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Mon 09 Sep 2008Researchers take Beatles fans down memory lane
WHAT SPARKS deeper memories for you, She Loves Youor I Want to Hold Your Hand? Or is the song that really sets your reminiscences into overdrive Hey Judeor Imagine? More than 3,000 people answered a Leeds research group's request for their memories of the Beatles in the largest international online survey of its kind.
The aim of the University of Leeds memory group was to identify both the one special song or event and any positive experiences linked to it as a way to study how music can trigger a powerful memory response.
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