Driving with music: Effects on arousal and performance

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Effect of Listening to Music as a Function of Driving Complexity: A Simulator Study on the Differing Effects of Music on Different Driving Tasks

“…However, if the driving task is not demanding, a secondary task may not affect task performance, and in some conditions, may enhance arousal and enhance driving performance. This is in keeping with both the Yerkes-Dodson curve and with Easterbrook's hypothesis that too much or too little arousal will lead to poorer allocation of attentional resources (de Waard, 1996;Solovey, Zec, Perez, Reimer, & Mehler, 2014;Turner, Fernandez, & Nelson, 1996;Ünal, de Waard, Epstude, Steg, 2013).…”

“…Previous research in regards to music's effects on driving performance has been mixed, with some researchers finding that music has a detrimental effect (e.g., Brodsky & Slor, 2013) and some finding that music has a protective effect (e.g., Ünal, de Waard, Epstude, & Steg, 2013). Induced mental workload is one possible influencer of music's effect on driving.…”

“…In visually complex environments, such as driving in a city with pedestrians and cars as possible obstacles, music has been found to be detrimental to driving performance as compared to no music (Brodsky, 2002;Hughes, Rudin-Brown, & Young, 2012), although this has not always been the case (Hatfield & Chamberlain, 2008;Ünal, Steg, & Epstude, 2012). Conversely, for less demanding situations or tasks, such as following a car and matching its speed (Ünal, de Waard, Epstude, Steg, 2013), maintaining lane position (Hughes, Rudin-Brown, & Young, 2012), or driving for an extended period of time (Oron-Gilad, Ronen, & Shinar, 2008), music has been shown to either facilitate or have no significant effect on driving indices. In a study on music's effect on mood, van der Zwaag, et al (2012) manipulated cognitive demand by varying lane width and found a pattern of results consistent with the combination of music and narrow lane width leading to worse performance, although the researchers did not find a significant interaction.…”

“…The low-workload condition is similar to one previously utilized by Ünal, de Waard, Epstude, Steg (2013). The high-workload condition changed complexity of the environment, event, and the location of the stimulus as in Cantin et al (2009) andÜnal et al (2012).…”

Music Recommendation System for Human Attention Modulation by Facial Recognition on a driving task: A Proof of Concept

“…Ünal [1] suggests that the presence of music selected by the participant while driving increases the accuracy of lateral control and better time response latency on speed change. Other researchers like Brodsky [2] argues that music has a positive influence in the emotions of the driver, but the effect on driver accuracy is still unclear.…”