Summary
Impact of Musical Genres on Memory Performance
Highlights
Study Findings and Statistical Analysis
Researchers utilized one-way ANOVA to evaluate the effects of musical background on memory, reporting results as median values. Participants in Group A, working without music, demonstrated the superior memory performance, securing median scores of 15 for short-term and 10 for long-term memory. Conversely, Group C, exposed to country music, recorded the lowest performance levels with medians of 11 and 3.5 respectively. Statistical testing confirmed significant performance gaps between Group C and the other cohorts, specifically Groups A, B, and D, with a P-value of 0.000.
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The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. The categorical values were reported as the median. Group A, which had no music, achieved the highest scores for both short-term and long-term memory, with medians of 15 and 10, respectively. Group C, which focused on country music, achieved the lowest scores, with a median of 11 for short-term memory and 3.5 for long-term memory. There was a statistically significant difference between Group A and C (P = 0.000), between Group B (instrumental music) and C (P = 0.000), and between Group C and D (rock music) (P = 0.000).