To determine the effect of background music on on-task-performance (OTP), 26 pupils in a fifth-grade science class were observed for 42 class sessions over a period of four months. Observational data ...

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Despite being aware that the background music on a documentary about sharks was manipulating them, viewers found they were unable to keep the music from producing a sense of upliftment or of menace.