MUSIC AND WALKING SPEED Music and Walking Speed*
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چکیده
Walking speed was timed for male and female pedestrians on a public sidewalk with fast, slow, or no music playing in the background (n = 20 per condition). Pedestrians in the fast music condition walked more rapidly than those in the other two conditions. Slow music did not reduce walking speed, relative to the no music condition. Walking speed did not differ by gender in any of the three conditions. The findings support elements of Mayfield's organismic theory of activation effects.
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