{"id":572,"date":"2017-01-06T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2017-01-06T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T14:17:02","slug":"effect-music-cognitive-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2017\/01\/effect-music-cognitive-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Effect of Music on Cognitive Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>The effect of music on cognitive performance has been known for years. \u00a0When I was in music school, many years ago, I was required to know thousands of pieces of music! \u00a0We had to know operas, symphonies, sonatas, string quartets and more, \u00a0so well that the professor could “drop the needle” (we still used vinyl back then!) at any place in the music, and we were required to identify the composer, the work, the movement, and write several paragraphs about the piece.<\/p>\n

I actually thought it was kind of fun, and had a pretty good ear and memory, but at one point, late in my Junior year, I came up with a method that I believed would make identification foolproof! \u00a0I decided that with the pieces that were most difficult to remember and identify, I would only listen to that piece in a certain room of the house. \u00a0When I heard that piece on the exam, I would immediately picture the room and would know…this is Prokofiev’s 5th symphony, slow movement, etc. \u00a0It really worked beautifully!<\/p>\n

The study cited here appeared in the online journal, Inquiries, in 2013, V5, No 9. \u00a0It was taking a look at the Effect of Music on Cognitive Performance. \u00a0The abstract tells us:<\/p>\n

“Listening to music for relaxation is common among students to counter the effects of stress or anxiety while completing difficult academic tasks. Some studies supporting this technique have shown that background music promotes cognitive performance while other studies have shown that listening to music while engaged in complex cognitive tasks can\u00a0 impair performance. This study focuses on the impact different genres of music, played at different volume levels, have on the cognitive abilities of college students completing academic tasks.”<\/p>\n

The amount of research that is coming out now in the field of music psychology is fantastic. \u00a0The power of music to affect people positively and beneficially is so amazing and we have known that anecdotally for thousands of years! \u00a0Only in the last few decades have scientists begun to document empirically how this works and how MUCH it works! \u00a0One day, music may again be a part of every physician’s solution!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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