Replication Study: Reducing Pain With Focused Music Listening

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The goal of this clinical trial is to confirm previous findings that actively tapping along to music can reduce pain more than just listening to music. This study aims to replicate the findings of a previous study (NCT05267795), with one change in how mild pain is created for the experiment. This study involves healthy adults. The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1. Does actively tapping along to music lower feelings of pain compared to just listening to music? 2. Does actively tapping along to music lower feelings of pain compared to being in silence (with or without tapping)? 3. Is this method of using music and tapping helpful for managing pain? Researchers will compare the amount of pain participants feel in four different situations: 1. Listening to music while actively tapping their foot along with it. 2. Just listening to music while resting their foot. 3. Actively tapping their foot in silence. 4. Sitting in silence while resting their foot. Participants in this study will: Experience brief moments of mild pain on their forearm. This pain is safely created using a small electrical pulse from a device held gently on the skin by the researcher. (This replaces the pressure method used in the original study). Sometimes listen to music through headphones, and sometimes sit in silence. Sometimes tap their foot along to the music or a beat, and sometimes rest their foot. Rate how much pain they feel on a number scale after each pain pulse. Answer short questions about their mood during the experiment. Answer questions about how familiar they are with the music and how much they liked it at the end.

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