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How Does Music Affect the Human Pulse Rate?

How Does Music Affect the Human Pulse Rate?. Science Fair 2007-2008 Mr. Latting Block Three. Materials. My Materials are: 2 Friends, Yesenia and David, to listen to music List of music genres to choose from Timer One Song from Each Genre of Music Charts and Pencil for Filling in Data

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How Does Music Affect the Human Pulse Rate?

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  1. How Does Music Affect the Human Pulse Rate? Science Fair 2007-2008 Mr. Latting Block Three

  2. Materials • My Materials are: • 2 Friends, Yesenia and David, to listen to music • List of music genres to choose from • Timer • One Song from Each Genre of Music • Charts and Pencil for Filling in Data • Work Area • Music Player • Science Notebook

  3. Research • Music is often used as a pulse raising agent or a relaxing agent, but what should one listen to in order to relax or get their pulse up? • Most people listen to music to relax, so I’ll have my friends, Yesenia and David, listen to music they like and don’t like when they’re relaxed, and we will be able to see the effects of liked and disliked music on healthy, relaxed teenagers. • If your pulse is lower, you are more relaxed, and if it is higher, you are dealing with stress or are annoyed with something near you, therefore I think that if one listens to music they do not like, their pulse will raise. • The normal pulse rate is 75-80 beats per minutes in healthy teens and adults.

  4. Hypothesis and Variables • If I expose subjects to a genre music they do not like, then their pulse will raise, but if I expose subjects to a genre of music they do like, their pulse with stay constant. • How does Music affect the Human Pulse rate. • The Music is the independent variable, because I can change the style of music. • The Pulse Rate of each Subject [Yesenia and David] is the Dependent variable, because I cannot change it, and I’m testing to see how it will change.

  5. Procedure • 1: Gather Materials • 2: Ask Subjects what genre of music they do and do not enjoy. Record in charts. • 3: Take Initial Pulse of each subject. Record in charts. • 4: Have Subject 1 [Yesenia] listen to the specified genre of music she does not like for two minutes [Metal]. Take Pulse again and record in charts. • 5: Have Subject 2 [David] listen to specified genre of music he does not like for two minutes [Pop]. Take Pulse again and record in charts. • 6: Take a short break from music to allow pulse to go back to normal. [5 minutes should be enough] • 7: Have Subject 1 [Yesenia] listen to specified genre of music she does like for two minutes [Pop]. Take Pulse again and record in charts. • 8: Have Subject 2 [David] listen to specified genre of music he does like for two minutes [Metal]. Take Pulse and record in charts. • 9: Compare data and make graphs.

  6. Results, Data, and Pictures • Yesenia’s initial pulse was 90 beats per minute, and David’s initial pulse was 74 beats per minute. • After listening to disliked music for 2 minutes, Yesenia’s pulse was 98 beats per minute, and David’s pulse was 65 beats per minute. • After listening to liked music for 2 minutes, Yesenia’s pulse was 65 beats per minute, and David’s pulse was 79 beats per minute.

  7. Graphs • Yesenia and David’s Pulse Rates

  8. Conclusion and Analysis • With the information I have gathered, I can say that I am not sure whether my hypothesis is correct or not, because Yesenia’s pulse increased when she listened to music she didn’t like, but David’s decreased, instead of both pulses increasing like I thought they would. To make this project better, I could have included more people in my experiment to make a better curve of numbers to make an average. I could have also had Yesenia and David take their Pulses longer, and had them listen to music for a longer period of time. This could be used in a real life situation when people work out, because they want their pulse to increase, and music helps some work out by getting them energized, so if one were to choose the right music for his or her work-out, they could get both benefits, and if people wanted to relax, this could help them decide to pick music that they enjoy so that their pulse goes down and hopefully loose stress.

  9. Acknowledgements and Special Thanks • Special thanks to Yesenia and David for helping me with my project. • Special thanks to Mr. Latting for answering all of my questions. • Thanks to everyone who helped in any way, from printing something to listening to music they hate.

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