Visual Cue Music Analysis

Reflexes are usually provoked by environmental stimuli such as pulling your hand away from a hot stove or reaching to catch a ball that has been thrown to you. Reflexes are controlled by the brain, and nervous system as messages from the brain quickly move through the nerves and into the muscles to perform specific functions. (Alexis Jenkins, 2013 http://www.livestrong.com/article/272875-how-does-music-affect-your-reflexes/) “The study showed that, in general, music quickened response time and that the influence of variety music was much more effective than that of the classical music. The study also showed that response time was shorter when stimuli was present in the left visual field, controlled by the right side of the brain, than when stimuli was present in the right visual field, controlled by the left side of the brain.” (Alexis Jenkins, 2013 http://www.livestrong.com/article/272875-how-does-music-affect-your-reflexes/) This was the basis of the experiment except we used more modern music in hip hop/rap. “Listening to music often affects one’s mood and behavior. It has the ability to make us anxious, calm, euphoric, as

Music has been suggested to affect the body’s physiological patterns in many ways. A study done in 2003 (Yamamoto et. al) exemplified the wavering levels of neurotransmitters as the type of music was changed. When the participants listen to slow-rhythm music their plasma levels of norepinephrine decreased,

The purpose of this entire experiment was to see if music (a distraction) would affect how many time we could press a clothespin. We were hoping that the music would distract us from the pain we felt, and hopefully increased the amount of times we could press it. We even hypothesized that if we were distracted by fast-paced music, then the amount of total clothespin presses will increase. However, our hypothesis was not supported. The average amount of presses without music was 46.425, while the average amount of presses with music was only 43.9. The addition of music did not seem to affect the amount of presses in our experiment.

Previous research on this topic included mixed results in regards to music, gender, and distraction. For one of our hypotheses, the results agreed with past research done on music and distraction. Although it was not significant, the data

(2001) explained that the “Mozart effect” is due to arousal and mood improvement. The arousal-mood hypothesis proposes that listening to music, affects people’s level of arousal and mood, which in turn influence performance on different cognitive tasks (Husain, Thompson, & Schellenberg, 2002).

From prior research, most experimenters chose to use the Mozart Effect. In this experiment, the genres of music chosen did not include classical music of any type. It has been thought that listening to classical music, particularly Mozart, enhances performance on cognitive tests. However, recent findings show that listening to any music that is personally enjoyable has positive effects on cognition (EMedExpert, 1). For the beginning of this experiment, instead of swabbing places for bacteria, the bacteria used was

Running head: MUSIC AROUSAL ON RECALL 1Effects of Low and High Arousal Music on Recall Lexi Dunson, Wendy Chuandra, Diana Chaya, Courtney Babcock & Renyi YangPasadena City College

Music is a stimulant that can induce changes in arousal levels, which can be measured through indicators such as tense arousal (i.e. tension). The genre and how frequently individuals are exposed to a music stimulus can determine how significant the change in arousal will be. Generally, energetic music increases phasic arousal, which is the respondent state of arousal due to a stimulus (Olst, Orlebeke & Fokkema, 1967), because of the exciting mood they create, their fast tempo, tone, and beat accenting. Contrastively, relaxing music decreases phasic arousal because of their slow-pace and quieter sound (Huron, 2002). However, it is hypothesised that, when listening to their preferred type of music, participants will experience a smaller change

The general purpose of this experiment is to find out if music affects one’s performance when exercising either negatively or positively. To test this, one could use any number of test subjects, although the design of this experiment requires one to test two subjects; one male and one female. Each test subject will be tested twice without music and twice with music. This experiment calls for four trials per test subject. Two trials were performed without music, and two were performed with music.

Music has been a part of human daily life for centuries, giving us energy, relaxation, and enjoyment. Over the past few decades, music has become increasingly involved with the treatment of numerous diseases. An individual’s reaction to music can be based off their mood, emotion, or just their liking. But regardless of a person’s preference, the tempo of music has found to be the main factor that affects an individual’s physiological response (Bernardi et al. 2009). Music can be a useful tool in medical treatments due to all individuals reacting in a similar manner.

This article tests several hypotheses. The first and second hypotheses states that simple task switching will yield a longer reaction time than repeated task completion and the group with the “popular” music will yield the highest reaction times whereas the classical music group and the no music group will yield similar reaction times. The third hypothesis also includes participants who multitask will complete fewer task compared to the participants who perform single task. The last hypothesis state that the popular music will complete the least amount of tasks in comparison to classical music and the control group, the group without music. This study included 60 college students from a college in the Midwest. The participants were randomly

Abstract: This experiment tested the way that music with different tempo impacted the rate in which the heart pumped blood throughout the body. Music with varying tempo was played to subjects that were sitting and resting while they had a Pulse Oximeter attached to their index finger that monitored their heart rate. The songs played during this experiment were Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones (sixty-two beats per minute), Wild World by Cat Stevens (seventy-two beats per minute), and The Joker by Steve Miller Band (eighty-two beats per minute). Introduction:

In recent years it’s become noticeable that students are using all different forms of music to help them while studying or doing homework. When listening to music one may notice how that person may tap their foot or drum their fingers, even though they appear to be focused on the task in front of them. The rhythm of the piece, whether it is fast or slow, causes the listener’s heartbeat to synch with it (How Music Affects Our Mood, 2014). The question however is which music to listen to. In some studies, test subjects show that the louder the music the more distracted the subjects became (Manthei, 2014). Doctor Emma Gray, a clinical psychologist in Britain, says, “If you choose the right music for the topic you are

Music is a common source of enjoyment and expression among people as evident by large music broadcasting services, such as Spotify, iTunes, Pandora, and iHeart Radio. Whether it’s in an office or in a vehicle, people can listen to music everywhere. Since music tempo has been hypothesized to affect motor skills, many studies have explored the effects of music tempo on different daily tasks, such as driving, decision-making, and behavioral pace.

Music elicits an emotional and cognitive response in all who listen to it. It is powerful at the individual level because “it can induce multiple responses – physiological, movement, mood, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral” (Francis, 2008,