In preparation for my experiment in April, I have designed six surveys. Survey number one is the control, where the test will be taken in silence. Survey number two has the classical music treatment. The participants will listen to Mozart's well known Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K 525 Allegro. Survey number three features pop music, represented by Bruno Mars' 24K Magic (the clean version of course). Number four is hip-hop/rap with the song Put On by Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West. Number five showcases rock music with Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild, and finally survey six has electronic dance music (EDM) represented by Marshmello's Ritual featuring Wrabel.
All of these songs were chosen with the intent to best represent their respective genre of music.
Because different types of music stimulate the brain differently, it should be interesting to see how certain genres might impact immediate visual memory recall. Some music stimulates the motor cortex, causing us to dance, some stimulates the visual cortex, allowing us to conjure up images, and music with words trigger language centers in the frontal and temporal lobes. These multiple ways in which music affects us may ultimately affect our memory as well. More on that soon.
Hey Anila! Do you have guesses on how the survey takers scores will vary with each genre?
ReplyDeleteIt is commonly thought that classical music improves memory and recall but I am hesitant to make that assumption. Quite honestly I think the control survey without any music might yield the highest scores because there is no music to distract from the task at hand. I guess we will see!
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