Riby Leigh M
Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Exp Psychol. 2013;60(2):71-9. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000166.
This study used Vivaldi's Four Seasons, an extraordinary example of program music, to explore the consequence of music exposure on cognitive event-related potentials (ERPs). Seventeen participants performed a three-stimulus visual odd-ball task while ERPs were recorded. Participants were required to differentiate between a rare target stimulus (to elicit a memory updating component; P3b), a rare novel stimulus (to elicit a novelty attention component; P3a), and a frequent nontarget stimulus. During task performance participants listened to the four concertos: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter in comparison to a silent control condition. Additionally, the three movements of each concerto have a fast, slow, fast structure that enabled examination of the impact of tempo. The data revealed that "Spring," particularly the well-recognized, vibrant, emotive, and uplifting first movement, had the ability to enhance mental alertness and brain measures of attention and memory.
本研究使用了维瓦尔第的《四季》——一部非凡的标题音乐作品，来探究接触音乐对认知事件相关电位（ERP）的影响。17名参与者在记录ERP的同时执行一项三刺激视觉Odd - ball任务。参与者需要区分一种罕见的目标刺激（以引出记忆更新成分；P3b）、一种罕见的新异刺激（以引出新异注意成分；P3a）和一种频繁出现的非目标刺激。在任务执行过程中，与安静的对照条件相比，参与者聆听了四首协奏曲：《春》《夏》《秋》和《冬》。此外，每首协奏曲的三个乐章具有快、慢、快的结构，这使得能够考察节奏的影响。数据显示，《春》，尤其是广为人知、充满活力、富有情感且令人振奋的第一乐章，具有增强心理警觉性以及大脑注意力和记忆力指标的能力。
