THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC AND TASK DIFFICULTY ON PERFORMANCE AT A VISUAL VIGILANCE TASK

Forty subjects performed a visual vigilance task in music or noise and when the task was difficult or easy. Response measures taken were: correct detections, commission errors, detection latencies and d' values. For the difficult version of the task a significant increase in detection latencies...

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Published in:The British journal of psychology 1973-08, Vol.64 (3), p.383-389
Main Authors: DAVIES, D. R., LANG, LESLEY, SHACKLETON, V. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adolescent
Adult
Attention
Auditory Perception
Discrimination (Psychology)
Female
Humans
Male
Music
Noise
Reaction Time
Visual Perception
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Summary:Forty subjects performed a visual vigilance task in music or noise and when the task was difficult or easy. Response measures taken were: correct detections, commission errors, detection latencies and d' values. For the difficult version of the task a significant increase in detection latencies was found which music prevented. Broadly similar findings were obtained for correct detections. The results are compared with other studies of detection latency and task difficulty and are discussed in terms of arousal.
ISSN:0007-1269
2044-8295
DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1973.tb01364.x