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Table 1 Mean sample characteristics of the five groups studied.

From: Music listening while you learn: No influence of background music on verbal learning

 

In-tune fast ITF

In-tune slow ITS

Out-of-tune fast OTF

Out-of-tune slow OTS

Noise

Age

23.8 ± 3.4

26.8 ± 4.9

27.3 ± 5.5

26.5 ±

25.3 ± 4.7

IQ

120 ± 9

118 ± 8

116 ± 16

119 ± 14

124 ± 5

Extraversion/introversion

2.6 ± 0.4

2.6 ± 0.4

2.4 ± 0.4

2.5 ± 0.5

2.6 ± 0.5

Years of education

15.6 ± 2.3

17.2 ± 3.7

16.1 ± 3.8

15.2 ± 2.0

14.6 ± 2.2

Gender n: f/m

8/7

8/7

8/7

8/7

7/8

N of subjects used to learn with music

4

2

1

2

5

Verbal memory (immediate recall)

45.5 ± 11.9

42.3 ± 11.5

41.7 ± 6.9

47.6 ± 10.5

45.4 ± 10.7

Verbal memory (delayed recognition)

17.3 ± 5.3

16.8 ± 4.3

16.7 ± 4.1

19.8 ± 3.9

17.2 ± 3.4

  1. Indicated are means and standard deviations.
  2. There was no statistically significant between-group difference for these measures (all p values at least >0.15).