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Previous research indicates that people tend to drive faster when listening to fast music, that w... more Previous research indicates that people tend to drive faster when listening to fast music, that women process music differently than men, and that their music preferences (which affect driving performance) differ significantly. The purpose of the experiment was to test whether music tempo affects female driving speed more than male driving speed. It was hypothesized that both males and females would drive faster during fast tempo than during slow tempo condition, but that females would accelerate more than males. Eighteen college students (9 males, 9 females, Mage = 19.5 years) participated in the Forza Motorsport 3 racing simulation in slow and fast music tempo conditions. Questionnaire about music preferences regarding tempo was administered at the end of the experiment. Repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant main effect of tempo, F(1, 17) = 23.82, p < .001, indicating that both males and females drove faster in fast music tempo condition, and the main effect of gender, F(1, 17) = 9.96, p = .006, indicating that males generally drove faster than females. No tempo x gender interaction was found, F(1, 17) < 1. The scores from the questionnaire about tempo preferences revealed a greater preference for fast music in females than in males, t(16) = 2.29, p = .036.

Previous research indicates that people tend to drive faster when listening to fast music, that w... more Previous research indicates that people tend to drive faster when listening to fast music, that women process music differently than men, and that their music preferences (which affect driving performance) differ significantly. The purpose of the experiment was to test whether music tempo affects female driving speed more than male driving speed. It was hypothesized that both males and females would drive faster during fast tempo than during slow tempo condition, but that females would accelerate more than males. Eighteen college students (9 males, 9 females, Mage = 19.5 years) participated in the Forza Motorsport 3 racing simulation in slow and fast music tempo conditions. Questionnaire about music preferences regarding tempo was administered at the end of the experiment. Repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant main effect of tempo, F(1, 17) = 23.82, p < .001, indicating that both males and females drove faster in fast music tempo condition, and the main effect of gender, F(1, 17) = 9.96, p = .006, indicating that males generally drove faster than females. No tempo x gender interaction was found, F(1, 17) < 1. The scores from the questionnaire about tempo preferences revealed a greater preference for fast music in females than in males, t(16) = 2.29, p = .036.