VanderArk S D, Ely D
Department of Music, School of Music, University of Akron, Ohio 44325-1002.
Percept Mot Skills. 1993 Aug;77(1):227-34. doi: 10.2466/pms.1993.77.1.227.
The purpose of this study was to examine biochemical and galvanic skin responses to music stimuli. Specifically, 30 university biology and 30 music students' plasma levels of norepinephrine and cortisol and their galvanic skin responses were measured before and after listening to two different musical selections, one of which was preferred (liked) by the music students and not preferred (disliked) by the biology students. The music-listening sessions and the controlled silent sessions were done in an anechoic chamber. 30 biology majors and 30 music majors were in the experimental groups; 14 biology and 17 music majors comprised the control group. Analysis indicated that the cortisol levels and galvanic skin responses were significantly higher for the music majors than the biology majors. The data indicate that music majors listen more critically and analytically to music than biology majors, and cortisol levels are associated with this as increases in music majors and decreases in biology majors after the music.
本研究的目的是检测对音乐刺激的生化和皮肤电反应。具体而言，在30名大学生物学专业学生和30名音乐专业学生聆听两首不同的音乐选段之前和之后，测量了他们血浆中去甲肾上腺素和皮质醇的水平以及他们的皮肤电反应，其中一首是音乐专业学生喜欢的，而生物学专业学生不喜欢。音乐聆听环节和对照安静环节在消声室内进行。30名生物学专业学生和30名音乐专业学生在实验组；14名生物学专业学生和17名音乐专业学生组成对照组。分析表明，音乐专业学生的皮质醇水平和皮肤电反应显著高于生物学专业学生。数据表明，与生物学专业学生相比音乐专业学生在聆听音乐时更具批判性和分析性，且皮质醇水平与这种情况相关，即音乐聆听后音乐专业学生的皮质醇水平升高，而生物学专业学生的皮质醇水平降低。
