Calm and sad music will help to suppress the aggression on the road, a new study from the Netherlands.
The volunteers who practiced on the driving simulator with the difficulties on the road, much more often at high speed, are faced with other machines or move out from your lane, when listening to fun and upbeat music than when the background played quiet sad melody.
“Fun and upbeat music, apparently, and feeding the energy that makes you want to be in an excited emotional state, resulting in limited attention and decreases reaction speed,” explains study co-author, Marilyn van der Zwaag.
But the soft music has the opposite effect: calms emotions and helps to stay focused on the road.
