The Effect of Music and Noise on Performing Academic Tasks

Abstract

This research studied the effect of music and noise on the performance of academic tasks of 20 SMCQC students. One group was exposed to (1) relaxing music, another was exposed to (2) mainstream music, the other (3) noise, while the last group (4) did not have any music/sound as background. The researchers intended to determine which of these scenarios is most effective in the performance of academic tasks. The result signified that music and noise influenced the performance of the academic task (i.e., math problems) of the students.