Additionally, our secondary analysis revealed that a sound rated as melodic is considered to be more rhythmic than a melodically neutral interpretation.

However, the analysis did reveal that a sound which is ranked as melodic by participants shows a significant relationship to reports of reductions in perceived sleep inertia, and in contrast, sound rated as neutral (neither unmelodic nor melodic) returns a significant relationship to the reports of increases in perceived sleep inertia. Our results did not return any significant association between sleep inertia and the reported waking sound type, nor the subject’s feeling towards their sound. This data enabled the analysis and comparison between these responses to identify statistically significant relationships. Through an anonymous, self-report online questionnaire, fifty participants ( N = 50) reported attributes of their preferred waking sound, their feeling towards the waking sound, and perceived sleep inertia after waking. The goal of this research is to understand how a particular sound or music chosen to assist waking may counteract sleep inertia, and more specifically, what elements of these sounds may contribute to its reduction.

The type of sound people set as their alarm for waking has been shown to reduce the effects of sleep inertia, however, the elemental musical factors that underpin these waking sounds and their relationships remain unclear. Sleep inertia is a potentially dangerous reduction in human alertness and occurs 0–4 hours after waking.

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