Psychological and psychophysiological effects of music intensity and lyrics on simulated urban driving

Interactive effects of task load and music tempo on psychological, psychophysiological, and behavioural outcomes during simulated driving

“…The present findings fully support what has long been reported in the psychological literature that, regardless of its tempo, music can enhance affective valence during driving (FakhrHosseini and Jeon 2019; Karageorghis et al 2021a;van der Zwaag et al 2013). The affective valence results are among the most compelling of the present study, and confirm how music can modulate this aspect of emotionality.…”

“…Cassidy and MacDonald 2010;€ Unal, Steg, and Epstude 2012). The use of self-selected music carries the danger of introducing a broad range of psycho-acoustic properties in each music programme (see Karageorghis et al 2021a). Moreover, the study combined a range of subjective and objective outcome measures to facilitate an understanding of how driving load and music tempo might impact safety-relevant cognitions and behaviours.…”

“…texting) distractions influence driver responses and decision making (see e.g. Karageorghis et al 2021aKarageorghis et al , 2021bRegan, Victor, and Lee 2013). Several informational properties of music may influence behaviour by consuming attentional resources: The complexity of rhythmical features (e.g.…”

“…Drivers have the propensity to misperceive either the difficulty of the driving task and/or the distractive effect of music (see e.g. Karageorghis et al 2021a). Empirical evidence suggests that drivers overestimate their driving skills and underestimate the risk of distractions (e.g.…”

A Review of Selected Factors Affecting Driver Distraction

“…The value of the driver's reaction during the conducted studies was most influenced by the driver's conversation on the cell phone [41]. The purpose of the research conducted and analyzed by [39,42], was to examine the influence of musical characteristics (i.e., the presence of text and volume) in the context of simulated urban driving. The potential distracting effects of song lyrics processing were investigated by conducting trials on young drivers while playing the same musical tracks with and without lyrics.…”