Dr Kelly Jakubowski kelly.jakubowski@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Mental Imagery in Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories
Jakubowski, Kelly
Authors
Contributors
Mats B. Küssner
Editor
Graham Welch
Editor
Liila Taruffi
Editor
Ian Cross
Editor
Georgia A. Floridou
Editor
Adam Ockelford
Editor
Abstract
Music is often cited as a powerful cue for bringing back significant and emotional lifetime memories. One feature that appears to be a substantial contributor to this experience is the fact that these music-evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) are often accompanied by a high degree of reliving and vivid mental imagery-one is brought back to the sights, smells, and sounds of a past event. In this chapter, the relationship between mental imagery and autobiographical memory in general will be briefly reviewed, followed by a discussion as to why music in particular may be a highly effective cue for autobiographical memories. I will then review the existing research evidence on MEAMs to probe the extent to which MEAMs are accompanied by different types of mental imagery (visual, auditory, motor, etc.). Particular attention will be paid to recent research suggesting that MEAMs may actually be accompanied by more vivid mental imagery than autobiographical memories retrieved in response to other types of perceptual cues. Suggestions for future research to more systematically probe the features and acuity of mental imagery within MEAMs will be put forward, and potential theoretical and clinical implications of this research topic will be highlighted.
Citation
Jakubowski, K. (2022). Mental Imagery in Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories. In M. B. Küssner, G. Welch, L. Taruffi, I. Cross, G. A. Floridou, & A. Ockelford (Eds.), Music and Mental Imagery (137-146). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429330070
Online Publication Date | Dec 22, 2022 |
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Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 137-146 |
Series Title | SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music |
Edition | 1st Edition |
Book Title | Music and Mental Imagery |
Chapter Number | 11 |
ISBN | 9780429330070 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429330070 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1648423 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Music and Mental Imagery on 22 December 2022, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367352165
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