Effects of music on Heart Rate (ECG)

    Figure 3 shows the average heart rate of participants in the presences of music vs non-music. The condition of the group is displayed on the x axis, either music or no-music, and the average heart rate in beats per minutes (bpm) is displayed on the y axis. There was an increase in heart rate when participants were exposed to music versus when they were not exposed to music. The average bpm of the eight non-control individuals when exposed to music was 79 bpm and the average bpm of the same eight participants when exposed to silence was 76 bpm. Meaning there was only a difference of three bpm between each group. The p-value for the average bpm was less than 0.05, indicating that the data is statistically significant.