Chambliss C, McMichael H, Tyson K, Monaco C, Tracy J
Department of Psychology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426-1000, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 1996 Feb;82(1):153-4. doi: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.1.153.
Previous research has yielded an inconclusive picture of the effects of music on motor performance. Using a 3-factor within-subjects design [mellow/4:4 time), frenetic/(2:8 time), and white noise music conditions], each of 19 schizophrenic inpatient volunteers performed a Purdue Pegboard and Finger Oscillation (Tapping) Test following 1-min. presentations of 3 types of music. Pegboard performance was higher after frenetic music but unaffected by mellow music; there was no effect on tapping.
