Music genre preference and tempo alter alpha and beta waves in human non-musicians

This study examined the effects of music genre and tempo on brain activation patterns in 10 nonmusicians.Two genres (rock and jazz) and three tempos (slowed, medium/normal, andquickened) were examined using EEG recording and analyzed through Fast Fourier Transform(FFT) analysis. When participants li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hunter Gentry, Ethan Humphries, Sebastian Pena, Aldijana Mekic, Nicole Hurless, David. F. Nichols
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Appalachian State University Honors College 2013-10-01
Series:Impulse: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Subjects:
EEG
FFT
Online Access:http://impulse.appstate.edu/articles/2013/music-genre-preference-and-tempo-alter-alpha-and-beta-waves-human-non-musicians