Anyanwu G E, Nto J N, Agu A U, Ekezie J, Esom E A
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria.
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria.
Ann Anat. 2016 Nov;208:228-233. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2016.07.010. Epub 2016 Aug 6.
Background music has been reported to enhance learning in the cadaver dissection laboratory. This study was designed to determine the impact of various forms of musical genre and some of their characteristics on students' learning outcome in the dissection laboratory. Some selected musical genre in vocal and non-vocal forms and at different tempi and volume were played as background music (BM) to 253 Medical and Dental students during various sessions of cadaver dissection. Psychological Stress assessment was done using Psychological stress measure-9. Participants love for music, preferred musical genre and other musical characteristics were assessed. The impact of the various musical genre and their characteristics on learning was done via written examination on the region dissected during each musical session. A positive relationship was noted between students' preference for musical genre during leisure with their preference for BM during private study time (P<0.01). Statistically significant differences (P<0.01) were established in the impacts of the selected musical genre on some selected learning factors. Country and Classical music gave the highest positive impact on the various learning factors in CDL followed by R&B. No significant difference was noted between the cognitive values of vocal and non-vocal music. Classical music most effectively reduced the stress induced by dissection in the CDL while Reggae and High life musical genre created a more stressful environment than regular background noise (P<0.01). Moderate volume level and Tempo were most preferred during both cadaver dissection activity and leisure hours. This study shows statistically significant differences in the cognitive values of some of the studied musical genre and their various characteristics. The inability to isolate the particular musical genre with these desired properties could account for the controversies in the reports of the role of music in academic environment.
据报道，背景音乐有助于提高尸体解剖实验室的学习效果。本研究旨在确定各种音乐类型及其某些特征对解剖实验室学生学习成果的影响。在尸体解剖的不同阶段，将一些选定的声乐和非声乐形式、不同节奏和音量的音乐类型作为背景音乐播放给253名医学和牙医学专业学生。使用心理压力测量量表-9进行心理压力评估。评估了参与者对音乐的喜爱、偏好的音乐类型和其他音乐特征。通过对每个音乐阶段所解剖区域的书面考试，评估了各种音乐类型及其特征对学习的影响。研究发现，学生在休闲时对音乐类型的偏好与他们在自主学习时间对背景音乐的偏好之间存在正相关关系（P<0.01）。所选音乐类型对某些选定学习因素的影响存在统计学显著差异（P<0.01）。乡村音乐和古典音乐对尸体解剖实验室的各种学习因素产生的积极影响最大，其次是节奏布鲁斯。声乐和非声乐音乐的认知价值之间没有显著差异。古典音乐最有效地减轻了尸体解剖实验室中解剖引起的压力，而雷鬼音乐和非洲传统音乐类型比普通背景噪音营造了更具压力的环境（P<0.01）。在尸体解剖活动和休闲时间，中等音量和节奏最受欢迎。本研究表明，一些研究的音乐类型及其各种特征的认知价值存在统计学显著差异。无法分离出具有这些理想特性的特定音乐类型，可能是音乐在学术环境中作用的报道存在争议的原因。
