Correlation between work concentration level and background music: A pilot study

Work

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-333

  Shih, Yi Nuo ^a,b,c   Huang, Rong Hwa ^b   Chiang, Han Sun ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

"Piped in" music; Attention test; Occupational form; Occupational performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PILOT PROJECTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349529830     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0880     Document Type: Article

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