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I was in lecture a couple nights ago and my professor insisted that while doing readings, in this case, scientific readings, you should not listen to music because both use the same parts of the brain.
Personally, I've always been inclined to listen to music because silence itself can be distracting. However, it's mostly instrumentals, nothing that requires being attentive to lyrics.
I'm just wondering what you guys think about this subject. Do you listen to music when you study. Has it worked for you or do you find it disadvantageous. What do you listen to when you study? Rap? Classical? Trance? Soft rock?
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United States24345 Posts
I like absolute silence when I concentrate, but I've noticed that younger generations are the opposite... I think it has to do with how you are brought up but I could be wrong.
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I like Drum&Bass for studying. It has no distracting lyrics and uses the same recurring beat in every single track. I find it great as background music while studying or working.
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On October 11 2009 05:55 ProbeSaturation wrote: I was in lecture a couple nights ago and my professor insisted that while doing readings, in this case, scientific readings, you should not listen to music because both use the same parts of the brain.
Personally, I've always been inclined to listen to music because silence itself can be distracting. However, it's mostly instrumentals, nothing that requires being attentive to lyrics.
I'm just wondering what you guys think about this subject. Do you listen to music when you study. Has it worked for you or do you find it disadvantageous. What do you listen to when you study? Rap? Classical? Trance? Soft rock?
I study so much better when I have Classical/15th Century Gothic Choir or Trance playing in the background.
HOWEVER
Anything else and I study worse. A lot worse.
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I like learning in slience is better , I`m albe to concentrate more easily that way ^^
I believe things like music do take your attention nonetheless , even if you conciously don`t realize it - your subconciousness records it . I can`t rly tell if this disturbes the learning process but there is a high possibility that it does cuz subconcious is taking part in your learning process.... anyways the best method is to test it out , just learn with music once and without once then compare results
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It's weird, the only music that I study better to is a good quality version of Pachelbel's canon. Literally anything else I can't concentrate with, very strange .
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Listening to jazz while studying is so distracting. I always end up getting caught up in how good it is.
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sometimes I like to have some background music, or even just noise because usually the silence really gets to me. But when I'm absolutely focused 100% it doesn't even matter either way. It cant be too catchy, sometimes I go classical or maybe the one of the channels at www.di.fm like lounge, techno or hardcore, but I don't play it very loud because then I'll get into it too much XD
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Depends on kinds of music. Some hypnotic rhythms really help me to focus. OFC anything energetic doesn't, it actually makes me wanna stand up and do something, anything
I really like to listen to Chemical Brothers while studying, Autechre works well too. And Metallica's Call of Cthulu And quite a few other instrumentals (as well as ballads, for example Kat's ones), but Call of Cthulu is my fav. one.
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When I'm doing math homework which is usually busy work, I like trance/classical/touhou music or most other songs with no lyrics. When I'm studying anything else, I like complete silence.
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Baa?21242 Posts
Depends on my mood, I do both. Sometimes I feel like listening, sometimes I don't.
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i've found that listening to rock music or anything that i can understand is terrible for my studying.
But J-Pop, Techno, some Rap songs, and people's streams are often really good for studying.
Xd
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On October 11 2009 06:17 Fontong wrote: Listening to jazz while studying is so distracting. I always end up getting caught up in how good it is.
Agreed man! Agreed
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Korea (South)11558 Posts
when i am reading for my American Literature class I need it to be absolutely quiet, so i go to the silent study area of the library. In other cases, I listen to Yndi Halda, Daturah, Milosh, This Will Destroy You, and Do Make Say Think
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On October 11 2009 06:34 maga33 wrote: When I'm doing math homework which is usually busy work, I like trance/classical/touhou music or most other songs with no lyrics. When I'm studying anything else, I like complete silence.
It depends on the person.
I hate silence really. I like having noise in the backround and it doesn't hurt my concentration at all if I have blaring rock music pounding in my ears. I like it that way.
Studying is different for everyone. Some professor will rarely be able to tell you how to study that works best for you. I would have flipped him off as I aced his tests...rock music studying and all.
Also Touhou music is amazing.
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I cannot listen to anything, in fact any sound is highly distracting to me. Just 2 people talking in the same room and I have a hard time reading.
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i typically play my playlist and i dont get distracted but if a great riff comes up my mind switches to it and i must headbang frantically until it is over. i then resume studying.
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I actually saw a psychology study on this.
The results was that music with lyrics regardless of genre did in fact contribute distraction. However, music with instrumentals (in this case, a classical music was chosen) did not affect a person's performance in studying at all. But as a psychologists mentioned that the best studying environment is the one that most resembles the testing environment and thus, by studying with music it also suggests that you'd do better while listening to music during the test as well. Since this isn't possible, I guess it would be better to study in silence; but the actual listening to instrumental music theoretically would not hinder in studying.
On a personal note, I can't study math or any other repetitive work without music cause it gets tedious but in case of readings, I'd prefer without music.
