Question

What's the science behind why your brain will not allow you to forget a strong musical memory even when we grow old? Why the song "I'm not racist" by Joyner Lucas will trigger the event that it it related to.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Music and memory are very cohesive.

Psychologies say the reason for this is because Music triggers lots of nerves in many areas of the brain. The areas according to research that is usually triggered when we listen to music are

1. the auditory region;
2. the Motor region and
3. the limbic nerves or region. The limbic region is most associated with our emotions. Emotions are strongly related to memory recall.

B) The song the by Joyner will always trigger the event because it was highly emotional. The event triggers heated discussion regarding many other similar events where a particular kind of people have been consistently treated like they were sub-human without any serious repercussion to the perpetrators the inhumane acts.

The song by Joyner using rhymes, and poetry cleverly addresses the issues and preaches understanding and change of mindset.

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