Music May Improve Surgeons’ Performance
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Category:
Research Report |
Issue(s) Addressed:
Inherent value/intelligence Building society/citizenship Long-term success of students Developing 21st-century skills |
Attribution
“Research shows right music may improve surgeon’s perform.” UB Reporter, Lois Baker, October 6, 1994.
Item Text
“Playing music during surgery may help some surgeons relieve stress and improve their performance, a study conducted by researchers at UB suggests.
To assess the influence of music on surgeons’ cardiovascular reactivity – blood pressure, pulse rate and skin conductance – and performance, the researchers enlisted 50 male volunteers, all music enthusiasts who listen to music during surgery. In a laboratory setting, the 50 surgeons were asked to perform mental arithmetic tasks, a standard method for measuring psychophysiological stress, to mimic the stress a surgeon might experience in the operating room…
Results showed that the surgeons performed substantially better when listening to their own selection than when listening to the control music or when no music was playing…Using their own music, the surgeons showed only small changes in blood pressure over their baseline, even when under stress.”
This study was conducted by Karen Allen and Jim Blascovich of UBUs Center for the Study of Biobehavioral and Social Aspects of Health.
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Submitter Information
- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc.org