Discussion

The findings in this study show how music truly affected the respondents
cognitive and memory performance. It proved that the person who listened to classical
music are more likely to remember things than to the person who did not listen to music
while we were conducting the experiment. The result gave a slight positive correlation of
the scores of both groups with r = 0.957. This supports that music can temporarily boost
the cognitive performance of the respondents. Same goes for the correlation per word of
both groups with a result of r= 0.583. This finding is consistent with what other
researchers have found (e.g., University of North Texas, 1982; Halpern, Andrea R. and
Daniel Myllemsiefen, 2009).

Conclusion

This study supports to the growing number of researches on how music affects
memory and cognitive performance. It seeks to provide another practice in terms of
reducing stress. Although there are some people who can’t memorize with music, one of
the main findings of this study is the significance of music in memorization. Music do not
only focuses on how it boosts memory performance but it is also beneficial in other
mental aspects like stress management. It is advisable to listen to music as a practice in
dealing with stress and studying purposes, for studying demands mental activity that
consumes overall energy. However, there are some people who are not fond of music,
because these people are having difficulties to focus on the activity that they are doing.
But since most people are fond into music, it is applicable for them to practice it and
make it a habit. Therefore, is it truly an advantage if we listen to music for better
performance to accomplish a certain task.

The scores of both respondents and their correlation are shown in Table 1.
And the correlation per word of both groups are shown in Table 2.
 Table 1. Total number of the words recollected by each respondent.

Control group in male category Control group in female category

Male Female
24 22
25
24 18 25
24 21
23
22
21 17 17 23
22
21 17
20
19
18 14 20
19
18
17
16
15 17
16
15
14
13
12 14
13
12
11
10
9 11
10
9
8
7
6 8
7
6
5
4
3 5
4
3 Female
2
1
0 Male 2
1
0

Experimental group in male category Experimental group in female category

Male Female
23 25
25
24
23 20 18 19 25
24
23 20
22
21
20 22
21
20
19
18
17 14 19
18 14
16
15
14 17
16
15
13
12
11 14
13
12
10
9
8 11
10
9
7
6
5 8
7
6
4
3
2 Male 5
4
3 Female
1
0 2
1
0

23,738 / 24, 779.61687, r = 0.957

 Table 2. Total number of words recollected by both groups.

MANGO
GRAPE
KIWI
BANANA
APPLE
CLASS
HOMEW…
STUDENT
SCHOOL
TEACHER
BED
BOOKCA…
DESK
CHAIR
TABLE
BLACK
GREEN
BLUE
YELLOW
ORANGE
BIRD
FISH
DOG
CAT
HORSE
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

r= 0.583