The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory

This study investigated the impact of musical ‘fit’ on memory for items. Participants were asked to recall 20 items they had seen while listening to either rock music or classical music. Some of the 20 items were associated with either the rebellious stereotype of rock music or the affluent stereot...

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Main Authors: Joanne, P.S. Yeoh, Adrian, C. North
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: SAGE Publications 2010
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description This study investigated the impact of musical ‘fit’ on memory for items. Participants were asked to recall 20 items they had seen while listening to either rock music or classical music. Some of the 20 items were associated with either the rebellious stereotype of rock music or the affluent stereotype of classical music. More ‘rock items’ than ‘classical items’ were recalled when rock music was played, although a similar number of ‘classical items’ and ‘rock items’ were recalled when classical music was played. When rock music was played, participants recalled ‘rock items’ earlier than ‘classical items’ and the reverse was found when classical music was played. This suggests that musical ‘fit’ operates by raising the salience of items.
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spelling upm-170952015-10-08T07:06:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17095/ The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory Joanne, P.S. Yeoh Adrian, C. North This study investigated the impact of musical ‘fit’ on memory for items. Participants were asked to recall 20 items they had seen while listening to either rock music or classical music. Some of the 20 items were associated with either the rebellious stereotype of rock music or the affluent stereotype of classical music. More ‘rock items’ than ‘classical items’ were recalled when rock music was played, although a similar number of ‘classical items’ and ‘rock items’ were recalled when classical music was played. When rock music was played, participants recalled ‘rock items’ earlier than ‘classical items’ and the reverse was found when classical music was played. This suggests that musical ‘fit’ operates by raising the salience of items. SAGE Publications 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17095/1/The%20effect%20of%20musical%20fit%20on%20consumers.pdf Joanne, P.S. Yeoh and Adrian, C. North (2010) The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory. Psychology of Music, 38 (3). pp. 368-378. ISSN 0305-7356 Music Consumers Consumer behavior 10.1177/0305735609360262 English
spellingShingle Music
Consumers
Consumer behavior
Joanne, P.S. Yeoh
Adrian, C. North
The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
title The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
title_full The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
title_fullStr The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
title_full_unstemmed The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
title_short The effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
title_sort effect of musical fit on consumers’ memory
topic Music
Consumers
Consumer behavior
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17095/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17095/1/The%20effect%20of%20musical%20fit%20on%20consumers.pdf