Influencia de los tonos musicales en el condicionamiento clásico de preferencia hacia figuras geométricas

This research intended to create preferences on geometric figures using a classical conditioning procedure where 2 specific variations of musical structure were used -mayor and dissonant tones- as unconditioned stimulus. 24 university students with an age average of 23 years were exposed to stimular conditions where 2 geometric figures (CS+), were matched with mayor tones (UCS+) and other 2 (CS-) with dissonant (UCS-); subsequently the figures were rated on a scale (where +10 = very pleasant and -10 = very unpleasant). According with the formulated hypothesis and the previous discoveries in both basic and applied research, three of the four conditions tested showed significant values using the Wilcoxon sign ranks test.