Puzzle Connection: A Study On The Effects Of Music Tempo On Memory

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Puzzle Connection A Study On The Effects Of
Music Tempo On Memory

• Judi Davidson
• Fort Lewis College

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Music has the charms to soothe the savage beast

• William Congreve

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Does Music affect Memory?

• Mid 20th Century
• Factors that seem to affect memory
• Music has been found to stimulate many different
  parts of the brain and body
• Psychological study of music is based on this
  reason

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Prior Research

• Alzheimers
• Mozart Effect
• Context-dependent memory and music as a
  contextual element
• Music tempo studies

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Does tempo of classical music affect recall of
words from short-term memory?
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2x2 Between Subject Factorial
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Results Means Plots
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TempoLearning vs Testing

• Music had more effect on number of words found
  than number of words recalled
• In Learning, people tend to do better in slow
  tempo condition than in fast tempo condition
• Changing tempo had an effect
• However Learning with slow tempo no help unless
  tested with slow tempo

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Conclusion

• 95 confidence testing in slow tempo does better
  than fast
• If not testing in same condition as learned in,
  recall is not as good
• However, more effect on performance on task than
  recollection of words
• Therefore..

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Classical Music Tempo has a effect on recall of
words from short-term memory
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WHY?