The sonic energy of background music impacts cognitive performances: a behavioral and physiological investigation.

Cogn Res Princ Implic · 2025 · PMC12627320 · PMID 41251892

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The 2-way RM ANOVA performed on AR showed a marginally significant effect of Task ( F (1,33) = 3.30, p = .078, η p 2 = .09) and non-significant effects of Sonic Condition ( F (2,66) = 0.24, p = .785, η p 2 < .01) and Task × Sonic Condition interaction ( F (2,66) = 0.33, p = .717, η p 2 = .01).

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The effect of the Sonic Condition (rank-based RM ANOVA: F (2,66) = 2.67, p = .087, η p 2 = .07) failed to reach significance, providing no evidence of a significant impact of the sonic environment on the perception of task easiness.

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