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I like to listen to music, preferably instrumental stuff like D&B or classical, while studying. However, when trying to wrap my head around something really complex, or reading a really complicated proof or whatever, I turn the music down or off so I can concentrate more intensely.
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I study with a lot of Jazz and Rush
anything else and I lose concentration
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I usually prefer silence when studying, but when I'm bored I put on instrumental stuff. Basically, anything without vocals. Someone gets singing and I am immediately distracted. =(
Also, yay for Touhou listeners!
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music without vocals could be okay.
the music shouldnt be too loud either.
Perhaps not some really complicated epic music. Just some chilly sort of simple music. Like some slow really simple piano tracks (chopin made a few of these). Or maybe some classical chamber music.
basically any instrumental type music. Or a language you cant understand lol
Overall, music does distract at least me, since i will always just drift away and start focusing on the music
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i can't really study with music
i can drive better with music though
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I always studied while listening to music when doing classes that I just needed to practice calculations in like physics and chemistry courses. Works great keeping me somewhat entertained while doing stuff that I find pretty boring for 2-10 hours. Couldn't make it without music.
In classes like anatomy, psychology, or anything else that I need to make sense of what the book is saying I can't concentrate too well with music.
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
even classical distracts me i just find myself concentrating on the music instead
yeah should stop listening while reading
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It strangely depends on the subject I'm studying for. When I learn math related things, upbeat music really helps me study and gives me this uplifting feeling whenever I understand a concept. Otherwise, like in longwinded history/biology chapters, the music can be distracting as, I'm usually bored by those things even without music and I don't need a reason to not pay attention.
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I don't really pay attention to lyrics when I listen to music overall...which might be why I have such a hard time listening to more vocally oriented music.
To tell the truth, though, I don't really mind whether there's music or not. I tend to do best with post-rock or post-metal, like Russian Circles or something of the sort.
Classical, tbh, is distracting for me. It demands attention when I listen to it. I also cannot stand trance or techno of any kind.
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On October 11 2009 07:28 FragKrag wrote: I study with a lot of Jazz and Rush
anything else and I lose concentration
fuck yea man. the only cover my band does is CYGNUS X-1.
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Classical music and even the normal music I listen to (underground hip hop) has always helped me when doing work or drawing. But when I play SC any music or other noise always makes me play worse.
But i think it depends on some other factors as well, sometimes I don't wanna listen to any music at all when im doing shit on the computer and I find it really distracting to have something playing while typing forum posts (especially talk radio or something).
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Depends where i am, if im in school im in a different mood compared to if im at home.
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konadora
Singapore66060 Posts
Instrumental = Good Music with heavy lyrics = hard to concentrate
True story
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When i write code I must listen to music. This is because I need to get the curtains down so I can really concentrate. I guess earplugs might work good to
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Familiar, instrumental music is hardly disruptive at all.
Unfamiliar music with lyrics is quite disruptive. Classical good, Radio bad.
Classical radio: meh
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Your teacher is right, but that doesn't mean its a bad thing. Listening to the same music before you take a test or whatever can help stimulate that part of your brain to help you remember. Though try to use relaxing music, my friends did a scientific study in high school and found more relaxing music like classical helped while more erratic music like metal tended to lower scores. Of course that was just an amateur study, but they had highly contrasting test scores come from it. I never found out from them whether the individuals listening to metal actually liked it or if they were irritated by it.
As for me personally, I can't listen to music until I achieve a high level of concentration on my studying or homework. To get that I usually require a quiet environment to begin with. So I rarely listen to music as it makes it harder for me to start studying.
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United States4796 Posts
I listen to a lot of DnB, Dubstep, and Electro/Progressive House while doing homework.
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United States10774 Posts
i just can't study with music :o
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i can listen to any kind of music for things that require anything mindless like doing up good drafts or note taking etc. But anything that requires thinking it just seems easier to have it quiet, but that's mostly because i like to talk to myself when thinking.
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
I listen to VGM Remixed for my drawing sessions
Video Game Music are surprisingly good and addictive
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I like silence when studying, but if its in an area with even a little bit of noise (like people shifting about in the school library), i'd rather be listening to music. But the music has to be music that I have listened to many times, not new music.
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i study with metal blasting and im totally fine with it
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I love to study with classical, jazz, or anything without lyrics type of music. This is my explanation, when someone is talking while I'm doing some complicated integral I just can't because I need to concentrate on the voice to understand what it's saying. Now when it comes to classical type of music, I automatically hear the sound I don't need to concentrate on it (the comprehension is basically subconcious). Ofc if I was crazy about some tune (I can't find the word, a song has lyrics but what's it called when there's none?) and I was analysing it while it's playing, that's another level of appreciation.
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It depends on the type of homework I am doing. If it's reading I don't listen to music. Same with concentrated studying for exams. If it's repetitve note transferring or simple math exercises or something that doesn't require too much concentration but just time then I listen to music. Usually trance for the most part.
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