The effects of background music on primary school pupils' task performance
The effects of background music on primary school pupils' task performance
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DOI：
10.1080/03055690220124551
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Katsarou, G
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作者：
Hallam, S;Price, J;Katsarou, G
对背景音乐效果的研究由来已久。早期的工作没有嵌入到一个理论框架中，往往概念化不好，产生模棱两可的结果。本文报告了两项研究，探讨音乐，被认为是平静和放松，在算术和记忆任务的10-12岁的儿童的表现的影响。与没有音乐的情况相比，平静的音乐导致了两项任务的更好表现。被认为是唤起，侵略性和不愉快的音乐干扰了记忆任务的表现，并导致儿童报告的利他行为水平较低。这表明音乐对任务表现的影响是通过唤醒和情绪来介导的，而不是直接影响认知。研究结果进行了讨论，在小学和家庭中可能的实际应用。
Research on the effects of background music has a long history. Early work was not embedded within a theoretical framework, was often poorly conceptualised and produced equivocal findings. This paper reports two studies exploring the effects of music, perceived to be calming and relaxing, on performance in arithmetic and on a memory task in children aged 10-12. The calming music led to better performance on both tasks when compared with a no-music condition. Music perceived as arousing, aggressive and unpleasant disrupted performance on the memory task and led to a lower level of reported altruistic behaviour by the children. This suggests that the effects of music on task performance are mediated by arousal and mood rather than affecting cognition directly. The findings are discussed in relation to possible practical applications in the primary school and the home.