"Enhancing Cognitive Arousal Through Music"

A study explores the impact of personalized music on cognitive arousal and performance, finding that exciting music can enhance productivity by aligning arousal to an optimal level. The research validates the Yerkes-Dodson law's inverted-U relationship between arousal and performance, and introduces a performance-based arousal decoder for tailoring interventions like music to individual cognitive profiles. This opens the door to personalized brain-computer interfaces for regulating cognitive states in daily tasks.