoke stronger memories, a phenomenon known as a reminiscence bump. In the present study, we sought to determine how song-specific age, emotional responsiveness to music, musical features, and subjective memory functioning contribute to the subjective autobiographical saliency of music in older adults. In a music listening study, 112 participants rated excerpts of popular songs from the 1950s to the 1980s for autobiographical saliency. Additionally, they filled out questionnaires about emotional responsiveness to music and subjective memory functioning. The song excerpts' musical features were extracted computationally using MIRtoolbox. Results showed that autobiographical saliency was best predicted by song-specific age and emotional responsiveness to music and musical features. Newer songs that were more similar in rhythm to older songs were also rated higher in autobiographical saliency. Overall, this study contributes to autobiographical memory research by uncovering a set of factors affecting the subjective autobiographical saliency of music.

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情感和音乐因素与歌曲特定年龄相结合，预测了老年人音乐的主观自传显着性。


能够唤起强烈情感反应的音乐通常被认为是自传式的突出。通过情感体验，歌曲的音乐特征也有助于其主观自传的显着性。在青春期或青年时期（10-30 岁）流行的歌曲更有可能唤起更强烈的记忆，这种现象被称为记忆碰撞。在本研究中，我们试图确定歌曲特定年龄、对音乐的情绪反应、音乐特征和主观记忆功能如何影响老年人音乐的主观自传显着性。在一项音乐聆听研究中，112 名参与者对 20 世纪 50 年代至 80 年代流行歌曲的摘录进行了自传显着性评分。此外，他们还填写了有关音乐情绪反应和主观记忆功能的调查问卷。使用 MIRtoolbox 通过计算提取歌曲摘录的音乐特征。结果表明，自传显着性最好通过歌曲特定的年龄以及对音乐和音乐特征的情感反应来预测。节奏与老歌更相似的新歌在自传性显着性方面也被评为更高。总的来说，这项研究通过揭示一系列影响音乐主观自传显着性的因素，为自传记忆研究做出了贡献。