Tempo Spoken Lyrics and Cognition Science Fair Projects

Behavior

Human behavior is impacted by many things. It can be impacted by personal thought processes, by music and by visual stimuli.

Objectives/Goals

To find how the tempo and spoken lyrics of songs affect a person's cognition.

Methods/Materials

I had subjects individually try to perform a task while providing task-irrelevant music. I recorded how long it took a subject to finish a task and how many errors made while completing the task.

Results

Fast tempo music has no significant effect compared to no music on completion time. Slow music has an inhibiting effect compared to no music on completion time. Language has no significant effect on a person's completion time of a cognitive task. The data for amount errors was inconclusive in all cases.

Conclusions/Discussion

Music of faster tempo should be listened to if you desire music while performing a cognitive task. Music of a slower tempo should not be listened to in a situation where you wish to complete the task faster. 3rd party contributor