Improved automated perimetry performance following exposure to Mozart.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the performance on automated perimetry (AP) after listening to a Mozart sonata in normal subjects naive to AP.


METHODS
60 naive normal subjects underwent AP (SITA 24-2). The study group (30 subjects) underwent AP after listening to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major and the control group (30 subjects) underwent AP without previous exposure to the music.


RESULTS
The study group had significantly less fixation loss, false positive, and false negative rates compared to controls (p < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Listening to Mozart seems to improve AP performance in normal naive subjects.
Fiorelli
V Macedo Batista
VM
Santa Casa of Sao Paulo, Department of Ophthalmology and School of Medical Sciences, Brazil. fiorelliliv@uol.com.br
Kasahara
N
N
Cohen
R
R
França
A Santucci
AS
Della Paolera
M
M
Mandia
C
C
de Almeida
G Vicente
GV
D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011601:Psychophysics; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods; D014794:Visual Fields