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I need help!

Post by omar8a »

I am doing an experiment on how music can affect my dogs mood but i don't know what to do the research on
any suggestions?
donnahardy2
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Re: I need help!

Post by donnahardy2 »

Hi,

This is an interesting topic for a science fair project. The problem that you are having is that it is difficult to find scientific references on this subject. And it’s difficult to measure music and a dog’s mood.

There are not a large number of scientific references on this topic. Here is an abstract I found about music and hens. Please note that the authors measured the volume of the music in decibels and they measured the effect on the hens by counting the number of eggs laid:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... archtype=a

I’m not sure how you would do this project with a dog. How are you setting up your experiment? What are you using for a control?

If you have time, you might consider changing projects. Here are some music related project ideas from the Science Buddies website.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... ence.shtml

And, here are some dog related projects.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p012.shtml

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p011.shtml

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p016.shtml

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... ?from=Blog

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p015.shtml

What question would you like to answer with your project?

Good luck!

Donna Hardy
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