Minimizing the Time of Day Effect Through the Use of Background Music

The time of day effect has been said to be involved with optimal arousal levels during an individual's preferred time of day. In the present study, invigorating background music was used to increase the arousal level of older adults in the afternoon in order to minimize the time of day effect t...

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Main Author:	Wade, Amanda
Format:	Others
Published:	TopSCHOLAR® 2004
Subjects:	Music Psychology
Online Access:	http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/537 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1540&context=theses

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spelling	ndltd-WKU-oai-digitalcommons.wku.edu-theses-15402013-01-08T18:58:12Z Minimizing the Time of Day Effect Through the Use of Background Music Wade, Amanda The time of day effect has been said to be involved with optimal arousal levels during an individual's preferred time of day. In the present study, invigorating background music was used to increase the arousal level of older adults in the afternoon in order to minimize the time of day effect that can be seen in test performance. The results indicated that invigorating background music had no significant effect on scores of a memory recognition task for older or younger adults. However, younger adults performed better than older adults in all testing combinations, older adults had significantly more false alarms than younger adults, and both younger and older adults performed the recognition task at a faster pace when music was present in the background. 2004-04-01 text application/pdf http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/537 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1540&context=theses Masters Theses & Specialist Projects TopSCHOLAR® Music Psychology
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description	The time of day effect has been said to be involved with optimal arousal levels during an individual's preferred time of day. In the present study, invigorating background music was used to increase the arousal level of older adults in the afternoon in order to minimize the time of day effect that can be seen in test performance. The results indicated that invigorating background music had no significant effect on scores of a memory recognition task for older or younger adults. However, younger adults performed better than older adults in all testing combinations, older adults had significantly more false alarms than younger adults, and both younger and older adults performed the recognition task at a faster pace when music was present in the background.
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Minimizing the Time of Day Effect Through the Use of Background Music

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