Carson+B14


 * TESTING THE EFFECT OF MUSIC ON THE BRAIN **
 * Carson B.**
 * 2013 - 2014**

The purpose of this experiment was to test which genre had the most effect on the memory of the brain. It was hypothesized that the students would have greater results while listening to classical music because it would not pull the listener in and tempt them to sing along or move to the beat and those students who listened to rap would have worse results because of the fast beat that pulls people to stomp to the beat. The experiment is conducted by visiting a website called play.vg where the Concentration game will be played. Once arrived at the website begin plug in the headset into the USB port of the computer. Once ready, begin playing the music while the student begins the game. After the experiment was finished, it was concluded that Moonlight Sonata gave the best time taken to complete the game, 112 seconds. Battle Scars ended up having the worst time taken to complete the game, 118 seconds. Chillin’ It came in the middle taking 116 seconds.
 * ABSTRACT **

This experiment could be improved by having each song heard at the same volume so the student can clearly hear each song the same way. Another way to improve this experiment is have the same environment features such as the same temperature and wind speed so the cards wouldn’t be affected. A future experiment is to test whether different songs of the same genre give the same results.
 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **

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