This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Music

Overview

Objectives/Goals My objective in doing this experiment is to determine whether music made from the frequencies of Beta brainwaves will help improve concentration. Methods/Materials The following materials were used in my experiment: a pen and paper, a "High Focus - Music & Beta Frequences" CD, stereo headphones, test subjects, a computer and the "superfocus" website. Essentially, my experiment was to compare the my ssubjects' results from the Mental Processing Speed and Attention Span tests on the superfocus website with and without the music. I sat one of my subjects down at the computer and had them take both tests in silence. I then had them listen to the music for five minutes and then had them take the tests again and recorded their scores both times. Results My results fairly consistently showed that concentration did improve with the music. The average improvement in the Mental processing Speed Test was about 5-6 second and the average improvement of the Attention Span Test was about 3-4 rows. Almost all of my subjects showed an overall improvement. Conclusions/Discussion to conclude, Beta brainwave music does in fact improve one's ability to concentrate.

Competition history

• CSEF 2008 Behavioral & Social Sciences · Entry S0314

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