Potential Causes of Electrical Responses due to Musical Influences during In vivo and In vitro experiments.*

Music has been proven to elicit autonomic responses in human cells such as cell viability, cell motility, and skin conductivity. There is currently little research indicating the latent reason behind music eliciting electrical activity responses. Our study aims to determine how various genres of music impact the electrical activity in the body. We hypothesize that electrical activity will be affected within the vivo experiments of human participants based on genre, tempo, emotions and familiarity, and within experiments of bovine brain artery endothelial cells (BBAECs) based on genre and tempo. We used a musical playlist consisting of three genres: gospel, rock, and classical. Each song was played for 120 seconds, alternating with a 120 seconds quiet period at the beginning and end. For in vivo experiments, electrical activity was analyzed via skin conductivity using a Q-S222 galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor. For in vitro experiments electrical conductivity is analyzed via cell viability and cell proliferation. While rock exhibited the highest GSR, the study is ongoing and the results are being analyzed. Understanding this information, we can elucidate how music affects certain processes within the body to elicit musical responses such as brain activity and cerebral brain flow.