Stress Relaxation Effects of Vocaloid Music Based on Physiological and Subjective Evaluations

Abstract

This study examines the stress reducing effects of music produced with Vocaloid, voice synthesis and music generation software. Subjects were subjected to two types of exercise task and a computation exercise to induce physical and mental stress. Evaluation of stress was by three types of subjective response, measurements of amylase concentration in saliva, and EEG. Subjects listened to six different music selections. The results of the analysis are pending.