A preliminary study to analyze the brain wave patterns during listening to comfortable and uncomfortable music by using a simple electroencephalograph

In this paper, the experiments were conducted to measure effect of music on brain waves and emotions with a simple brain sensor. 10 male university students participated in the experiments. They listened to four types of music (Comfortable music 1 and 2, Uncomfortable music 1 and 2). were used. Paired t-test on T-scores of POMS for each sound source before and after listening to the source showed a significant difference. The electroencephalography (EEG) was calculated and analyzed through signal averaging and FFT to compare component rates of δ, Θ, α and B waves. The results showed the Comfortable sounds tend to increase positive feelings. The value of Wave δ +θ+ α was high for Comfortable sound 1 (Wave δ + θ + α: Wave β = 63.7: 36.2) and Comfortable sound 2 (Wave δ + θ + α: Wave β = 61.2: 38.7).