title: The effect of music on anaesthetists' psychomotor performance.
abstract: Music is frequently played in operating theatres, but may prove distracting to anaesthetists. We undertook a laboratory-based study of the effects of music on the psychomotor performance of 12 anaesthetic trainees. Using part of the computer-based PsychE psychomotor evaluation programme, we were unable to demonstrate any effect of self-chosen music, silence, white noise or classical music on their performance in these tests.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Anaesthesia, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hawksworth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sivalingam
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Asbury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education; D001288:Attention; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009873:Operating Rooms; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time