Research Article
Abstract
References
Information
This study proposes a conceptual framework explaining how musical stimuli influences language processing through neurocognitive modulation and cognitive load redistribution. Although prior research has demonstrated that music affects emotion, attention, and working memory, these effects have typically been examined in isolation, with limited integration into models of lexical processing. To address this gap, the framework links music stimuli to emotional, attentional, and cognitive control systems and explains how their modulation reorganizes cognitive load during language processing. Music is conceptualized as a structured functional input defined by arousal, valence, structural complexity, and attentional demand. Rather than directly enhancing performance, music is proposed to reshape cognitive processing conditions across stages of lexical processing. By integrating insights from music cognition, neuroscience, and psycholinguistics, this framework provides a theoretically grounded basis for future empirical research on music-supported language learning.
- Aston-Jones, G. and Cohen, J. D. 2005. An Integrative Theory of Locus Coeruleus–Norepinephrine Function: Adaptive Gain and Optimal Performance.
Annual Review of Neuroscience 28 , 403-450.10.1146/annurev.neuro.28.061604.135709 - Berlyne, D. E. 1971.
Aesthetics and Psychobiology . New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. - Binder, J. R. and Desai, R. H. 2011. The Neurobiology of Semantic Memory.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 15. 11, 527-536.10.1016/j.tics.2011.10.001 22001867 PMC3350748 - Binder, J. R., Desai, R. H., Graves, W. W., and Conant, L. L. 2009. Where Is the Semantic System? A Critical Review and Meta-analysis of 120 Functional Neuroimaging Studies.
Cerebral Cortex 19. 12, 2767-2796.10.1093/cercor/bhp055 19329570 PMC2774390 - Bishop, S. J. 2007. Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Anxiety: An Integrative Account.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11. 7, 307-316.10.1016/j.tics.2007.05.008 - Blood, A. J. and Zatorre, R. J. 2001. Intensely Pleasurable Responses to Music Correlate with Activity in Brain Regions Implicated in Reward and Emotion.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98. 20, 11818-11823.10.1073/pnas.191355898 11573015 PMC58814 - Corbetta, M. and Shulman, G. L. 2002. Control of Goal-Directed and Stimulus-Driven Attention in the Brain.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3. 3, 201-215.10.1038/nrn755 - Dosenbach, N. U. F., Visscher, K. M., Palmer, E. D., Miezin, F. M., Wenger, K. K., Kang, H. C., Burgund, E. D., Grimes, A. L., Schlaggar, B. L., and Petersen, S. E. 2006. A Core System for the Implementation of Task Sets.
Neuron 50. 5, 799-812.10.1016/j.neuron.2006.04.031 16731517 PMC3621133 - Ferreri, L. and Rodriguez-Fornells, A. 2017. Music-related Reward Responses Predict Episodic Memory Performance.
Experimental Brain Research 235. 12, 3721-3731.10.1007/s00221-017-5095-0 - Hallam, S. and MacDonald, R. A. R. 2008. The Effects of Music in Community and Educational Settings. In S. Hallam, I. Cross, and M. H. Thaut (eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology , 471-480. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Hulstijn, J. H. 2001. Intentional and Incidental Second Language Vocabulary Learning: A Reappraisal of Elaboration, Rehearsal and Automaticity. In P. Robinson (ed.),
Cognition and Second Language Instruction , 258-286. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.10.1017/CBO9781139524780.011 - Husain, G., Thompson, W. F., and Schellenberg, E. G. 2002. Effects of Musical Tempo and Mode on Arousal, Mood, and Spatial Abilities.
Music Perception 20. 2, 151-171.10.1525/mp.2002.20.2.151 - Keller, P. E., and Schubert, E. 2011. Cognitive and Affective Judgements of Syncopated Musical Themes.
Advances in Cognitive Psychology 7 , 142-156.10.2478/v10053-008-0094-0 22253676 PMC3259101 - Koelsch, S. 2014. Brain Correlates of Music-evoked Emotions.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 15. 3, 170-180.10.1038/nrn3666 - Kumaran, D., Hassabis, D., and McClelland, J. L. 2016. What Learning Systems Do Intelligent Agents Need? Complementary Learning Systems Theory Updated.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 20. 7, 512-534.10.1016/j.tics.2016.05.004 - Levelt, W. J. M. 2001. Spoken Word Production: A Theory of Lexical Access.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98. 23, 13464-13471.10.1073/pnas.231459498 11698690 PMC60894 - Menon, V. and Levitin, D. J. 2005. The Rewards of Music Listening: Response and Physiological Connectivity of the Mesolimbic System.
NeuroImage 28. 1, 175-184.10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.05.053 - Obleser, J. and Eisner, F. 2009. Pre-lexical Abstraction of Speech in the Auditory Cortex.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 13. 1, 14-19.10.1016/j.tics.2008.09.005 - Pessoa, L. 2009. How Do Emotion and Motivation Direct Executive Control?
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 13. 4, 160-166.10.1016/j.tics.2009.01.006 19285913 PMC2773442 - Pulvermüller, F. 2013. How Neurons Make Meaning: Brain Mechanisms for Embodied and Abstract-Symbolic Semantics.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 17. 9, 458-470.10.1016/j.tics.2013.06.004 - Salimpoor, V. N., Benovoy, M., Larcher, K., Dagher, A., and Zatorre, R. J. 2011. Anatomically Distinct Dopamine Release during Anticipation and Experience of Peak Emotion to Music.
Nature Neuroscience 14. 2, 257-262.10.1038/nn.2726 - Sweller, J. 2010. Cognitive Load Theory: Recent Theoretical Advances. In J. L. Plass, R. Moreno, and R. Brünken (eds.),
Cognitive Load Theory , 29-47. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.10.1017/CBO9780511844744.004
- Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
- Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
- Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
- Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
- Volume : 41
- No :4
- Pages :489-504
- DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.41.4.202602.489
The Journal of Studies in Language
