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“Music is like a legal drug for athletes,” says Costas Karageorghis, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading authorities on music and exercise. By this, he MOST likely meant:
  1. Music creates an unrealistic state of euphoria, serving much like an amphetamine drug
  2. Music improves endurance significantly while reducing the athlete’s perception of effort, serving much like performance-enhancing drugs
  3. Music reduces the anxiety and stress of competition, serving much like a depressant drug
  4. Athletes can become addicted to listening to music
Explanation
Answer: B - Music can provide a drug-free, performance-enhancing boost for athletes… without the disqualification that would accompany blood doping or other banned activities. Research shows that music reduces the athlete’s perception of effort while increasing endurance by as much as 15%.
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