Music or No Music? Research Data on Auditory Perception and Spatial Reasoning

Noah Huntington's research dataset explores the impact of musical and non-musical audio on spatial reasoning abilities, expanding upon the Mozart Effect. The 66.3 MB collection includes the dataset and six MP3 audio files used in the experimental study. It was last updated on May 4, 2026, and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing differences in spatial reasoning scores based on low and high-arousing classical music mentioned in the description
• Comparing the effects of hip-hop music versus non-musical sound on cognitive arousal as described
• Testing the arousal-mood hypothesis in an experimental auditory perception setting
• Replicating or extending research on the Mozart Effect using provided audio stimuli

Strengths

• Includes the six original MP3 audio files used in the experiment, enabling stimulus replication
• Dataset is 66.3 MB, a manageable size for download and local analysis
• Shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and adaptation

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical analysis
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Noah Huntington via figshare

Collection Method

Collected from an experimental study comparing audio conditions

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 17:38:34; freshness should be verified

Geography

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