| dc.description.abstract | Background:
Mental fatigue and sleepiness are important factors decreasing the mental
and cognitive performance of individuals and contributing to the occurrence
of human error. These factors also negatively affect learning and cognitive
performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of classical
music on the cognitive performance of individuals after mental fatigue.
Materials and methods:
In this interventional study, 36 students (19 women and 17 men) aged 19-
23 years were selected. The cognitive Vienna Test System (VTS) was used
to evaluate the spatial memory, perception, and perception of flicker fusion
in three time points: before mathematical calculations, after mathematical
calculations (1.5 hours), and after mathematical calculations under music
conditions (0.5 hours).
Results:
The mean age of the participants was 20.41±0.73 years. According to the
results of the flicker perception test, there was no significant difference
between the first, second, and third stages of the test (P = 0.137). On the
Wechsler short-term memory test, there was no significant difference between
the number of correct responses among the three stages (P = 0.473). During
the entire duration of the Stroop test (in both steps of Naming and Reading),
there was a significant difference between the second and third stages (P =
0.037). Furthermore, the mean total duration of the Stroop test in the first,
second, and third stages was 13.83±42.23, 23.03±38.59, and 29.062 ±40.58,
respectively.
Conclusion:
The results of this study indicate that music does not affect the variables of
flicker perception and spatial work memory after fatigue, but affects the
selective attention variable after fatigue. Further studies are required to better
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