Effects of Gender and Music Genre on Hand-Eye Coordination Task among a Private University Students in Nigeria

Abstract

Music has been described as an enhancer of task performance and this varies according to the genre of the music, however, influence of music type on performance, especially in native language has been equivocal. The present study investigated the influence of music genre and gender on eye-hand coordination task performance among private university. Using 144 randomly selected fresh undergraduates who were assigned to a 2x3 design groups, working on O’Connor finger dexterity test, it was observed that performance was generally low. There was marginal better performance of females than males especially while listening to Gospel music, while males did better while listening to local Fuji music. There was no significant main effect of genre and gender on the task performance. It was concluded that performance of females while listening to gospel music may be characteristic of their nature especially when they performance house chores in Nigeria.