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The influence of music on mood and performance while driving
- Source :
- Ergonomics, 55(1), 12-22. TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Mood can influence our everyday behaviour and people often seek to reinforce, or to alter their mood, for example by turning on music. Music listening while driving is a popular activity. However, little is known about the impact of music listening while driving on physiological state and driving performance. In the present experiment, it was investigated whether individually selected music can induce mood and maintain moods during a simulated drive. In addition, effects of positive, negative, and no music on driving behaviour and physiological measures were assessed for normal and high cognitive demanding rides. Subjective mood ratings indicated that music successfully maintained mood while driving. Narrow lane width drives increased task demand as shown in effort ratings and increased swerving. Furthermore, respiration rate was lower during music listening compared to rides without music, while no effects of music were found on heart rate. Overall, the current study demonstrates that music listening in car influences the experienced mood while driving, which in turn can impact driving behaviour.Practitioners Summary: Even though it is a popular activity, little is known about the impact of music while driving on physiological state and performance. We examined whether music can induce moods during high and low simulated drives. The current study demonstrates that in car music listening influences mood which in turn can impact driving behaviour. The current study shows that listening to music can positively impact mood while driving, which can be used to affect state and safe behaviour. Additionally, driving performance in high demand situations is not negatively affected by music.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Automobile Driving
STRESS
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Poison control
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Affect (psychology)
behavioral disciplines and activities
Young Adult
Perception
heart rate
Humans
ANXIETY
Computer Simulation
Active listening
respiration rate
simulated drive
media_common
Analysis of Variance
PERCEPTION
Music psychology
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Cognition
TASKS
demand
humanities
PHYSIOLOGICAL-RESPONSES
Affect
Mood
Psychophysiology
EMOTIONS
STATES
music mood induction
Auditory Perception
Female
GAME PERFORMANCE
Psychology
Social psychology
human activities
Music
Psychomotor Performance
driving behaviour
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00140139
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ergonomics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a1e5a1167c93b6bbe8401165b392f4b5