Effect of preference for rock music on Magnitude-Production scaling behavior in young adults

Author(s): Petrosino, L., Harris, D., Banks, M.

Journal/Book: Percept Mot Skills. 1993; 77: PO Box 9229, Missoula, MT 59807. Perceptual Motor Skills. 811-815.

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of preference for rock music on magnitude-estimation scaling behavior in young adults. Two groups of young adults, 20 who liked rock music and 20 who did not like rock music, were tested. Subjects were instructed to assign numerical values to a random series of nine suprathreshold intensity levels of a 10-second sample of rock music. Analysis indicated that there was a difference in performance by the two groups of subjects on the magnitude-estimation scaling task. The subjects who liked rock music provided significantly lower mean numerical responses than the subjects who did not like rock music for all nine suprathreshold intensities.

Note: Article D Fucci, Ohio Univ, Sch Hearing & Speech Sci, Athens, OH 45701 USA

Keyword(s): Adolescence ; Adult ; Psychoacoustics. Auditory Threshold; Loudness Perception; Choice Behavior; Music. Female; Human; Male; Set Psychology

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Effect of preference for rock music on Magnitude-Production scaling behavior in young adults - a validation