Date of Project
4-26-2019
Document Type
Honors Thesis
School Name
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Major Advisor
Dr. Joy Jacobs-Lawson
Second Advisor
Dr. Christy Wolfe
Abstract
This thesis focused on the effect of both instrumental and vocal music on performance on cognitive tests designed to test memory in order to gain more insight into whether the presence of language in music affects memory. Four hypotheses were tested concerning the effect of music type, question type, the interaction of the two, and personal experience with music/music training on memory assessment performance. The study found no significant effect of background condition on memory assessment performance, a significant effect of question type on memory assessment performance, no significant effect of the interaction between background condition and question type on memory assessment performance, and no significant effect of playing an instrument on memory assessment performance.
Recommended Citation
Terrell, Cat, "The Effects of Language in Music on Memory" (2019). Undergraduate Theses. 35.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/ugrad_theses/35