Cognitive functions refer to the set of brain-based skills to execute tasks of various difficulty
levels. As people spend substantial time indoors, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) …

Reports that exposure to music causes benefits in nonmusical domains have received
widespread attention in the mainstream media. Such reports have also influenced public …

On publication in 2009 John Hattie's Visible Learning presented the biggest ever collection
of research into what actually work in schools to improve children's learning. Not what was …

• Instructor's Manual with Test Bank: Contains chapter outlines, annotated learning
objectives, lecture suggestions, test items, and solutions to all end-of-chapter problems in …

Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …

This study investigates how background music influences learning with respect to three
different theoretical approaches. Both the Mozart effect as well as the arousal-mood …

This article reports on two experiments of exposure to music and cognitive performance. In
Experiment 1, Canadian undergraduates performed better on an IQ subtest (Symbol Search) …

We examined the effect of background music on reading comprehension. Because the
emotional consequences of music listening are affected by changes in tempo and intensity …

The study investigated the effects of music with high arousal potential and negative affect
(HA), music with low arousal potential and positive affect (LA), and everyday noise, on the …

Background music refers to any music played while the listener is performing another
activity. Most studies on this effect have been conducted on young adults, while little …