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Music and Heart Rate

Music and Heart Rate. Caroline Barker 9 th Grade. Problem. The problem asked when developing this experiment was: How do different tempos of music affect the human heart rate? Will there be a significant change from the initial pulse rate to the rate when listening to fast tempo music? .

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Music and Heart Rate

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  1. Music and Heart Rate Caroline Barker 9th Grade

  2. Problem • The problem asked when developing this experiment was: How do different tempos of music affect the human heart rate? • Will there be a significant change from the initial pulse rate to the rate when listening to fast tempo music?

  3. Research • Why does this happen? • The brain • Tempo of the music • Neurological pulse • Breathing pattern • Replication of the rhythm

  4. Research cont.. • Music affects heart rate and breathing • Slow tempo is relaxing and slows the heart rate • Fast music speeds respiration and heart rate • 20- 30 minutes of listening a day- lower blood pressure • Faster rhythm increases the heart rate • Background in the arts may alter the heart rate • Perception of pain

  5. Hypothesis • If the tempo of the music is slow, then the heart rate will be slow. If the tempo is fast, then the heart rate will be fast. • A heart beats faster when a person is scared or excited.

  6. Materials • 10 Human subjects • Electronic Pulse Monitor • Clock • IPod or Radio

  7. Pulse Rate Monitor

  8. Variables • Independent: Tempo of the music • Dependent: The heart rate • Constants: How long the subject rested before listening, how long subject listened, where the pulse was taken, number of songs listened to, age of subjects

  9. Control • The heart rate at rest • The one variable that was changed in order to test the affect of music on the heart rate

  10. Procedure • Let subject rest for 3 minutes • Take their initial pulse • Subject listens to music for 3 minutes • Take pulse and record • Subject rests for 3 minutes • Repeat these steps with 3 different tempos of music (slow, medium and fast) and 10 test subjects

  11. Conclusion • The hypothesis was not supported- overall there was no significant difference between the initial to slow and the initial to fast heart rates • The heart rate increased with faster tempos of music • The initial pulse of the subject was usually the lowest

  12. Future Testing • Larger sample size- 20 people • Quicker intervals- 30 seconds to a minute • Test blood pressure • Longer rest between listening

  13. Thank you • “How Music Affects Heart Rate.” eHow.com. eHow, Inc., 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. <http://www.ehow.com/‌facts_5580461_music-affects- heart-rate.html>. • “Music Makes Your Heart Beat Faster.” abc.net. ABC, 2008. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. <http://www.abc.net.au/‌science/‌news/‌stories/‌s1478792.htm>. • “Relationship Between Music and Heart Rate.” livestrong.com. Demand Media, Inc. , 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. <http://www.livestrong.com/‌article/‌75323-relationship-between- music-heart-rate/>.

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