The impact of music genre and background conversations on problem solving speed among adult learners

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of background sounds (rap music and rock music specifically) on the speed of an adult's ability to problem solve. These two popular genres of music within the adult population carry a negative relationship between rap and rock music on the listener in previous studies. For this study, participants were recruited from around the world via social media. There were no statistically significant findings in problem solving speed across all conditions (classical, rap, rock, background conversations, and silence), likely due to a small sample size as a result of Covid-19. Those who listened to rock music performed on average the fastest of the music genres. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)