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Classical music is more harmonic while rock music is more rhythmic. Rhythmic music makes listeners more passionate, raising adrenaline, while harmonic music makes listeners more contemplative. Studies have shown that exposure to rock music causes learning and memory retention problems because the rhythm acts in the same way a drug do. However, the brain does create a strong association between rock music and what is happening visually when you hear the song. So, regardless of conditions, when you hear a rock music song, your brain will automatically associate it with the first time you heard it (Heathman,
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The hypothesis was that the genres of music have a significant effect on the memory retention of the participants. The result of the performed experiment was genres of music have considerable effect on the memory retention.
Previews studies revealed the effect of music on retention of information in memory. For example, a Glasgow Caledonian University (2006) study monitored the brain activity of a group of volunteers who performed a simple memory test while listening to rock and classical music. The researchers found that classical music improved the memory in both classical music fans and rock fans, while rock music enhanced the memory of rock fans only. From this data, researchers extrapolated that listening to any kind of music can aid memory, provided it's a type of music you enjoy.
A test performed by researchers at the University of Texas in 1982 demonstrated how background music can help students memorize vocabulary words. The researchers separated students into three groups. The first group imagined the study words while listening to George Frideric Handel’s “Water Music.” The second group read the study words while listening to the same music as group 1, and the third group used no music at all. Students in groups 1 and 2 both received better scores than those in group …show more content…
Future experiments should continue to explore the effects of genre of music on memory retention of an individual to know if a certain genre of music has a significant effect on cognitive processes of an individual.
Conclusion Since the t - computed value of 3.10 is greater than the critical value of 2.05 at 0.05 level of significance of with 28 degrees of freedom, the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the research hypothesis. This means that there is significant difference between the effect of genres of music –classical and rock music on the memory of the participants. It implied that the participants who listened to the classical genre of music which recorded a mean score of 21.93 has a greater effect than the rock genre of music which recorded a mean score of
The hypothesis was that the genres of music have a significant effect on the memory retention of the participants. The result of the performed experiment was genres of music have considerable effect on the memory retention.
Previews studies revealed the effect of music on retention of information in memory. For example, a Glasgow Caledonian University (2006) study monitored the brain activity of a group of volunteers who performed a simple memory test while listening to rock and classical music. The researchers found that classical music improved the memory in both classical music fans and rock fans, while rock music enhanced the memory of rock fans only. From this data, researchers extrapolated that listening to any kind of music can aid memory, provided it's a type of music you enjoy.
A test performed by researchers at the University of Texas in 1982 demonstrated how background music can help students memorize vocabulary words. The researchers separated students into three groups. The first group imagined the study words while listening to George Frideric Handel’s “Water Music.” The second group read the study words while listening to the same music as group 1, and the third group used no music at all. Students in groups 1 and 2 both received better scores than those in group …show more content…
Future experiments should continue to explore the effects of genre of music on memory retention of an individual to know if a certain genre of music has a significant effect on cognitive processes of an individual.
Conclusion Since the t - computed value of 3.10 is greater than the critical value of 2.05 at 0.05 level of significance of with 28 degrees of freedom, the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the research hypothesis. This means that there is significant difference between the effect of genres of music –classical and rock music on the memory of the participants. It implied that the participants who listened to the classical genre of music which recorded a mean score of 21.93 has a greater effect than the rock genre of music which recorded a mean score of