ABSTRACT
The effects of listening to classical music on memory was controversial, especially
regarding visual memory. We predict that background classical music would have positive
effects on individual’s visual memory. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether there is any
connection between listening classical music and visual memory. 30 undergraduate students
which are randomly selected at Yeditepe University participated the study. The memory test
was conducted with playing card matching game in two situations: with classical background
music and without any music. Subjects completed the test in a silent room and their
completion times were noted by the tester. After the first part, they were taken to another
room where there was classical music in the background. We also look at the demographic
information which was gathered before the test and revealed the connections between
listening to classical music, gender and playing any instruments to our test results. Our results
confirmed our hypothesis: Classical music has an important positive impact on visual
memory. All findings were compatible with our anticipations. Yet, our subject group was as
small as 30 people. Thus, further research needs to be done with bigger groups to test this
hypothesis better.
