Effect of Familiarity with Background Music on Performance of Simple and Difficult Reading Comprehension Tasks

Authors

Olen Mark Hilliard, Central Washington University
Philip Tolin, Central Washington University

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Psychology

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

For 64 undergraduates varied musical selections did not offset scores on Sequential Tests of Educational Progress but scores on the easier sections were higher than those on more difficult ones. Scores made with familiar music were higher than those with unfamiliar music.

Comments

This article was originally published in Perceptual and Motor Skills. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Recommended Citation

Hilliard, O. M., & Tolin, P. (1979). Effect of familiarity with background music on performance of simple and difficult reading comprehension tasks. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 49(3), 713–714. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1979.49.3.713

Journal

Perceptual and Motor Skills