Exploring the Effects of Sonic Augmentation Technology in Music

University of Florida

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Sonic Augmentation Technology

Treatments: Behavioral: Non-Augmented Music; Behavioral: Augmented Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06902506

IRB202500241

Details and patient eligibility

About

Brief Summary:

It is the specific intent of this proposal to experimentally explore the possible benefits and mechanisms through which Sonic Augmentation Technology in music can influence emotional health, embodiment, and autonomic functioning. The main goals of the study are:

• To examine the immediate effects of listening to the music.
• To examine whether the participants who received the augmented theme reported more improvements than the participants who received the nonaugmented theme.
• To identify individual characteristics that influence the effectiveness of listening to the music.

Participants will be asked to:

• Listen to 15-minutes of music
• Complete a pre-music and post-music online survey
• Attend the lecture/discussion with Dr. Porges and Anthony Gorry on theory and science underlying sonic augmentation technology and the experiences it aims to evoke.

Full description

Detailed Description:

It is the specific intent of this proposal to experimentally explore the possible benefits and mechanisms through which Sonic Augmentation Technology (SAT) in music can influence emotional health, embodiment, and autonomic functioning. This will be accomplished by our team by using well-validated self-report measures of mental health and autonomic reactivity.

Specific Aims:

Specific Aim 1: To examine the immediate effects of SAT in music

•The researchers will explore whether SAT in music leads to improvements in the functioning.

Specific Aim 2: To identify individual characteristics that influence the effectiveness of listening to the music.

• The researchers will explore the impact of specific vulnerability and resiliency factors (e.g., prior mental and medical adversity) on how well participants benefit from listening to the music.
• The researchers will explore the impact of wearing headphones on how well participants benefit from listening to the music.

Experimental design:

Participants will be randomly assigned to either a Sonic Augmentation Technology-enhanced music condition or a control condition featuring the same musical theme without the enhancement. Participants will be asked to attend one virtual session via Zoom where they will:

• Listen to 15-minutes of music
• Complete a pre-music and post-music online survey
• Attend the lecture/discussion with Dr. Porges and Anthony Gorry on theory and science underlying sonic augmentation technology and the experiences it aims to evoke.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between the ages of 18 and 89
• Proficient in English

Exclusion criteria

• Under the age of 18
• Over the age of 89
• Limited English Proficiency

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Augmented Theme

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will first complete the pre-music survey. They will then listen to 15 minutes of augmented music. Afterward, participants will complete the post-music survey.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Augmented Music

Non-Augmented Theme

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will first complete the pre-music survey. They will then listen to 15-minutes of the same musical theme without the augmentation. Afterward, participants will complete the post-music survey.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Non-Augmented Music