Salame and Baddeley (1989) asked participants to maintain information in working memory while listening to either singing, music without singing, or no sounds at all.They found that:
A)music helps young adults to study, but hurts the ability of older adults to learn.
B)singing most interfered with maintaining information in the phonological loop.
C)all three conditions led to relatively good performance.
D)the condition without any sound was the most challenging.

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Salame and Baddeley (1989) found that singing most interfered with maintaining information in the phonological loop, as it uses the same neural resources as the loop. This suggests that maintaining verbal information in working memory is more difficult when listening to singing compared to music without singing or no sounds at all.

Salame and Baddeley (1989) Asked Participants to Maintain Information in Working