The effect of the tempo of music on concentration in a simulated driving experience
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Authors
Venter, Henriette
Issue Date
2011-02
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Tempo of music , Concentration , Driving ability , Driving errors , Lap-time , Medium tempo music , Low tempo music , High tempo music , No-music
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Abstract
Performing multiple tasks simultaneously is proposed to have an influence on the
amount of mental resources available for attending to incoming stimuli’s.
Concentration is presumed to be divided between focussing on driving (incoming
visual information) while attending to incoming auditory information. The study aimed
to investigate the influence of the tempo of music on concentration and driving ability
by means of simulation. Concentration was measured by driving errors (DE)
whereas driving ability was measured by lap-times (LT) and elicited behaviour. Four
treatment conditions were utilised; that is a no-music (NM) control condition, low
tempo music (LTM)-, medium tempo music (MTM)- and high tempo music (HTM)
treatment conditions. Results found that the tempo of music does not have an
influence on concentration; however, significant results were obtained indicating that
the tempo of music does have an influence on driving behaviour.
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Citation
Venter, Henriette (2011) The effect of the tempo of music on concentration in a simulated driving experience, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4726>