APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Jamming Out While Studying: Impacts of Music Components on Retrieval Performance

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Dane Adkins
    Western Kentucky University
  • Jenni Redifer
    Western Kentucky University

Abstract

We investigated the effects of complexity and lyrics in music played during encoding on retrieval performance. How often participants reported listening to music while studying influenced retrieval performance after being assigned to listen to music during encoding, and this effect varied as a function of musical components.

Human Learning and Memory

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