Differential Background Music as Attentional Resources Interacting with Cognitive Control
- 주제(키워드) background music , cognitive performance , attentional control , music majors
- 주제(기타) Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- 설명문(일반) [Yoo, Ga Eul; Chong, Hyun Ju] Ewha Womans Univ, Grad Sch, Dept Mus Therapy, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Lee, Sujin; Park, Sunghyouk] Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Pharm, Nat Prod Res Inst, Seoul 08826, South Korea; [Kim, Aimee Jeehae] Dong A Univ, Dept Musicol & Culture, Mus Therapy Major, Grad Sch, Busan 49315, South Korea; [Choi, Seung Hong] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Radiol, Coll Med, Seoul 03080, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SSCI, SCOPUS
- OA유형 Green Published, gold
- 발행기관 MDPI
- 발행년도 2022
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000203120
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215094
- PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36429818
초록/요약
We examined the effects of background music on cognitive task performances using different musical arrangements from an excerpt of Mozart's Piano Sonata K.448. The participants were 126 university students: 70 music majors and 56 nonmusic majors. Three types of musical arrangements were used as background conditions: rhythm-only, melody, and original music conditions. Participants were asked to perform cognitive tasks in the presence of each music condition. The participants' percentage of completed items and accuracy on these tasks were compared for music and nonmusic majors, controlling for the effect of perceived level of arousal and their performance during no background music. Whether a participant's perceptions of background music predicted their cognitive performance was also analyzed. We found that music majors demonstrated decreased task performance for the original background condition, while nonmusic majors demonstrated no significant differences in performance across the arrangements. When pitch or rhythm information was modified, emotional valence and arousal were perceived differently. Perception of the complexity of the background music depending on the arrangement type differed between music majors and nonmusic majors. While the perceived complexity significantly predicted nonmusic majors' cognitive performance, its predictive effect was not found in music majors. The findings imply that perceptions of musical arrangements in terms of expectancy and complexity can be critical factors in determining how arrangements affect concurrent cognitive activity, while suggesting that music itself is not a facilitating or detrimental factor for cognitive performance.
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