• Login
    View Item 
    •   DSpace Home
    • SUNY Cobleskill
    • Student Publications
    • Student Research Showcase and SURC
    • SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference, Annual Conference Proceedings 2016
    • Jefferson Community College
    • View Item
    •   DSpace Home
    • SUNY Cobleskill
    • Student Publications
    • Student Research Showcase and SURC
    • SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference, Annual Conference Proceedings 2016
    • Jefferson Community College
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    The Effect of Music on an Individual’s Ability to Critically Concentrate

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Effect of Music on-Jefferson.docx (56.82Kb)
    Date
    2016
    Author
    Burrows, Cailey
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Subject
    Attention
    Human information processing
    Human information processing
    Abstract
    In my experience, it is not an uncommon conversation between students and concerned parents on whether having music playing during homework time is productive. To find the solution to this never-ending conversation, we decided to investigate the effect of music on an individual's ability to critically concentrate. Previous research on this topic has been conclusive on one thing; music affects concentration. How it affects concentration appears to be conflicting. Some research has shown that individuals perform better with no music playing, (e.g.; Huang & Shih, 2011), while other studies have suggested that while some types of music may hinder performance, others may not affect it or may improve performance (e.g.; Dolegui, 2013; Hallam & Godwin, 2015; Thompson, 2015). For our study, 40 participants provided us with basic demographic information and took 2 mathematical quizzes; one with music of the subject's choice playing and one without, counterbalancing the order of the condition. The time it took to complete each was recorded, as well as the scores of the quizzes. We hypothesized that the majority of the participants would perform better with no music playing. We discovered that about half of the participants performed significantly better with and about half of them performed significantly better without music playing. To further this study, it would be interesting to look at whether the individuals typically listen to music while studying.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1951/67466
    Collections
    • Jefferson Community College [1]

    SUNY Digital Repository Support
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2022  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

     


    SUNY Digital Repository Support
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2022  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV