Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density

Within the context of an undergraduate registration queue, this study confirmed perceived wait duration to be a significant, positive function of the tempo of background music, and a significant, negative function of musical liking. In addition, it identified how the presence of music significantly...

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Main Authors: Oakes, S., North, Adrian
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12706
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description Within the context of an undergraduate registration queue, this study confirmed perceived wait duration to be a significant, positive function of the tempo of background music, and a significant, negative function of musical liking. In addition, it identified how the presence of music significantly reduced mean perceived duration estimates. Slow-tempo music produced significantly more positive affective responses than fast-tempo music in terms of satisfaction, relaxation, and positive disconfirmation of expectations of wait duration. The presence of music enhanced positive affective response with low crowd density, but diminished it with high crowd density. Musical liking significantly enhanced positive affective responses.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-127062017-09-13T15:01:03Z Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density Oakes, S. North, Adrian Within the context of an undergraduate registration queue, this study confirmed perceived wait duration to be a significant, positive function of the tempo of background music, and a significant, negative function of musical liking. In addition, it identified how the presence of music significantly reduced mean perceived duration estimates. Slow-tempo music produced significantly more positive affective responses than fast-tempo music in terms of satisfaction, relaxation, and positive disconfirmation of expectations of wait duration. The presence of music enhanced positive affective response with low crowd density, but diminished it with high crowd density. Musical liking significantly enhanced positive affective responses. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12706 10.1362/026725708X326002 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Oakes, S.
North, Adrian
Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
title Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
title_full Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
title_fullStr Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
title_full_unstemmed Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
title_short Using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
title_sort using music to influence cognitive and affective responses in queues of low and high crowd density
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12706