Music is a part of our lives, whether we realize it or not, from radios to shopping, movies, meaningful moments, and spending time with family and friends. Music encompasses the “sights and sounds” of its generation: hopes, desires, fears, and challenges.

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The connection between memory and music has long been noted although in-depth research in this field is new. Neurologists are beginning to study music's ability to cue and prime memory pathways in the brain. These studies are especially interesting in terms of memory loss diseases. In memory loss diseases, the working memory is often first affected. However, emotional memories and their connecting pathways remain intact, just needing a prompt for retrieval. Music is one such prompt​. In numerous studies within the last few years, researchers found that memory recall was more vivid following music episodes, especially when the music emotionally engaged the listener.