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Pay attention to your environment. I still remember one fellow student complaining in college about his bio or chem grade -- some such. He always studied with
by pasbesoin 10y ago
Pay attention to your environment. I still remember one fellow student complaining in college about his bio or chem grade -- some such. He always studied with music on.
I told him that would never work for me.
He studied for the next test without music. Came back all excited: Got an A.
I suspect Kay has had many decent offices in which to consume those books. Just a guess.
Environmental needs may vary by individual. Regardless, they are NEEDS for effective assimilation and thinking.
- alankay1 10y agoGood point! (Cog Psych shows that we don't really multi-task.) I've always been partial to beds and couches for reading ... and especially in the very early mornings ...
- ruraljuror 10y agoAnecdote about how time of day affects reading: Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW's Bookworm and one of the country's best readers, says that during the day he reads at a relatively slow pace, say 50 pages per hour; but he will often wake up in the middle of the night and read an entire book over a few hours. I believe he referred to it as "nightbrain."
- pasbesoin 10y agoSo, I'm not the only one. (Some of my best reading occurs in bed. I've sometimes felt a little weird about that, but as I've grown older, hey, if it works...)
- avindroth 10y agoPresence of music affects your studies based on what kind of thinking mode you are in. For focused mode, music is a mere distraction. For diffused mode, music is part of diffusing, relaxing, and thinking wildly. As you said, change the environment so that it can dictate how you think.
- avindroth 10y agoPresence of music affects your studies based on what kind of thinking mode you are in. For focused mode, music is a mere distraction. For diffused mode, music is part of diffusing, relaxing, and thinking wildly. As you said, change the environment so that it can dictate how you think.