Psychology Faculty Presentations
The Effects of Different Music Genres on the Working Memory
Document Type
Poster Session
Event Date
5-26-2013
Conference/Event
25th Annual Convention of the Association of Psychological Science
Location
Washington, DC
Abstract
The current study examined 93 university students’ performance in a memory recognition task under four conditions: classical, dubstep, screamo, and silence. The results indicated that the students in the screamo condition recognized significant fewer words than those in the silent condition. No significant differences were found between other conditions.
Keywords
Music, memory, musical genres, psychology, cognition, learning
Recommended Citation
Wu, Di; Brush, David M.; and Ripley, Adam J., "The Effects of Different Music Genres on the Working Memory" (2013). Psychology Faculty Presentations. 272.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/psychology_presentations/272
