Figure: Activity in an area (in red) within the hippocampus
(in green)
increased when musical motifs in the piece were repeated.
Hippocampal activity during music listening exposes the
memory-boosting power of music
For the first time the hippocampus—a brain structure crucial
for creating long-lasting memories—has been observed to be active in response
to recurring musical phrases while listening to music. Thus, the hippocampal
involvement in long-term memory may be less specific than previously thought,
indicating that short and long-term memory processes may depend on each other
after all.