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Abstract The aim of was to see if lyrical music or instrumental music affects peoples performance on a word search task. An opportunity sample was used, comprising 12 participants aged between 16-64 years (6 males/6 females) who were visitors the experimenters home. The two songs played and the two different word searches were used as a control. Using the Wilcoxon signed rank test, the observed value of W (11.5) is less than the critical value (17) with a 5% level of significance, the null hypothesis is rejected and the experimental hypothesis that there will be a significant increase in the score on the word search in instrumental music compared to lyrical music is accepted. The study succeeded to provide evidence to support the aim that lyrical music affects performance more than instrumental music. Background Sara B. Kirkweg investigated the effects of music on memory, using psychology students and three conditions; classical music by Haydn,...

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