Why Teenage Songs Define Us: The Science of Musical Memory
Dan
location: WV➔VA➔FL➔WV➔OH
listening to: so many intros
registered: 1997.08.29
Maybe it’s just coincidence (or maybe Google really is watching me), but this article on music imprinting and how it peaks during our teenage years just showed up in my feed:
Music, Memory, and Neurodevelopment – Neuroscience News
According to the study, age 16 is the peak for males and 19 for females when it comes to forming lifelong musical preferences.
For me, that lines up perfectly — roughly 1986 through 1992 — the stretch that defined my musical DNA. MTV pop gave way to grunge and jam bands, and so many great female solo acts emerged during that time.
Of course, this isn’t exactly new — we’ve all heard that our teenage years shape our tastes — but it’s still a cool study that puts some science behind that sense of nostalgic magic we all feel when our favorite old songs come on.
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in a show with everything but Yul Brynner
Dan
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Maybe it’s just coincidence (or maybe Google really is watching me), but this article on music imprinting and how it peaks during our teenage years just showed up in my feed:
Music, Memory, and Neurodevelopment – Neuroscience News
According to the study, age 16 is the peak for males and 19 for females when it comes to forming lifelong musical preferences.
For me, that lines up perfectly — roughly 1986 through 1992 — the stretch that defined my musical DNA. MTV pop gave way to grunge and jam bands, and so many great female solo acts emerged during that time.
Of course, this isn’t exactly new — we’ve all heard that our teenage years shape our tastes — but it’s still a cool study that puts some science behind that sense of nostalgic magic we all feel when our favorite old songs come on.
–--
in a show with everything but Yul Brynner
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