On this day, I have become a SCIENTIST
Over the past several weeks, myself and young persons across the country have become enamored with a internet flash game titled, "Robot Unicorn Attack", one of the defining features of which, other than its titular Robot Unicorn, is its very catchy, upbeat theme music; a song called "Always" by English syntho-pop band Erasure. One of the questions I (and surely others) have been asking myself is, "Is this catchy, upbeat theme music the secret to this game? Surely, I would not perform so well without it." Today, I am attempting to answer this question.
The subject (Round One: Myself) plays three 'sets' of the game, each set comprising of 3 games and each game consisting of 3 "wishes" or "lives". The first set, a control, is played while listening to "pink noise" ( of the sort commonly produced by "white noise" machines, in this case supplied by RainyMood.com). The second set is the Music Set, when the subject listens to the regular background music of the game while they play. The third set is the Silence Set, in which the subject listens to no music while playing.
Hypothesis: The subject will have higher scores, on average and in independent rounds, while listening to the original background music of the game.
Set One, Subject One:
CONTROL RESULTS:
Game One: 28556 points
Game Two: 31288 points
Game Three: 31344 points
Average Score: 30396 points
Set Two, Subject One:
REGULAR BACKGROUND MUSIC
Game One: 37248 points
Game Two: 14236 points
Game Three: 31344 points
Average Score: 24310 points
Set Three, Subject One:
SILENCE
Game One: 19278 points
Game Two: 23158 points
Game Three: 28482 points
Average Score: 23639 points
While the subject had their highest average in the control round, the highest total score was made while listening to the regular background music, and was 671 points higher on average than the scores obtained while listening to no music.
SUCH CONCLUDES TRIAL ONE
TO BE CONT.
The subject (Round One: Myself) plays three 'sets' of the game, each set comprising of 3 games and each game consisting of 3 "wishes" or "lives". The first set, a control, is played while listening to "pink noise" ( of the sort commonly produced by "white noise" machines, in this case supplied by RainyMood.com). The second set is the Music Set, when the subject listens to the regular background music of the game while they play. The third set is the Silence Set, in which the subject listens to no music while playing.
Hypothesis: The subject will have higher scores, on average and in independent rounds, while listening to the original background music of the game.
Set One, Subject One:
CONTROL RESULTS:
Game One: 28556 points
Game Two: 31288 points
Game Three: 31344 points
Average Score: 30396 points
Set Two, Subject One:
REGULAR BACKGROUND MUSIC
Game One: 37248 points
Game Two: 14236 points
Game Three: 31344 points
Average Score: 24310 points
Set Three, Subject One:
SILENCE
Game One: 19278 points
Game Two: 23158 points
Game Three: 28482 points
Average Score: 23639 points
While the subject had their highest average in the control round, the highest total score was made while listening to the regular background music, and was 671 points higher on average than the scores obtained while listening to no music.
SUCH CONCLUDES TRIAL ONE
TO BE CONT.