... psychiatrists to relax and help patients. With music as a topic, there are many possible ideas in what to test, but the idea that seemed most important to explore was that, how different types of music would affect the performance of a person performing a task. I was interested to find out what sort of music affects the amount of work produced and the quality of the work produced. I was interested to see if music could be used to peoples advantage when working, and what type of music should be used if it is an advantage. Wallace (1994) found that a simple repetitive melody increased memory of text when tested. According to Turner et al. (1996), the amplitude of a melody is important for task performance. They discovered that lower amplitude elicited a slower response time to unexpected visual events. The basis of this study is a similar a study ...

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