Discrimination of Musical Notes by Women and Men After Acute Alcohol Consumption

This study compared young adult men and women regarding the discrimination of musical notes following acute ingestion of alcohol. It included 20 men and 20 women aged 18-30 years (women: M = 21.95, SD = 3.14; men: M = 21.65, SD = 2.73). This was a discrimination test of musical notes through the psy...

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Published in:Psychology & Neuroscience 2017-03, Vol.10 (1), p.1-10
Main Authors: Silva, Jandilson A., Cavalcanti-Galdino, Melyssa K., Cruz, Éllen D. N., Viana, Débora N. M., Gadelha, Maria J. N., Santos, Natanael A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol Use
Auditory Perception
Female
Human
Human Sex Differences
Male
Music
Perceptual Discrimination
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Summary:This study compared young adult men and women regarding the discrimination of musical notes following acute ingestion of alcohol. It included 20 men and 20 women aged 18-30 years (women: M = 21.95, SD = 3.14; men: M = 21.65, SD = 2.73). This was a discrimination test of musical notes through the psychophysical forced-choice method, in which participants had to choose between two alternatives: the musical note that contained the sound frequency related to note D, F, or A, after the presentation of a standard sound frequency. The results showed significant differences between groups when comparing men and women after the ingestion of alcohol only in the D note. We found also significant differences in the comparison group of women under the influence of alcohol with each other, in the D note, and the group of men under the influence of alcohol among themselves in the F note. These results suggest that acute alcohol ingestion can change the auditory perception of men and women regarding discriminating specific musical notes (sound frequencies).
ISSN:1984-3054
1983-3288
DOI:10.1037/pne0000072