{"id":20527,"date":"2023-05-22T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-effects-of-background-sound-beta-waves-or-top-hits-on-cognitive-performance-within-college-students\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T03:11:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T03:11:00","slug":"the-effects-of-background-sound-beta-waves-or-top-hits-on-cognitive-performance-within-college-students","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-effects-of-background-sound-beta-waves-or-top-hits-on-cognitive-performance-within-college-students\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211;\tThe effects of background sound (beta waves or top hits) on cognitive performance within college students."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Title:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">The effects of background sound (beta waves<br \/>\nor top hits) on cognitive performance within college students.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">Variables<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">:<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">Background sound. There are three levels listening<br \/>\nto beta waves vs 2010 hits vs no sound<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Operational Definition<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">The participants will be asked to complete a<br \/>\nlexical decision task (<\/span><a style=\"font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">LDT<br \/>\nLink<\/a><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">). It will be voluntary and will happen online. The two groups<br \/>\nlistening to background music will be provided with a link to a playlist of<br \/>\nbackground sounds that they will play while performing the Lexical decision<br \/>\ntask. The other group (no sound) will be asked to do the task in silence. The<br \/>\nbackground music will be beta wave sounds(<\/span><a style=\"font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">beta waves<\/a><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">) and a playlist playing<br \/>\ntop hits from 2010 (<\/span><a style=\"font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">2010 hits<\/a><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">).&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; cursor: auto;\">The data that will be collected accuracy,<br \/>\nresponse time and number of correct responses.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Hypothesis:&nbsp;&#8211;\tBinaural beats can help your brain create the same waves that are commonly experienced in meditation. When Binaural beats are played in beta the frequencies have been linked to increased concentration and alertness, problem solving and improved memory.  Students who completed cognitive tasks while listening to Binaural beta beats will show cognitive improvement compared to those who complete cognitive task while listen to the top hit playlist and in silence. I predict that the student who listen to that binaural beta beats audio will show improvement in all data collected compared to those performing the LDT while listening to the 2010 hits audio and in silence. <\/div>\n<div>*I will provide Data graphs tomorrow morning.*<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title:&nbsp;The effects of background sound (beta waves or top hits) on cognitive performance within college students. Variables:&nbsp;Background sound. There are three levels listening to beta waves vs 2010 hits vs no sound. Operational Definition:The participants will be asked to complete a lexical decision task (LDT Link). It will be voluntary and will happen online. 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